- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Short Stories, In Translation
- Era(s): early 20th century
A new selection of lyrically haunting short stories from a Japanese literary icon A writer is seized by apocalyptic visions; a voyeuristic marquis commits a brutal act; and a trio of beatniks dance to modern jazz in the ruins...
- Location(s): Middle East
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In an unnamed country torn apart by war, six strangers are compelled to share their darkest secrets. Taking pen to paper, each character attempts to put in writing what they can’t bring themselves to say to the person they...
- Location(s): Las Vegas
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
A brilliant, high-tension thriller set in the glittery, surreal worlds of Las Vegas casinos, from the bestselling author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER. A young woman finds herself caught up in a heist which may cost her the one thing...
Voltaire’s Garden: A memoir of Cobargo
- Location(s): New South Wales
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Voltaire’s Garden is a memoir of creating a sustainable lifestyle, back-to-earth style, on a fifteen-acre cattle paddock in an idyllic pocket of southeast Australia, made famous by the bushfires of New Year’s Eve 2019. Award-winning author Isobel Blackthorn introduces...
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 19th century
Set in nineteenth-century Australia, Voss is the story of the secret passion between an explorer and a naïve young woman. Although they have met only on a few occasions, Voss and Laura are joined by overwhelming, obsessive feelings for...
Votes for Women: Cheltenham and the Cotswolds
- Location(s): Cheltenham, The Cotswolds
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 20th century
In 1918, after years of campaigning, many British women over the age of 30 gained a parliamentary vote. Cheltenham was the hub of activity in the Cotswolds, and before the First World War it had a number of vigorous...
- 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...
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