- Location(s): South Korea
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Korean Civil War
An emotionally riveting debut novel about war, family, and forbidden love—the unforgettable saga of two ill-fated lovers in Korea and the heartbreaking choices they’re forced to make in the years surrounding the civil war that still haunts us today....
- Location(s): Nigeria
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): 1960s
A NEW LIFE THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM HOME Lydia and Clem Davie arrive in an Igbo village in Nigeria in July 1967 just as civil war breaks out, but Lydia has trouble adjusting to life in West Africa: a...
- Location(s): Barcelona
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
First published in 1962 as ‘La Placa del Diamant’, this is considered the most important Catalan novel of all time. This is a new English translation. It has previously been published in English as The Time of the Doves....
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
“Insomnia” and a “search for a shadow”. Perhaps a dream as he meets and engages with a wonderful array of personalities during his wanderings. His search takes him to a brothel in Bombay, to the Theosophical Society in Madras,...
- Location(s): Papua New Guinea
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
In the wilds of the most diverse nation on earth, while she copes with crocodiles under the blackboard and sorcery in the office, Trish Nicholson survives near-fatal malaria and mollifies irascible politicians and an ever-changing roster of bosses –...
- Location(s): Cochabamba
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Lily Bushwold thought she’d found the antidote to endless foster care and group homes: a teaching job in Cochabamba, Bolivia. As soon as she could steal enough cash for the plane, she was on it. When the gig falls...
- Location(s): United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Lev Parikian is on a journey to discover the quirks, habits and foibles of how the British experience nature. Open a window, hear the birds calling and join him. ——— It’s often said that the British are a nation...
- Location(s): Bødo, Norway, Røst
- Genre(s): Police Procedural
- Era(s): Contemporary
(The Arctic Mysteries Book 1) When nineteen-year-old Iselin Hanssen disappears during a run in a popular hiking area in Bodø, Northern Norway, suspicion quickly falls on her boyfriend. For investigator Jakob Weber, the case seems clear-cut, almost unexceptional, even...
Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers
- Location(s): Hawai'i
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): World War II
Hawaii, 1944. The Pacific battles of World War II continue to threaten American soil, and on the home front, the bonds of friendship and the strength of love are tested. Violet Iverson and her young daughter, Ella, are piecing...
Island on the Edge of the World
- Location(s): Haiti, Port au Prince
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Haiti. A poor country rich in courage, strength and love. As these four women are about to discover. Charlie, the rootless daughter of American missionaries, now working as a hairdresser in Northern California. But the repercussions of a traumatic...
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