- Location(s): British Columbia, Japan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2010s
One day, about a year after the Japanese tsunami, frustrated author Ruth finds a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the beach near her island home off Canada’s west coast. Subsequent inspection reveals that it contains a diary written...
- Location(s): Bali
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Late 19th century
This book is recommended as a way of getting to know a little about the history and culture of Bali. Not only does it succeed in this, but it also proved a heart-warming and hugely readable story of one man’s...
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s onwards
Growing up in a small fishing village in 1980s Iran, 11-year-old Saba Hafezi and her twin sister Mahtab are fascinated by America. They keep lists of English vocabulary words and collect contraband copies of Life magazine and Bob Dylan...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
A love story centred around an older couple (the author’s story), and lots of food and recipes throughout the book, as she searches for the best ingredients along the atmospheric canals and byways and piazze.
- Location(s): Hawai'i
- Genre(s): Fiction, Young Adult
- Era(s): Modern and 1957
Jade Gonzalez has always been fascinated with Hawaii and its beautiful beaches, jungle waterfalls, volcanoes, and elaborate flower lei. Even the islands’ eclectic cultural mix seems perfect to a girl of Mexican-Asian heritage. A winter vacation to the islands...
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
A Tour of the Heart: A Seductive Cycling Trip Through France, part memoir, part love story, is a romantic ode to the most visited country in the world. Told by a proudly-feminine and sophisticated travel writer, an expert in...
- Location(s): Australia, Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1940s
- Location(s): Maputo (Lourenço Marques)
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Hanna Lundmark escapes the brutal poverty of rural Sweden for a job as a cook onboard a steamship headed for Australia. Jumping ship at the African port of Lourenço Marques, Hanna decides to begin her life afresh. Stumbling across...
A Village in the Valley (3 in Allways Trilogy)
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
This reprint of the third book in Nichols’ “Allways Trilogy” contains a new foreword by Bryan Connon, Beverley Nichols’ biographer. Set in the English countryside, the hilarious memoir is as much about the author’s love for plants as it...
- Location(s): Jerez, Cuba (Republic of), Mexico City
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1860s
1861. A ruined silver-mine owner sets sail from Mexico City to seek his fortune in the New World. Mauro Larrera has just four months to pay his creditors, or his bankruptcy will be revealed and his family’s honour will...
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