- Location(s): Germany
- Genre(s): Short Stories
Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. The gift of a handsomely decorated, enigmatic nutcracker sets the stage for a Christmas like no...
- Location(s): Nova Scotia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1920s
The poignant story of Isabel Jardin, a strong and sensitive woman, and the men in her life. Set in the 1920s, the story unfolds against the wild desolation of a wind swept island off the coast of Nova Scotia.
- Location(s): Washington State
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Naomi Carson is a survivor. As a child, her family was torn apart by a shocking crime. It could have destroyed her, but Naomi has grown up strong, with a passion for photography that has taken her all around...
- Location(s): Jeju, South Korea
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Dayeon wants to be a haenyeo just like Grandma. The haenyeo dive off the coast of Jeju Island to pluck treasures from the sea – generations of Korean women have done so for centuries. To Dayeon, the haenyeo are...
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2 onwards
A woman is found wandering injured in London after an air raid. She remembers nothing of who she is. Only that she has lost something very precious. As the little boy waits in the orphanage, he hopes his mother...
The October Horse (Masters of Rome – 6)
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): BC
The Octopus: A Story of California
- Location(s): California
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1880s
Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state. Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad...
- Location(s): Blackpool
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
It’s the off-season in the seaside resort town of Blackpool, where Tommy never imagined he would return. His relationship has broken down, so he returns home to keep an eye on his widower father. While counting down the hours...
- Location(s): Robin Hood's Bay, The North East (England)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Post WW2
A Times Book of the Year An i Book of the Year A Reading Agency Book of the Year A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick A BBC Radio 4 ‘Book at Bedtime’ An Observer Pick for 2019 One...
- Location(s): Kyoto
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): post WW2
The Old Capital is one of the three novels cited specifically by the Nobel Committee when they awarded Kawabata the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. With the ethereal tone and aesthetic styling characteristic of Kawabata’s prose, The Old...
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