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Yellow Room

Yellow Room
  • Author(s): Shelan Rodger
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Present

Haunted by a tragic childhood accident, Chala’s whole life has been moulded by guilt and secrets. After the death of the stepfather she adored, Chala is thrown into turmoil once again. Volunteering in Kenya seems to offer an escape,...

Yemen: The Unknown Arabia

Yemen: The Unknown Arabia
  • Author(s): Tim Mackintosh-Smith
  • Location(s): Yemen
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
  • Era(s): late 20th century

Arguably the most fascinating and least understood country in the Arab world, Yemen has a way of attracting comment that ranges from the superficial to the wildly fantastic. A country long regarded by classical geographers as a fabulous land...

Yemen: Travels In Dictionary Land

Yemen: Travels In Dictionary Land
  • Author(s): Tim Mackintosh-Smith
  • Location(s): Yemen
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1990s

In this work, the author describes his journey through Yemen, portraying hyrax hunters and dhow skippers, a noseless regicide, a sword-wielding tyrant with a passion for Heinz Russian salad, as well as examining the extraordinary history of the ordinary...

Yemen: What Everyone Needs to Know

Yemen: What Everyone Needs to Know
  • Author(s): Asher Orkaby
  • Location(s): Yemen
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Various

In 2014, a tribal alliance from Yemen’s northern regions seized the capital city of Sana’a and overthrew a republic that had ruled since 1962. Known as the Houthi Movement, these rebels are today vying for control, sparring with southern...

Yes, (Saudi) Minister! a Life in Administration

Yes, (Saudi) Minister! a Life in Administration
  • Author(s): Ghazi A Algosaibi
  • Location(s): Saudi Arabia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1970s /1980s

Born into a leading merchant family in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, Dr Algosaibi not only experienced but, as a government minister, played a leading part in the Kingdom’s rapid modernisation during the 1970s and 1980s. In this administrative autobiography,...

Yesteryear

Yesteryear
  • Author(s): Caro Claire Burke
  • Location(s): The American West
  • Genre(s): Time Slip, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary and 1855

Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and has the social media accounts to prove it. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful...

Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario

Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario
  • Author(s): Daniel Pinkwater
  • Location(s): Rochester
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1970s

Eugene Winkleman is all set for a boring two-week vacation in Rochester, New York, when strange coincidences start to happen. First, he and his Uncle Mel see a movie about a monster called “Yobgorgle” that is supposed to live...

You

You
  • Author(s): Caroline Kepnes
  • Location(s): East Village, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When a beautiful aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card. There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City....

You All Die Tonight

You All Die Tonight
  • Author(s): Simon Kernick
  • Location(s): Essex
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Seven people wake up in a remote mansion. The doors are all locked. They have no idea where they are. Who brought them there. Or how to escape. Each knew the victims of a dreadful crime committed four years...

You and Me on Vacation

You and Me on Vacation
  • Author(s): Emily Henry
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Conteporaryyy

TWO FRIENDS TEN SUMMER TRIPS THEIR LAST CHANCE TO FALL IN LOVE 12 SUMMERS AGO: Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each other, and are pretty confident they’ll never speak again. 11 SUMMERS AGO: They’re forced to share a...

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