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The Priest’s Well

The Priest’s Well
  • Author(s): Sara Alexi
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Priest’s Well – A Novella. Savvas has been assigned a position as the priest in a remote Greek village, following a scandal in the US. It’s what his mother would have wished for, but for a young ambitious...

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  • Author(s): Muriel Spark
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

In 1930s Edinburgh, six ten-year-old girls, Sandy, Rose, Mary, Jenny, Monica, and Eunice are assigned Miss Jean Brodie, who describes herself as being “in my prime,” as their teacher. Miss Brodie, determined that they shall receive an education in...

The Primeval Forest

The Primeval Forest
  • Author(s): Albert Schweitzer
  • Location(s): Gabon
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1913

“There, in this sorry world of ours, goes a great man.”-Albert Einstein, on Albert Schweitzer In July of 1913, thirty-eight-year-old medical doctor Albert Schweitzer gave up his position as a respected professor at the University of Strasbourg and celebrated...

The Prince of Light

The Prince of Light
  • Author(s): Ünver Alibey
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Esin arrives in Istanbul to pursue her university education, only to find herself inexplicably drawn to a mysterious and charismatic stranger. Emir, returning to Istanbul after years away, is on a quest for an artifact that could alter the...

The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides
  • Author(s): Pat Conroy
  • Location(s): South Carolina
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Pat Conroy’s inspired masterpiece relates the dark and violent chronicle of an astounding family: the Wingos of Colleton, South Carolina. No reader will forget them. And no reader can remain untouched by their story. All Wingos share one heritage...

The Princess and the Pea

The Princess and the Pea
  • Author(s): Rachel Isadora
  • Location(s): Africa
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

When a prince sets out to find a princess to marry, he soon discovers this is not a simple task. There is no shortage of so-called princesses, but how can he tell whether or not they are what they...

The Princess of 72nd Street

The Princess of 72nd Street
  • Author(s): Elaine Kraf
  • Location(s): Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

An unforgettable portrait of a smart, sensitive, yet deeply troubled young woman fighting to live on her own terms ‘I don’t need LSD for things to look pretty.’ Ellen is an artist living alone on New York in the...

The Princess of Las Vegas

The Princess of Las Vegas
  • Author(s): Chris Bohjalian
  • Location(s): Las Vegas
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THE PRINCESS IS FAKE. THE MURDERS ARE REAL – From the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and The Lioness, a Princess Diana impersonator and her estranged sister find themselves drawn into a dangerous game of...

The Prisoner of Heaven

The Prisoner of Heaven
  • Author(s): Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 3 THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons bookshop. It begins just before Christmas in Barcelona in 1957, one year after Daniel...

The Private Island

The Private Island
  • Author(s): Ali Lowe
  • Location(s): Fiji
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Destination Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

New Year’s Eve, Loloma Island, Fiji. At one of the most exclusive island resorts in the Pacific ocean, the champagne is poured, the fireworks are ready, and the countdown to new year is just beginning. It’s set to be...

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