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The Story of the Forest

The Story of the Forest
  • Author(s): Linda Grant
  • Location(s): The Baltic States, Liverpool, Soho (London)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

It’s 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like...

The Story of the Night

The Story of the Night
  • Author(s): Colm Tóibín
  • Location(s): Argentina
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Richard Garay lives alone with his mother, hiding his sexuality from her and from those around him. Stifled by a job he despises, he finds himself willing to take considerable risks. Set in Argentina in a time of great...

The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker

The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker
  • Author(s): Jessica Courtney-Tickle
  • Location(s): Russia
  • Genre(s): Music

Follow Clara on a magical Christmas adventure in this musical retelling of The Nutcracker ballet – push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s original score. It is Christmas...

The Storyteller

The Storyteller
  • Author(s): Pierre Jarawan
  • Location(s): Lebanon
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Samir leaves the safety and comfort of his family’s adopted home in Germany for volatile Beirut in an attempt to find his missing father. His only clues are an old photo and the bedtime stories his father used to...

The Storyteller by the Sea

The Storyteller by the Sea
  • Author(s): Phyllida Shrimpton
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Melody spends her days scouring the Devon shore for treasures washed up by the sea or left behind in the sand by people who come to her beach. She takes them back to Spindrift, her weathered old house set...

The Storyteller of Casablanca

The Storyteller of Casablanca
  • Author(s): Fiona Valpy
  • Location(s): Casablanca
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1940s and 2000s

In this evocative tale from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker’s Gift, a strange new city offers a young girl hope. Can it also offer a lost soul a second chance? Morocco, 1941. With France having fallen to Nazi...

The Storyteller’s Secret

The Storyteller’s Secret
  • Author(s): Sejal Badani
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000

From the bestselling author of Trail of Broken Wings comes an epic story of the unrelenting force of love, the power of healing, and the invincible desire to dream. Nothing prepares Jaya, a New York journalist, for the heartbreak...

The Storytellers

The Storytellers
  • Author(s): Caron McKinlay
  • Location(s): Mondello, Edinburgh, Liverpool
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Present Day

Trapped between life and the afterlife, three women meet and share their stories while discovering the truth about the men in their lives—and about themselves. Suspended in an eerie state of limbo, an entity called the Gatekeeper tells Nikki,...

The Strain

The Strain
  • Author(s): Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): early 21st century

A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground...

The Straits of Treachery

The Straits of Treachery
  • Author(s): Richard Hopton
  • Location(s): Messina
  • Genre(s): Historical, Adventure, Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 1800s

September 1810. Raids across the Straits of Messina to disrupt preparations for the French invasion of the island have been repulsed with heavy casualties. George Warne, a bright young British officer, suspects treachery back in Messina, and is ordered...

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