- Location(s): Mexico
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Delighted by a surprise invitation, Miriam Macy sails off to a luxurious private island off the coast of Mexico with six other strangers. Surrounded by miles of open water...
- Location(s): Kentucky
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Cannabis kingpin Burl Spoon has reigned over the Jackson County area for three decades, building a powerful backwoods empire. But behind a well-run organization, his personal life is crumbling–his daughter can’t stay clean; his son has hated him since...
They are Trying to Break Your Heart
- Location(s): Balkans, Khao Lak
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s / 2004
DISASTER WILL BRING THEIR LIVES TOGETHER In 1994, Marko Novak’s world is torn apart by the death of his best friend, a young soldier in the Bosnian war. In 2004, human rights researcher Anya Teal is following a tenuous...
- Location(s): Baghdad
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
Agatha Christie’s international mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not...
- Location(s): Yemen
- Genre(s): Short Stories, Novella
- Era(s): late 20th century
They Die Strangers, a novella and thirteen short stories, is the first full-length work of the distinguished Yemeni writer Mohammad Abdul-Wali to appear in English. Abdul-Wali died tragically in an aviation accident, and his stories were collected after his...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1961
First published in 1963, in East Germany, They Divided the Sky tells the story of a young couple, living in the new, socialist, East Germany, whose relationship is tested to the extreme not only because of the political positions...
- Location(s): Helsinki, Baltimore
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): contemporary
Family dysfunction, digital technologies and animal rights activism in Helsinki and Baltimore. Winner of the Finlandia Prize in 2014.
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
- Location(s): South Sudan, The Sudan
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Benjamin, Alepho, and Benson were raised among the Dinka tribe of Sudan. Their world was an insulated, close-knit community of grass-roofed cottages, cattle herders, and tribal councils. The lions and pythons that prowled beyond the village fences were the...
They’re Rugby Boys, Don’t You Know?
- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 2011
A true story detailing how a Christian Police Sergeant from England boarded the Logos Hope Missionary Ship in 2011 and was forever changed when, in the Philippines, she unexpectedly encountered and fell in love with a group of street...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): early 21st century
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2019. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019. Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019. Shortlisted for Children’s Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2019. Marinka dreams...
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