Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture
- Location(s): Greece, Athens
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
Uncle Petros is a family joke. An ageing recluse, he lives alone in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and tending to his garden. If you didn’t know better, you’d surely think he was one of life’s failures. But...
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
- Location(s): Georgia
- Genre(s): Historical, Short Stories
- Era(s): 1881
Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of black American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881. Harris was a journalist in post-Reconstruction Atlanta, and he...
- Location(s): Ottawa
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 20th century
Old Mickey is one hundred and twelve years old. He can’t remember what he ate for lunch today, but he can remember every detail of what happened one hundred years ago, when he and his mother ran away from...
- Location(s): Wisconsin
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
Patricia Harper is dead, killed by a hot-wired espresso machine, in Uncommon Grounds, her very own gourmet coffee store! Maggy Thorsen wants to know who killed one of her partners. Maggy needs the store to succeed. Starting over after...
Under a Crescent Moon: Stories of Arabia
- Location(s): Saudi Arabia
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
It is exceedingly rare to find stories offering a portal into the exotic world of Saudi Arabia. Through exposé of life events touching eras past and present–weddings, daily duties, home-building, family excursion–the author produces the texture of a country...
- Location(s): Vis
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Have you ever dreamed about dumping everything and leaving the humdrum of urban living for a new life of blue skies, warm sunshine and sparkling seas? For Anthony and Ivana Stancomb, the decision to move from Fulham to Vis,...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 1930s
In grey, 1930s England, Bea has grown up kicking against the conventions of the time, all the while knowing that she will one day have to marry someone her parents choose – someone rich enough to keep the family...
- Location(s): Isle of Wight
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 19th century
In 1823, on an island off the south coast of England, there are activities worse than smuggling and all the conflict points to one cruel and ruthless man. The women on the island call him the Dark Star. Reformed...
- Location(s): North Carolina, Bitmore Estate
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): 1895-96
“Crawdads meets the Crawleys…. Threaded through with a meticulously researched, well-crafted mystery, this is historical fiction at its best.” – Fiona Davis, nationally bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue From the bestselling author of A Tangled Mercy...
- Location(s): Missouri
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1870s
1874: In the wilds of Missouri, one woman’s struggle for survival takes an unexpected turn the day that an injured stranger arrives at her door. This unforgettable story shows the true resilience of a young woman’s spirit when faced...
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