- Location(s): Afghanistan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2001 onwards
One of the most powerful and moving stories you will ever read, this book will completely change the way you look at life. ‘Unspoken Abandonment’ is the story of one man’s struggle to return home from the war in...
- Location(s): Somerset
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Pre-Roman times to modern times
They lived, loved, worked and struggled in Somerset. From pre-Roman to modern times, we meet women with courage, kindness, innovation and even some who smashed the rules! Through 23 chapters, we meet most women through a short story, followed...
Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Edition)
- Location(s): Somerset
- Genre(s): Children, Historical
- Era(s): various
What have women in Somerset got up to over the years? Oh, nothing much. Apart from… – worshipping goddesses – travelling the world – burning stuff – arguing with the queen over swans – writing mega-popular books – fighting...
Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto
- Location(s): Kyoto
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Two years out of college and with a degree from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, Victoria Riccardi left a boyfriend, a rent-controlled New York City apartment, and a plum job in advertising to move to Kyoto to study kaiseki,...
- Location(s): Caribbean
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 20th century
THE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERAAND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar....
- Location(s): Trinidad and Tobago
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Contemporary
Will a tropical escape lead to a perfect romance? It was meant to be the holiday of a lifetime for Samantha: the launch of her travel blog, her best friend’s wedding and – hopefully – her own marriage proposal....
- Location(s): Peckham, South London
- Genre(s): Police Procedural
- Era(s): Contemporary
Lee Mitchell #1 When the teenage son of a south London pastor is shot at point-blank range, shockwaves echo through the close-knit community. For barrister Lee Mitchell, born and raised in Peckham, the murder hits close to home. And...
- Location(s): Northern Spain, Madrid
- Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
- Era(s): 1938-39
October 1938 and foreign correspondent Jack Telford is on the run in northern Spain, territory now controlled by Franco’s fascists. And he’s killed somebody close to the Generalísimo’s heart. Telford’s a hunted man, and hunted by three different and...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC), East Village, Staten Island
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
In her senior year at NYU, Riley Hope appears to be on top of the world. With a loving mother who makes Lorelai Gilmore look like a parenting slacker, ride-or-die friends, and a longtime boyfriend destined for the National...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
As a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count’s best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Under...
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