- Location(s): Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 2000s
Ethan Willis is a confused 18 year old who struggles with the uncertainties of life and has embarked on a quest to find his elder sister, Charlotte, who disappeared whilst travelling in South East Asia. Ethan admires and idolises...
The Journal of a Tour to Corsica and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli
- Location(s): Corsica
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): 18th century
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its...
- Location(s): Kentucky, Christian County, Pennsylvania
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Discover along with Titus Fisher how life can begin anew in Christian County, Kentucky. Moving from Pennsylvania, finding rewarding work, and leaving a broken romance behind is the best decision Titus...
- Location(s): World, Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1954
A young Queen. Two sisters. A voyage that will change their fates forever. Nineteen-year-old identical twins Violet and Daisie Chettle can hardly believe their luck when they are recruited as maids on newly coronated Queen Elizabeth II’s royal ship....
- Location(s): Lebanon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
From the author of Gate of the Sun and “one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab World” (The Washington Post Book World) comes the many-layered story of Little Gandhi, or Abd Al-Karim, a shoe shine in a...
- Location(s): Singapore
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Late 1940s
Singapore, 1948 When Miranda moves to the Alexandra Quarter with her husband Gerry, she hopes it will bring the fresh start they need. Though their life in ex-pat society is full of luxury, Miranda can’t help feeling like an...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni attends a course hosted by the local chamber of commerce entitled “Where Is Your Business Going?” But rather than feeling energized, he comes back in low spirits, not sure if he should be satisfied with the...
- Location(s): San Francisco
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1949
In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet weekly to play mahjong and tell stories of what they left behind in China. United in loss and new hope for their daughters’ futures, they call themselves the...
The Joy of Camping: For Those Who Love the Great Outdoors
- Location(s): United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with tips on equipment, food, surviving bad weather and finding the right campsite, and with facts and stories from the world of camping, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy and adventure of...
- Location(s): Nigeria
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
Nnu Ego is a woman who gives all her energy, money and everything she has to raising her children – leaving her little time to make friends.
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