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Waltz With Bashir: A Lebanon War Story

Waltz With Bashir: A Lebanon War Story
  • Author(s): Ari Folman
  • Location(s): Lebanon
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1982

One night in Beirut in September 1982, while Israeli soldiers secured the area, Christian militia members entered the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila and began to massacre hundreds, if not thousands, of Palestinians. Ari Folman was one of...

Wandering

Wandering
  • Author(s): Melissa Burovac
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Traveling solo as a woman certainly has its ups and downs, but Melissa Burovac will be the first to tell you to embrace the adventure as you encounter it. Facing her fortieth birthday as a single woman in a...

Wandering Souls

Wandering Souls
  • Author(s): Cecile Pin
  • Location(s): England, South East Asia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Later 20th Century

An extraordinary, original and heartbreaking debut novel about the bonds that connect people even when separated by seas or death itself, from a thrilling new voice. There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies –...

Wandering Stars

Wandering Stars
  • Author(s): Tommy Orange
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 19th-21st Century

The heart-rending story of a Native American community told through the generations AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER ‘A towering achievement’ New York Times ‘As vital as air’ Guardian ‘This novel is alive’ Tess Gunty Following the...

Wanderland

Wanderland
  • Author(s): Jini Reddy
  • Location(s): United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Nature, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE Alone on a remote mountaintop one dark night, a woman hears a mysterious voice. Propelled by the memory and after years of dreaming about it, Jini Reddy dares to delve into the ‘wanderlands’ of...

Want

Want
  • Author(s): Lynn Steger Strong
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Grappling with motherhood, economic anxiety, rage, and the limits of language, Want is a fiercely personal novel that vibrates with anger, insight, and love. Elizabeth is tired. Years after coming to New York to try to build a life,...

Want

Want
  • Author(s): Cindy Pon
  • Location(s): Taipei
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): Dystopian

Set in a near-future Taipei plagued by pollution, a group of teens risk everything to save their city in this thrilling novel from critically acclaimed author Cindy Pon. Jason Zhou survives in a divided society where the elite use...

Want to Know a Secret?

Want to Know a Secret?
  • Author(s): Sue Moorcroft
  • Location(s): Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Money, love and family. Which matters most? When Diane Jenner’s husband is hurt in a helicopter crash, she discovers a secret that changes her life. And it’s all about money, the kind of money the Jenners have never had....

Wanted in Paradise

Wanted in Paradise
  • Author(s): Kate Ashenden
  • Location(s): The Maldives
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Romance
  • Era(s): Current day

Wanted in Paradise, a hot romantic suspense novel filled with the… …drama of forbidden love …tension of a love triangle …glamour of wealthy men …type of action and adventure that holds your interest! Set in the beauty of the...

War and Millie McGonigle

War and Millie McGonigle
  • Author(s): Karen Cushman
  • Location(s): California
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1941, WW2

The Newbery Award-winning author of Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife’s Apprentice tells a heartfelt and humorous story of WWII on the homefront. Millie McGonigle lives in sunny California, where her days are filled with beach and surf. It...

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