- Location(s): England, France
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): WW2
The second sensational middle-grade standalone that follows an epic voyage from England to France in the aftermath of WW1, from the bestselling author of The Children of Castle Rock. In the aftermath of World War One, everyone is trying...
- Location(s): Caribbean, Scotland, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Time Slip
- Era(s): 1740s /1960s
Outlander 3 Jamie Fraser is lying on the battlefield of Culloden, where he rises wounded, to face execution or imprisonment. Either prospect pales beside the pain of loss – his wife is gone. Forever. But sometimes forever is shorter...
Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): World War 2
A lyrical and dreamlike story of two brothers in conflict amidst the devastation of WWII London. Harry Black wakes in hospital to learn that his brother Ellis has almost certainly been killed by a V2 rocket falling during a...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Culture
- Era(s): N/A
Wabi sabi (“wah-bi sah-bi”) is a captivating concept from Japanese aesthetics, which helps us to see beauty in imperfection, appreciate simplicity and accept the transient nature of all things. With roots in zen and the way of tea, the...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Ronke, Simi, Boo are three mixed-race friends living in London. They have the gift of two cultures, Nigerian and English, though not all of them choose to see it that way. Everyday racism has never held them back, but...
- Location(s): Denmark
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Five friends from university; seven summer days in a cabin in rural Denmark. A chance to swim, sunbathe, flirt, read and mess around like in the old days. At least that’s what Sylvia had hoped. But when her friends...
- Location(s): Arizona
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Contemporary
Stuck in a dreary Boston winter, Annabelle Martin would like nothing more than to run away from her current life. She’s not even thirty years old, twice-divorced, and has just dodged a marriage proposal… from her ex-husband. When she’s...
- Location(s): South Carolina
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1777-1782 American Revolution
A town besieged by the enemy with just one Sovereign order: wait. Charles Town, South Carolina, 1780 With the inevitable occupation of Charles Town by the British pounding at the gates, Louis Lestarjette braces for possible imprisonment or worse....
- Location(s): China
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
“In Waiting, Ha Jin portrays the life of Lin Kong, a dedicated doctor torn by his love for two women: one who belongs to the New China of the Cultural Revolution, the other to the ancient traditions of his...
- Location(s): Uganda
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
Set in the seventies during the last year of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s brutal, often surreal rule, Waiting evokes the fear and courage of a small close-knit society uncertain of what the edicts of a madman or the marauding...
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