- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When a teen runs away from his father’s mysterious commune, he sets in motion a domino effect that will connect six characters desperate for hope and love, set across the sun-bleached canvas of Los Angeles. From the acclaimed author...
- Location(s): Kentucky, Acorn
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2nd half 20th century
Alice Grace Ripley lives in a dream world, her nose stuck in a book. But the happily-ever-after life she’s planned on suddenly falls apart when her boyfriend breaks up with her, accusing her of living in a world of...
Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness
- Location(s): Adirondacks
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1960s, 1970s
Many have dreamed of building a cabin in the wilderness and living there alone in the solitude of a region that is far from civilization. Here is the unusual story of a young wildlife ecologist who has done just...
- Location(s): Cardiff
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
From http://wots1.eventbrite.co.uk: The homeless are dying: a pestilence is sweeping them off the streets, while the authorities herd the not-yet-dead into sinister ‘clinics’ in derelict industrial wastelands… until suddenly The Public is no longer immune. Word on the Street...
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Modern
Years ago, Rachel had a crush on Henry Jones. The day before she moved away, she tucked a love letter into his favorite book in his family’s bookshop. She waited. But Henry never came. Now Rachel has returned to...
- Location(s): Lithuania
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1890s
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen transports readers to a corner of history with this inspiring story of a girl who discovers the strength of her people united in resisting oppression. Danger is never far from Audra’s...
- Location(s): Scottish Highlands
- Genre(s): Humour, Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
They say you should keep your enemies closer… For Fliss, the prospect of a team building work trip fills her with dread. Mostly because she cannot stand her pushy colleague James, who often attempts to derail her brilliant plans....
- Location(s): Alaska, Scotland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Falling in love is always in fashion…. With her trust fund and coveted job at Christian Dior, Fanny Moreau believes she has it all. But when her best friend finds a fulfilling new career abroad—and a dreamy relationship with...
- Location(s): Amazon Rainforest
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Carlos’s mother works for IBAMA, Brazil’s Environmental Authority. As head of a specially trained task force, her role is to protect the Amazon from the farmers, loggers and miners who are illegally destroying the precious rainforest. It’s a dangerous...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Autofiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
Born in East Berlin, Julia is eight when her actress mother uproots her family of four girls, by different fathers, in search of a better life. Their eventual landing in the remote countryside of Schleswig-Holstein solves no problems for...
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