Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems
- Location(s): Palestine
- Genre(s): Poetry
- Era(s): late 20th century
Mahmoud Darwish is a literary rarity: at once critically acclaimed as one of the most important poets in the Arabic language, and beloved as the voice of his people. He is a living legend whose lyrics are sung by...
- Location(s): Las Vegas
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Current
A serial killer is haunting the Las Vegas Strip. The brutality is alarming. The number of victims is growing. “Blood leads” and it is being splashed across the headlines and clogging air time. But more important to the men...
- Location(s): Yorkshire
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
On an abandoned Yorkshire farm, a group of hippie-anarchists have taken up residence to build a new society. When their leader is brutally bludgeoned with a solid gold bar, an ambitious young journalist sets out to uncover the truth...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930's
Living in London, England during the wake of World War II, Nel Rosenberg, a German girl, finds herself facing great opposition, especially after falling for William Beckham who is neither of her class nor race. As war continues to...
- Location(s): Detroit
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): 1977
The twisty tale of a Detroit process server whose search for a missing stockholder leads him into more serious peril than he ever imagined possible, Unknown Man #89 is a gourmet stew of mystery, suspense, and double and triple...
- Location(s): Turkmenistan
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): early 21st century
Turkmenistan was once the world’s most feared territory. Since the time of the Mongols, the nomadic tribes of its vast desert wastes were deemed ungovernable. Russians and Persians were captured as slaves and carried off by the fierce Turkmen....
Unlocking Horns: Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Burundi
- Location(s): Burundi
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The compelling story of David Niyonzima’s personal experience with the violence and chaos of central Africa. The book offers a message of hope and healing in the midst of tribal strife.
- Location(s): Pakistan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): contemporary
Alys Binat has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Although she knows that many of her students won’t finish their education before dropping out to marry, Alys still hopes to inspire them to dream of more than what’s...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her hands: five headless, limbless cadavers in Ireland, plus four similar victims in a landfill back home. Is a serial butcher loose in Virginia? That’s what the panicked public...
- Location(s): Pacific Coast Highway
- Genre(s): Coming of Age
- Era(s): 2020s
Phoebe Cho has spent a lifetime trying to keep herself afloat in a family which has never been able to find anything but fault with her. But now that she’s finally finished with high school, escape is only a...
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