- Location(s): San Francisco
- Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Although Gina Perini thrives in her new life as a bookshop manager, her harrowing escape from the war in the Balkans years earlier remains fresh in her mind. There are still those who are searching for her and who...
- Location(s): South Africa
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Second half 20th Century
Through The Cane Fields is the story of two young sisters living a life of privilege in Apartheid era South Africa. Delia Hallowell is content with her carefree, luxurious life until she meets a boy named Thomas. As the...
- Location(s): Oregon
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Letting him inside could be her salvation…or her undoing. Clara Martelli clings to Book Nirvana, the Oregon bookshop she and her late husband Jared built together. When rising rents and corporate competition threaten its survival, her best hope is...
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Lexie loves her home. She feels safe and secure in it – and loved, thanks to her boyfriend Tom. But recently, something’s not been quite right. A book out of place. A wardrobe door left open. A set of...
Through the Water Curtain and other Tales from Around the World
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
A delightful, diverse selection of fairy tales from around the world by one of our most beloved children’s writers International bestselling children’s author Cornelia Funke has always been fascinated by fairy tales; they have often crept into her own...
- Location(s): Papua New Guinea
- Genre(s): Adventure, Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): early 21st century
- Location(s): Jeddah
- Genre(s): Fiction, Satire
- Era(s): early 2000s
When an opulent palace is built on the Jeddah waterfront near his poverty-stricken neighbourhood, ambitious Tariq sees a way out of his life of petty crime. He stares longingly at the huge gates, dreaming of the luxuries beyond. But...
- Location(s): Afghanistan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
A powerful novel of enduring friendship set amid the terror and chaos of present-day Afghanistan. Best friends Tamanna and Yasmine cannot believe their good fortune when a school is set up in their Afghan village; however, their dreams for...
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,...
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