- Location(s): Munich
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 1950s
My name is Inge. I am sixteen. I live with Mama and Papa in Munich. Food is still rationed, though the war ended over ten years ago. My boyfriend is Jewish. I have to hide this from my parents....
- Location(s): Egypt, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1936 and 1978
Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. That is until an unbearable tragedy strikes. New York City, 1978: Nineteen-year-old...
- Location(s): Manitoba
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
In her best-loved novel, The Stone Angel, Margaret Laurence introduces Hagar Shipley, one of the most memorable characters in Canadian fiction. Stubborn, querulous, self-reliant—and, at ninety, with her life nearly behind her—Hagar Shipley makes a bold last step towards...
- Location(s): Cambodia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
Twelve-year-old Nakri’s beloved home in Cambodia is shattered when the nation’s capital is overrun by government rebels. Her family is forced to flee, and she and her siblings end up in a children’s labor camp, separated from everything they’ve...
The Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green Jade
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A riveting, entertaining, and richly detailed nonfiction narrative in the spirit of The Orchid Thief, Longitude and Nathaniel’s Nutmeg, this is the first book ever written about Imperial Green Jade — the rare and beautiful stone more precious than...
- Location(s): Lebanon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
The Stone of Laughter is a virile novel which brings forth the contradictory history of a city under fire through the life and dilemmas of a gay man. It is a bold and radical novel, full of black humor...
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
One wrong turn is all it takes to disappear… Two friends, a hidden trail and a frantic search for the truth. The brand-new gripping thriller from No. 1 bestselling author Carmel Harrington is available to pre-order now. ‘Carmel Harrington...
- Location(s): Alabama
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary looking back
St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town, the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel that’s survived every one of those storms, and Lo Bailey, the local girl infamously accused of...
The Storm (The Lady of the Pier #3)
- Location(s): Brighton
- Genre(s): Historical, Paranormal, Romance
- Era(s): 1940s & 1980s
When Sofia falls in love, a mourning spirit begins to haunt her… The Storm is the concluding part of the trilogy where the two stories of Sofia and Laura merge into one and redemption seems finally possible… BRIGHTON 1988...
- Location(s): Arranmore Island (Árainn Mhór)
- Genre(s): Fantasy
When Fionn Boyle sets foot on Arranmore Island, it begins to stir beneath his feet … Once in a generation, Arranmore Island chooses a new Storm Keeper to wield its power and keep its magic safe from enemies. The...
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