- Location(s): Scotland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern looking back
In AD 800 there is Ulla, lost in a foreign country after her lover is brutally killed. Ellen, a servant-girl in the 1800s, catches the unwanted attentions of the master of the house’s lascivious son. And, in the present...
Women Who Walk, How 20 Women From 16 Countries Came to Live in Portugal
- Location(s): Portugal
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): The Present
What compels someone to leave their country of origin, which is the story before their departure? What happens to them on their journey to the new place, which is the story of getting from one place to another? And...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When a teen runs away from his father’s mysterious commune, he sets in motion a domino effect that will connect six characters desperate for hope and love, set across the sun-bleached canvas of Los Angeles. From the acclaimed author...
- Location(s): Kentucky, Acorn
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2nd half 20th century
Alice Grace Ripley lives in a dream world, her nose stuck in a book. But the happily-ever-after life she’s planned on suddenly falls apart when her boyfriend breaks up with her, accusing her of living in a world of...
Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness
- Location(s): Adirondacks
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1960s, 1970s
Many have dreamed of building a cabin in the wilderness and living there alone in the solitude of a region that is far from civilization. Here is the unusual story of a young wildlife ecologist who has done just...
- Location(s): Cardiff
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
From http://wots1.eventbrite.co.uk: The homeless are dying: a pestilence is sweeping them off the streets, while the authorities herd the not-yet-dead into sinister ‘clinics’ in derelict industrial wastelands… until suddenly The Public is no longer immune. Word on the Street...
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Modern
Years ago, Rachel had a crush on Henry Jones. The day before she moved away, she tucked a love letter into his favorite book in his family’s bookshop. She waited. But Henry never came. Now Rachel has returned to...
- Location(s): Lithuania
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1890s
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen transports readers to a corner of history with this inspiring story of a girl who discovers the strength of her people united in resisting oppression. Danger is never far from Audra’s...
- Location(s): Alaska, Scotland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Falling in love is always in fashion…. With her trust fund and coveted job at Christian Dior, Fanny Moreau believes she has it all. But when her best friend finds a fulfilling new career abroad—and a dreamy relationship with...
- Location(s): Amazon Rainforest
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Carlos’s mother works for IBAMA, Brazil’s Environmental Authority. As head of a specially trained task force, her role is to protect the Amazon from the farmers, loggers and miners who are illegally destroying the precious rainforest. It’s a dangerous...
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