Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe
- Location(s): Uganda, Entebbe
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In her fiction debut, Doreen Baingana follows a Ugandan girl as she navigates the uncertain terrain of adolescence. Set mostly in pastoral Entebbe with stops in the cities Kampala and Los Angeles, Tropical Fish depicts the reality of life...
- Location(s): Equatorial Guinea
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1980s
Selected as one of the six best nonfiction books of 1990 by the editors f the New York Times Book Review , this is a compelling and entertaining account of the author’s two-and-a-half year adventure in Equatorial Guinea, and...
- Location(s): Aruba
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
Imagine spending your entire summer vacation on the beautiful island of Aruba. Who could ask for anything more? Well, for Morgan Callahan, spending her entire summer in Aruba with the father, she hardly knows, is barely anything to look...
- Location(s): Lombok
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
A perfect getaway on an idyllic tropical island doesn’t always come as advertised… When Jake arrived on the island of Gili Trawangan he thought he had found paradise. With his train wreck of a marriage left far behind, he...
- Location(s): Korioume
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Believing the ancient manuscripts of Timbuktu are part of their nation’s heritage, teens Ayisha and Ahmed are prepared to do whatever is necessary to save this important treasure from falling into the wrong hands–crossing a dangerously hot desert to...
- Location(s): Lake Erie
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): contemporary
Many miles from anywhere in the middle of Lake Erie, Trouble Island serves as a stop-off for gangsters as they run between America and Canada. The remote isle is also the permanent home to two women: Aurelia Escalante, who...
- Location(s): West Virginia
- Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
A thrilling, fast-paced novel of romantic suspense from sensational New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Linda Howard. For Morgan Yancy, an operative and team leader in a paramilitary group, nothing comes before his job. But when he’s...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): N/A
In three years I will be able to vote and I will still have less power than I did at the moment that I saw that email, which was such a tiny thing but look what happened. Fifteen-year-old Alena...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
The leader of one of the country’s most violent biker gangs, Den Laurey should have been behind bars. But thanks to a daring escape on an L.A. freeway, several deputy marshals are dead and Laurey is riding free. Deputy...
- Location(s): Kentucky, Appalachian Mountains
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): late 1800s
A charming historical novel set in the late 1800s. Born and raised in the hills of Kentucky, Laura “Copper” Grace loves the wilderness of her home in Troublesome Creek. But when her stepmother threatens to send her away to...
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