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The Name of the Tree

The Name of the Tree
  • Author(s): Celia Barker Lottridge
  • Location(s): Niger
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy
  • Era(s): folk tale

When a drought spreads through the land of the short grass, the animals set out across the great plain to find food. Their only hope for survival is a tree with a variety of colorful fruit. The problem is...

The Names

The Names
  • Author(s): Don DeLillo
  • Location(s): Greece, Middle East
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Don DeLillo’s seventh novel is an exotic thriller. Set mostly in Greece, it concerns a mysterious ‘language cult’ seemingly behind a number of unexplained murders. Obsessed by news of this ritualistic violence, an American risk analyst is drawn to...

The Namesake

The Namesake
  • Author(s): Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Location(s): India, Cambridge (Massachusetts)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

‘The Namesake’ is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America. ‘When her grandmother learned of Ashima’s pregnancy, she was particularly thrilled at the prospect of naming the family’s first sahib. And so Ashima and Ashoke have...

The Naming of the Dead

The Naming of the Dead
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime

A murder has been committed – but as the victim was a rapist, recently released from prison, no one is too concerned about the crime. That is, until Detective Inspector John Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke uncover evidence that...

The Nanny Diaries

The Nanny Diaries
  • Author(s): Emma McLaughlin
  • Location(s): Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Wanted: One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless–bordering on masochistic. Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap-deprived preschooler. Must love getting thrown up on, literally and figuratively, by everyone in...

The Nantucket Inn

The Nantucket Inn
  • Author(s): Pamela M Kelley
  • Location(s): Nantucket
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Lisa Hodges needs to make a decision fast. Thanks to her dead husband’s gambling addiction, their savings are almost gone. In her early fifties with a large, waterfront home on Nantucket to support, Lisa hasn’t worked in over thirty...

The Nantucket Restaurant

The Nantucket Restaurant
  • Author(s): Pamela M Kelley
  • Location(s): Nantucket
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Three sisters, each at her own crossroads in life, inherit a Nantucket restaurant and embrace working together. Mandy, Emma and Jill O’Toole are as close as three sisters who live hundreds of miles apart can be. They grew up...

The Narrows

The Narrows
  • Author(s): Ann Petry
  • Location(s): Connecticut
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

Set in the 1950s in the fictitious New England town of Monmouth, Connecticut, The Narrows is a glimpse into a part of town near the river, near the dock on Dumble Street, in a neighborhood that some call The...

The Nature Of The Beast

The Nature Of The Beast
  • Author(s): Louise Penny
  • Location(s): Québec
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The Nature of the Beast is a New York Times bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache novel from Louise Penny. Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn’t cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to...

The Necklace of Goddess Athena

The Necklace of Goddess Athena
  • Author(s): Effrosyni Moschoudi
  • Location(s): Athens
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction/Future, Suspense
  • Era(s): Modern day/ancient times

The Necklace of Goddess Athena is a moving family story of mystery, drama and romance, while its supernatural elements will delight lovers of Greek mythology. Phevos and his sister Daphne are time travelers from ancient Greece. Their father, a...

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