- Location(s): Florence
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Renaissance
Florence, 1584. Rumours are spreading about the virility of a prince marrying into the powerful Medici family. Orphan Giulia is chosen to put an end to the gossip. In return she will gain her freedom, and start a new...
- Location(s): Amalfi Coast, Italian Riviera, Rome
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
A bestselling thriller author arranges a luxury train trip that is not what it appears to be in this electrifying modern homage to Agatha Christie that is filled with “rich, complex characters, taut prose, and twists and turns that...
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Historical
- Era(s): 19th/20th centuries
The Making of Modern Burma is a history of the country from the nineteenth to early twentieth century. In a sophisticated and much-needed account, the author argues that many aspects of contemporary Burmese society are the creations of the...
The Making of the Georgian Nation
- Location(s): Georgia (Asia)
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Historical
- Era(s): 19th / 20th centuries
Like the other republics floating free after the demise of the Soviet empire, the independent republic of Georgia is reinventing its past, recovering what had been forgotten or distorted during the long years of Russian and Soviet rule. Whether...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s
Tanizaki’s masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. It is a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two. With surgical...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
This trilogy – “Time for a Tiger”, “The Enemy in the Blanket” and “Beds in the East” – relate the story of race relations in post-war Malaysia on the cusp of independence. Burgess had served in the colonial service, and...
- Location(s): The Maldives
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 17th century
Set in today’s celebrity vacation islands of the Maldives, this is a story few visitors know: how a young Maldivian became a favourite of the Portuguese conqueror of the northern atolls and then led a seaborne guerrilla campaign to...
- Location(s): Malibu
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Escape to Malibu this summer with the Queen of the Beach Reads Investigative reporter Lara Stone is on holiday. Her LA-based boyfriend Alex has use of a postcard-perfect beach retreat in Malibu and has promised her two weeks of...
- Location(s): Hartland
- Genre(s): Mystery, Crime
- Era(s): Present day
This is the third book in the Esme Quentin genealogy mystery series. Esme Quentin is reminded of a painful past when a journalist colleague of her late husband Tim, turns up unannounced asking about a story Tim reported on...
- Location(s): New Jersey
- Genre(s): Fiction, Young Adult
- Era(s): 1991
New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty returns to her roots with this YA coming of age story set in a New Jersey mall. The year is 1991. Scrunchies, mixtapes and 90210 are, like, totally fresh. Cassie Worthy is...
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