- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Russian Revolution
“”Romance, adventure, magic and history blend seamlessly into a story that is… historically sensitive and gloriously thrilling.” –Kirkus, starred review” Natalya knows a secret. A magical Faberge egg glows within the walls of Russia’s Winter Palace. It holds a...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 18th Century
Spring 1699: Illegitimate, destitute and strikingly beautiful, Marta has survived the brutal Russian winter in her remote Baltic village. Sold by her family into household labour at the age of fifteen, Marta survives by committing a crime that will...
- Location(s): Germany
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Zwei Jungs. Ein geknackter Lada. Eine Reise voller Umwege durch ein unbekanntes Deutschland. Mutter in der Entzugsklinik, Vater mit Assistentin auf Geschäftsreise: Maik Klingenberg wird die großen Ferien allein am Pool der elterlichen Villa verbringen. Doch dann kreuzt Tschick...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 21st century
Tsunami Girl is a powerful coming-of-age story of 15-year-old Yuki Hara Jones who gets caught up in the March 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. It’s about a young person trying to work out who they are, and...
- Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2004
On Boxing day 2004, Rob, Paul, Matty and Rosie Forkan tragically lost their parents in the Boxing Day Tsunami that devastated Sri Lanka. Aged from 8 to 17, they subsequently faced a harrowing and solitary 200km trek across the...
- Location(s): Chiang Mai
- Genre(s): Children, Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
Ten-year-old Tua—Thai for “peanut”—has everything she needs at home in Chiang Mai, Thailand, except for one thing she’s always wanted: a sister. In the market one day, Tua makes an accidental acquaintance—one with wise, loving eyes, remarkable strength, and...
Tudor Merchant’s House, Pembrokeshire
- Location(s): Pembrokeshire
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 16th century
Time Travel to Tudor Tenby. Tucked down a narrow, Norman alley in the heart of Tenby, Pembrokeshire lies the town’s oldest unaltered building: Tudor Merchant’s House. It’s a place that transports you back 500 years to when this small,...
- Location(s): Pitlochry
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Current time
Founder and sole employee of Mere Accounting, Jeffrey Mere is a solitary man. He has spent his entire life close to home, in the picturesque Scottish town of Pitlochry. After sixty-four years of playing it safe, with retirement looming,...
- Location(s): Europe, Australia, New Zealand (Aotearoa)
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): 1980s, Present day
Waikato-born Judy Williams worked hard for her Big OE: London, Paris, Rome, Gallipoli. Her adventures were dutifully recorded in a diary. A trip journal that also details how the obsessive Tugga Tancred and his Kiwi mates turned Judy’s trip...
Tuk-Tuk to the Road: Two Girls, Three Wheels, 12,500 Miles
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Two girls, three wheels, one mission. If you’ve ever been to Bangkok you’ll have most likely been catapulted through the streets in a tuk tuk, one of the city’s ubiquitous three-wheeled taxis. With white knuckles and ringing ears you’ll...
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