- Location(s): Tokyo, Boston, Oahu
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
Diana is young and uneasy in a new relationship when she leaves America and moves halfway around the world to Tokyo seeking adventure. In Japan she takes a job as a nanny to two-year-old Yuki Yoshimura and sets about...
- Location(s): Bahrain
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
Khadeeja is a child who is forced into womanhood early. She is compelled to marry a man much older than she through arranged marriage and lives a world of hardships from then on. Her mother dies soon after her...
- Location(s): Zagreb
- Genre(s): Fiction, Noir
- Era(s): Various
astern European history is filled with noir-ish and harrowing tales, and Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, certainly has its fill. Editor Ivan Srsen has curated a diverse, powerful and dramatic group of stories that offer tremendous insight into...
Zamani: a Haunted Memoir of Tanzania
- Location(s): Tanzania
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1949-2018
Born and brought up in Tanzania, in 1968 I’m at my English boarding school when I get the news that I’m never going home again. It takes me three decades before an invitation to participate in a film festival...
- Location(s): Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)
- Genre(s): Adventure, Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
When a young American research assistant is killed by a man-eating lion, three people are devastated – Jed Banks, an American Special Forces soldier serving in Afghanistan; Professor Christine Wallis, a wildlife researcher in South Africa; and Hassan bin...
Zanzibar Uhuru: revolution, two women and the challenge of survival
- Location(s): Zanzibar, Stone Town
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1964
It is 1964, a month after independence celebrations in the spice islands of Zanzibar, off the east coast of Africa. A brutal uprising takes place apparently led by a shadowy figure, John Okello. In the capital, Stone Town, a...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2003
It’s a hot, humid July night in New York City. Where were you when the lights went out? A New York City resident for many years, Carol Higgins Clark was there during the blackout of 2003. Not surprisingly, she...
- Location(s): Texas
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
A timely and honest coming-of-age story that explores the complicated relationship between identity, culture, family, and love. Seventeen-year-old Pakistani immigrant, Zara Hossain, has been leading a fairly typical life in Texas since her family moved there for her father’s...
Zaremba, or Love and the Rule of Law
- Location(s): Warsaw
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Cordelia is a shy and high-minded polio victim who lives a life of seclusion caring for her odd family in Warsaw. Her father is an academic with no life skills, her brother never leaves the villa, and her mother...
- Location(s): Niger
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy
- Era(s): Folktales
Zarma Folktales of Niger presents in English the folklore of the Zarma, a lesser-known tribe of West Africa. These tales run the gamut from teaching ethical and moral lessons to portraying tricksters to naming animals to farting contests to...
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