- 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.
- Location(s): Northampton, Oklahoma
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Today
‘You will be chosen for the Judas Competition,’ Lucifer said confidently. ‘And you will win. Trust me, you will win. We’ll make sure of it.’ The Competition to become the next Judas Disciple is heating up. For Corina, going...
- Location(s): Symi
- Genre(s): Horror
- Era(s): Contemporary
An ancient curse? Desperation in the economic crisis? What is causing the suicides of so many adults and children on this small Greek island? When Chris Trelawney arrives on the island to take away his late father’s belongings, he...
- Location(s): Florida
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): contemporary
In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she...
- Location(s): Caribbean
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
When eleven-year-old Corinne stumbles into the forest on her Caribbean island home, she rouses a jumbie–a malevolent spirit–who emerges to wreak havoc. Corinne must call on her courage and her friends and use ancient magic to stop the jumbie...
- Location(s): Oregon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1890s
The Jump-Off Creek is the unforgettable story of widowed homesteader Lydia Sanderson and her struggles to settle in the mountains of Oregon in the 1890s. “Every gritty line of the story rings true” (Seattle Times) as Molly Gloss delivers...
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