For the Sake of All Living Things
- Location(s): Cambodia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1970s
This book covers Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, as well as delving into Cambodian culture.
Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse
- Location(s): Afghanistan, Kabul
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Modern
Suraya Sadeed grew up in a peaceful Afghanistan. Following the Soviet invasion in 1979, she left America with her family, building a new life. But after a sudden tragedy, Suraya returned to Afghanistan for a visit that changed everything....
- Location(s): Beijing (Peking)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2000s
Hoping to improve her Chinese and broaden her cultural horizons, Rachel DeWoskin went to work for an American PR firm in China. Before she knew it, she was not just exploring, but making Chinese culture, as the sexy and...
Forever a Stranger and Other Stories
- Location(s): Indonesia
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): First half 20th century
Dealing with the themes of alienation and estrangement, this collection of stories reflects the impressions the author absorbed during her childhood and youth in the Indies. Describing the Indonesian landscape, the stories evoke images of the country and its...
Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton
- Location(s): Bangkok, England
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Sandra Gregory was living a life in Bangkok that many only dream of – until illness, unemployment and political unrest turned it into a nightmare. Desperate to get home, she agreed to smuggle an addict’s personal supply of heroin....
- Location(s): South Africa
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
Restless and driven, journalist Nadine Morgan is always on the move, chasing the next big story, following risky leads and running from anything that might weigh her down. Ten years after an assignment in South Africa ended in tragedy,...
- Location(s): South Korea
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Current
If you’ve dealt with the loss of a parent or a close family member, “Forgotten Country” is a book that will hit home with you. In beautiful, descriptive, and sparse prose, we watch Janie deal with both her father’s...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1900s Great Depression onwards
Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed… The story begins in Italy, 1900. After years of torment and neglect, Victoria and her four small children immigrate to Hell’s Kitchen, New York, to escape...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome… ‘Four Seasons in Rome’ charts the repercussions of that day,...
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Later 1800s
Daiyu is the orphaned daughter of a once influential, now missing, family. Alone and on the streets, she must rely on her wits to discover what happened to her family. But when Daiyu is kidnapped and smuggled from China...
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