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Year 1 – Fur Babies in France: From Wage Slaves to Living the Dream

Year 1 – Fur Babies in France: From Wage Slaves to Living the Dream
  • Author(s): Jacqueline Lambert
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Current

“Laugh out loud funny & a great travel guide.” * Have you ever thought of giving up work and heading off into the sunset with surf boards on your roof? If you answer ‘Yes’ – or you just like...

Year of No Rain

Year of No Rain
  • Author(s): Alice Mead
  • 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...

Year of the Elephant

Year of the Elephant
  • Author(s): Leila Abouzeid
  • 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...

Yellow Bird

Yellow Bird
  • Author(s): Sierra Crane Murdoch
  • 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...

Yellow Crocus

Yellow Crocus
  • Author(s): Laila Ibrahim
  • 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...

Yellow Room

Yellow Room
  • Author(s): Shelan Rodger
  • 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,...

Yemen: The Unknown Arabia

Yemen: The Unknown Arabia
  • Author(s): Tim Mackintosh-Smith
  • 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

Yemen: Travels In Dictionary Land
  • Author(s): Tim Mackintosh-Smith
  • 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...

Yeonnam-dong’s Smiley Laundromat

Yeonnam-dong’s Smiley Laundromat
  • Author(s): Kim Jiyun, Shanna Tan (Translator)
  • Location(s): Seoul
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Yeonnam-dong Smiley Laundromat is a place where the extraordinary stories of ordinary residents unfold. Situated at the heart of rapidly gentrifying district of Seoul, it’s a haven of peace and reflection for many locals. And when a notebook...

Yes, (Saudi) Minister! a Life in Administration

Yes, (Saudi) Minister! a Life in Administration
  • Author(s): Ghazi A Algosaibi
  • 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,...

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