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...
- Location(s): Lagos
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
Lomba is a young journalist living in Lagos under Nigeria’s brutal military regime. His mind is full of soul music and girls and the novel he’s writing. Yet when his room-mate goes mad and is beaten up by soldiers,...
- Location(s): Seville, Spain
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary / 15th Century
He appears out of the sea, washed up naked, in the treacherous Straits of Gibraltar. Seemingly delirious, and claiming to be Christopher Columbus, he is taken to an insane asylum in Seville, where astonishingly he starts to reveal the...
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