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The Wilderness Retreat

The Wilderness Retreat
  • Author(s): Jennifer Moore
  • Location(s): Sweden
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As Bella drops her son off at university, she’s devastated. It’s been the two of them ever since Asher was born. The only thing helping her through is an upcoming week-long wilderness retreat in Sweden, a surprise gift from...

The Wildings

The Wildings
  • Author(s): Nilanjana Roy, Prabha Mallya (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

Something is stirring in the heart of Old Delhi… Prowling, hunting and fighting amidst the crumbling ruins of one of Delhi’s oldest neighbourhoods, are the proud Wildings. These feral cats fear no one, go where they want and do...

The Wilds

The Wilds
  • Author(s): Sarah Pearse
  • Location(s): Portugal
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A perpetual drifter, Kier Templer lives her life on the road. Dubbed “the monster’s daughter” after her mother’s infamous crime, Kier has left her hometown and twin behind. Kier is haunted by the past, but one thing has always...

The Will

The Will
  • Author(s): Lars D H Hedbor
  • Location(s): Pennsylvania
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): American Revolution

As the British close in on Philadelphia, trouble at home and a fight with Congress culminate in the worst night of Isaac Melcher’s life. Can he recover his honor and his marriage before both are lost forever — and...

The Wind

The Wind
  • Author(s): Lars D H Hedbor
  • Location(s): Florida
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Revolutionary

How Spain saved the American Revolution! Gabriel is a simple sailor, doing the bidding of his Captain and King, when he is swept up in a storm that changes his life in ways that he could never have anticipated....

The Wind Child

The Wind Child
  • Author(s): Gabriela Houston
  • Location(s): Eastern Europe
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

Featuring a colourful Slavic cast of tempestuous gods and frightening monsters, this is a story about friendship, and how far you would go – and what you would sacrifice – to avoid saying goodbye to someone you love. No...

The Wind from the East

The Wind from the East
  • Author(s): Almudena Grandes
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía), Madrid
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Internationally celebrated author Almudena Grandes has produced her finest work yet with The Wind from the East, a blend of two narratives set alternately in Madrid and an Andalusian town by the sea. Sara Gómes Morales,given up at birth...

The Wind Knows My Name

The Wind Knows My Name
  • Author(s): Isabel Allende
  • Location(s): Vienna, Arizona
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1938, 1919

Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht – the night their family loses everything. As her child’s safety seems ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on the...

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
  • Author(s): Haruki Murakami
  • Location(s): Japan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

His wife is growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada’s vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading,...

The Winding Road to Portugal: 20 Men From 11 Countries Share Their Stories

The Winding Road to Portugal: 20 Men From 11 Countries Share Their Stories
  • Author(s): Louise Ross
  • Location(s): Portugal
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

How do men navigate life at a time fraught with great uncertainty and rapid change, working and moving country to country, on their own or with a family? Is their path easy, because they’re men, fortuned with greater liberties...

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