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...
- Location(s): Mallorca
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): 21st century
Life seems idyllic for Laura Lundon. The presenter of a successful morning show on an English radio station shares an apartment in Mallorca’s capital, Palma, with her photographer boyfriend Carlos McCloud, and their rescue cat, Harry. Laura is also...
- Location(s): Mallorca, Armenia, India, London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Present day
“Is Anna in?” It took just three words to change his life. Sam Martínez, a London detective, is put on sick leave suffering from PTSD resulting from a firearms incident that went wrong and his best friend was shot....
- Location(s): Malta
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
The pope is dead. A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled Rome for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the...
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