- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 19th Century
The Passion is a fairy tale about survival and broken-heartedness, cruelty, obsession and madness. Henri had a passion for Napoleon and Napoleon had a passion for chicken. From Boulogne to Moscow Henri butchered for his Emperor and never killed...
- Location(s): New Hampshire
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): 1990s
An enthralling and unforgettable story of a woman’s search for her past, The Passions of Chelsea Kane is a beloved classic from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky. After the death of her beloved adoptive mother, thirty-six-year-old Chelsea Kane is consumed by...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Coming of Age, Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
“THANKS FOR RUINING MY LIFE!” Delaney McIntyre’s eighth-grade dreams crumble when her parents announce their “five-month family field trip.” And despite her begging, bawling, and silent treatment, Delaney can’t derail their obvious midlife crisis. Seventh-grade Riley McIntyre is thrilled...
- Location(s): Monterey
- Genre(s): Fiction, Short Stories
- Era(s): 1930s
Each of these delightful interconnected tales is devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all. Steinbeck tackles two important literary traditions...
- Location(s): Rhode Island
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Revolutionary
He came from France to fight for freedom for all Americans… Yves de Bourganes just wanted to make some money to support his widowed mother as she tried to keep the family farm afloat. He wouldn’t have minded some...
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
- Location(s): Panama
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1870s-1910s
On December 31, 1999, after nearly a century of rule, the United States officially ceded ownership of the Panama Canal to the nation of Panama. That nation did not exist when, in the mid-19th century, Europeans first began to...
- Location(s): Tarifa
- Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary and WW2
Can love ever be stronger than fate? What if every coincidence was a tiny miracle? What if our life was already mapped out before birth? What if someone had the power to change the path we were destined to...
- Location(s): Provence, Salisbury
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
When Rachel, a GP in Salisbury, meets Luc, the attraction between them is instant. But Rachel is married with a daughter – and Luc isn’t well. Despite themselves, a heady love affair begins – one that threatens to risk...
- Location(s): London, Dorset
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
I feel the steady thump of my new heart beating inside me. The surgeon said everything went well. But I can’t stop thinking about my donor: the girl who was killed. Her death saved my life. But now whoever...
- Location(s): Amritsar, World
- Genre(s): Biography, Historical
- Era(s): First half 20th Century
Anita Anand tells the remarkable story of one Indian’s twenty-year quest for revenge, taking him around the world in search of those he held responsible for the Amritsar massacre of 1919, which cost the lives of hundreds. When Sir...
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