Thunderbolt: A Jack Courtney Adventure
- Location(s): Zanzibar
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Second in a brand new action adventure series starring 14-year-old Jack Courtney – a hero to rival Alex Rider – from worldwide bestselling author Wilbur Smith. Jack and his friends Amelia and Xander are in Zanzibar diving for lost...
Thura’s Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq
- Location(s): Iraq
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): early 2000s
Nineteen-year-old Thura al-Windawi kept a diary during the conflict in Iraq, saying that it was her way of “controlling the chaos.” The diary, which documents the days leading up to the bombings, the war itself, and the lawless aftermath,...
- Location(s): Buenos Aires
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Three bodies lie at the bottom of a pool in a gated community near Buenos Aires. It’s Thursday night and, oblivious to their presence, Mrs Scaglia is strolling through the pool area gathering wine glasses left from her husband’s...
Thylacine (Extinct – The Story of Life on Earth Book 7)
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Past
TV scientist Ben Garrod presents the biggest extinction events ever, told from the point of view of evolution’s superstars, the most incredible animals ever to swim, stalk, slither or walk our planet. Whether you’re 9 or 90, his unique...
- Location(s): Texas
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
Susan Wittig Albert’s novels featuring ex-lawyer and herb-shop proprietor China Bayles have won acclaim for their rich characterization and witty, suspenseful stories of crime and passion in small-town Texas. Now, when China’s friend Jo dies of an apparent suicide,...
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
A map, two train tickets, and a mission. These are things twelve-year-old Maya and her big sister Zara have when they set off on their own from Delhi to their grandmother’s childhood home of Aminpur, a small town in...
Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Experience the world by train Why do people love trains so much? Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing the world through train travel – on both epic and everyday rail routes, aboard every...
Tidings of Death at Honeychurch Hall (book 6)
- Location(s): South Hams, Devon
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Mistletoe and murder at Honeychurch Hall… It’s ten days before Christmas at Honeychurch Hall and Kat Stanford has persuaded the Earl of Grenville to open the Museum Room to the villagers in an effort to raise money for rooftop...
Tierra del Oro Book 1 Forty Grains of Black Powder
- Location(s): Sonora
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1870 - 1920
Forty Grains of Black Powder begins the Cordero saga with a son’s quest for revenge and freedom. Growing up surrounded by finery and lies, Ramón Cordero discovers a secret that will change his life, and that of generations to...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern looking back
Translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, Ties is a compulsively readable and provocative novel about marriage and family by one of Italy’s bestselling novelists. Like many marriages, Vanda and Aldo’s has been subject to strain, to attrition, to...
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