- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
When the moon rises high and the stars twinkle, it is bedtime for the baby animals of the Indian forest. But tonight, when the skies turn dark and the night grows stormy, the little ones can’t sleep. SWISH-SWISH! CRACK-TRACK!...
- Location(s): Slovenia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): 1990s - Contemporary
The story that unfolds in Vojnović’s hugely popular Slovenian novel is so gripping, that it is quite easy to forget your real surroundings. A Google search takes Vladan Borojević back to the catastrophic events of 1991, when he first...
- 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...
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