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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
  • Author(s): Cho Nam-Joo
  • Location(s): South Korea
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. Kim Jiyoung is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own. Kim Jiyoung is a female preyed upon...

L’Origine

L’Origine
  • Author(s): Lilianne Milgrom
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Erotica, Historical
  • Era(s): From 1866 onwards

The Secret Life of the World’s Most Erotic Masterpiece FIRST PLACE WINNER FOR ADULT FICTION 2021 INDIEREADER DISCOVERY AWARDS   SHORTLISTED FOR US 2021 SELFIES BEST FICTION   FORWARD REVIEWS BEST BOOK PUBLISHED IN 2020 FINALIST   INDIEBRAG MEDALLION...

Lagoon

Lagoon
  • Author(s): Nnedi Okorafor
  • Location(s): Lagos
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): Modern

After word gets out on the Internet that aliens have landed in the waters outside of the world’s fifth most populous city, chaos ensues. Soon the military, religious leaders, thieves, and crackpots are trying to control the message on...

Land

Land
  • Author(s): Maggie O'Farrell
  • Location(s): Canada, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

Inspired by the mapping of Ireland in the mid nineteenth century, Land, the new novel from the author of Hamnet, is at once intimate and epic: a portrait of a family navigating a legacy of upheaval and loss with...

Landscape Photographer of the Year 13

Landscape Photographer of the Year 13
  • Author(s): AA Publishing
  • Location(s): United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Photography
  • Era(s): 2020

Showcases the winning and commended entries from the thirteenth annual Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Every image is captioned with the photographer’s account of the inspiration behind the picture Technical information section, detailing equipment and techniques used by...

Last Summer on State Street

Last Summer on State Street
  • Author(s): Toya Wolfe
  • Location(s): Chicago
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Coming of Age
  • Era(s): 1990s

State Street Chicago, 1999. One summer that changes everything. An unlikely trio: Felicia ‘Fe Fe’ Stevens, daughter of fiercely protective mother; Precious Brown, daughter of a prominent church Elder; and Stacia Buchanan, daughter of a Gangster Disciple Queen-Pin. They...

Lean on Me

Lean on Me
  • Author(s): Serge Joncour
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When a flock of crows invades their apartment block, Parisian neighbours Aurore and Ludovic speak for the first time. Outwardly the fashion designer and debt collector share little in common, but they both lead isolated lives, she in a...

Leonardo’s Swans

Leonardo’s Swans
  • Author(s): Karen Essex
  • Location(s): Ferrara, Italy, Milan
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 15th Century

At the heart of this book is the complex relationship between two of Leonardo’s muses and patrons at the court of Milan: The d’Este sisters, Isabella and Beatrice, who are betrothed to two very different men. Isabella marries the...

Leopard at the Door

Leopard at the Door
  • Author(s): Jennifer McVeigh
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 1950s

Stepping off the boat in Mombasa, eighteen-year-old Rachel Fullsmith stands on Kenyan soil for the first time in six years. She has come home. But when Rachel reaches the family farm at the end of the dusty Rift Valley...

Literary London

Literary London
  • Author(s): Eloise Millar, Sam Jordison
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 14th century to modern

A fascinating guide to the best literary landmarks in London that takes the reader into publishing houses and along paths of inspiration, revealing the stories behind the stories. * One of the world’s greatest literary cities, London has streets...

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