- Location(s): The Sudan, South Sudan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1999
In the dry spring of 1999, eleven-year-old Stephen Majok watches as his friend Wol joins a circle of dancers. Wol is celebrating – only fourteen, he is engaged to Stephen’s sister. Wol wants to marry because he might join...
- Location(s): Morocco
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): contemporary
The novella and eight short stories that constitute “Year of the Elephant” – an allusion to a battle described in the Qur’an – serve as an eloquent representation of life in the wake of Morocco’s successful struggle for independence...
- Location(s): North Dakota, Fort Berthold
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 2009
When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 19th century
Moments after Lisbeth is born, she’s taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, Mattie, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. Thus begins an...
- Location(s): Kenya
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Present
Haunted by a tragic childhood accident, Chala’s whole life has been moulded by guilt and secrets. After the death of the stepfather she adored, Chala is thrown into turmoil once again. Volunteering in Kenya seems to offer an escape,...
- Location(s): Yemen
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): late 20th century
Arguably the most fascinating and least understood country in the Arab world, Yemen has a way of attracting comment that ranges from the superficial to the wildly fantastic. A country long regarded by classical geographers as a fabulous land...
Yemen: Travels In Dictionary Land
- Location(s): Yemen
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1990s
In this work, the author describes his journey through Yemen, portraying hyrax hunters and dhow skippers, a noseless regicide, a sword-wielding tyrant with a passion for Heinz Russian salad, as well as examining the extraordinary history of the ordinary...
Yes, (Saudi) Minister! a Life in Administration
- Location(s): Saudi Arabia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1970s /1980s
Born into a leading merchant family in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, Dr Algosaibi not only experienced but, as a government minister, played a leading part in the Kingdom’s rapid modernisation during the 1970s and 1980s. In this administrative autobiography,...
Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario
- Location(s): Rochester
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1970s
Eugene Winkleman is all set for a boring two-week vacation in Rochester, New York, when strange coincidences start to happen. First, he and his Uncle Mel see a movie about a monster called “Yobgorgle” that is supposed to live...
- Location(s): East Village, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
When a beautiful aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card. There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City....
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