Island on the Edge of the World
- Location(s): Haiti, Port au Prince
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Haiti. A poor country rich in courage, strength and love. As these four women are about to discover. Charlie, the rootless daughter of American missionaries, now working as a hairdresser in Northern California. But the repercussions of a traumatic...
- Location(s): Budapest
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1934-1968
In prewar Budapest three families live side by side on gracious Katalin Street, their lives closely intertwined. A game is played by the four children in which Bálint, the promising son of the Major, invariably chooses Irén Elekes, the...
- Location(s): Isle of Skye, Sydney
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1600s to 1880s
Book one in a three book series: After news of grave robbing and murder in Dun Ringall, the ancient stronghold of Clan McKinnon on the Isle of Skye, Rosalie realises it is time to share her family’s secrets. Descendants...
- Location(s): Lagos
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Science Fiction/Future
- Era(s): Modern
After word gets out on the Internet that aliens have landed in the waters outside of the world’s fifth most populous city, chaos ensues. Soon the military, religious leaders, thieves, and crackpots are trying to control the message on...
Landscape Photographer of the Year 13
- Location(s): United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Photography
- Era(s): 2020
Showcases the winning and commended entries from the thirteenth annual Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Every image is captioned with the photographer’s account of the inspiration behind the picture Technical information section, detailing equipment and techniques used by...
- Location(s): Ferrara, Italy, Milan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 15th Century
At the heart of this book is the complex relationship between two of Leonardo’s muses and patrons at the court of Milan: The d’Este sisters, Isabella and Beatrice, who are betrothed to two very different men. Isabella marries the...
- Location(s): Kenya
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 1950s
Stepping off the boat in Mombasa, eighteen-year-old Rachel Fullsmith stands on Kenyan soil for the first time in six years. She has come home. But when Rachel reaches the family farm at the end of the dusty Rift Valley...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 14th century to modern
A fascinating guide to the best literary landmarks in London that takes the reader into publishing houses and along paths of inspiration, revealing the stories behind the stories. * One of the world’s greatest literary cities, London has streets...
- Location(s): Paris, Bern, London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 18th century
“There is a space between life and death: it’s called waxworks” The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals alike, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761,...
- Location(s): Cleveland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And...
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