- Location(s): Mongolia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s
Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia, where he discovers life of apparent idyllic simplicity amongst the nomads and the wild wolves who roam the plains. But...
- Location(s): Russia, Pripyat/Chernobyl
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): early 2000s
Chernobyl: the Zone of Exclusion. A ghostly place, deserted and forgotten for almost two decades; now inhabited by militia, shady scavengers, a few reckless scientists, and some elderly Ukrainian peasants . . . This is the eerie and dangerous...
- Location(s): Saudi Arabia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
“The first great Saudi novel.” —The New York Sun Banned in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this provocative, fast-paced debut novel confirms what The Washington Post reported about its award-winning author: “Yousef Al-Mohaimeed is taking on some of the...
- Location(s): Arctic Ocean, Alaska, Pacific Ocean
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Lili is a runaway. She’s left behind her native France to go in search of freedom, of adventure, of life. Her search takes her to Kodiak, Alaska, home to a ragtag community of fishermen, army vets and drifters who...
- Location(s): Colorado
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
“There is one every generation―a seer who keeps the stories.” Luz “Little Light” Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself after her older brother, Diego, a snake charmer and factory worker, is run...
- Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1912
It is 1912. Against all odds, the Titanic is sinking. As desperate hands emerge from the icy water, a few lucky row boats float in the darkness. On the boats are four survivors. Reg, a handsome young steward working...
- Location(s): Nigeria
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s and before
The moving story of a group of Nigerian women which follows their lives from their schooldays together through the trials and tribulations of their adult lives. Through their stories we see some of the universal problems faced by women...
- Location(s): Kuwait
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1990s onwards
A unique portrait of Kuwaiti women, “Women in Kuwait” discusses a wide range of issues: the impact of the oil era; the growth of the state; the emergence of women’s organizations in a male-dominated society; the recent Islamic revival;...
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
A gloriously illustrated celebration of trailblazing women. Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, from both the ancient and modern worlds. The book also contains fascinating...
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
By the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, and written with Frances Mayes s trademark warmth, heart, and delicious descriptions of place, food, and friendship, Women in Sunlight is the story of four lives that change over the...
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