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Highly Desirable

Highly Desirable
  • Author(s): Anonymous 1
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Biography
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tales of London’s super-prime property from the Secret Agent Spanning the course of a year, Max – the alias of London’s most exclusive property agent – guides us through the unimaginable highs and bank-breaking lows of his business, where...

Hindsight

Hindsight
  • Author(s): Sarah Belle
  • Location(s): Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Humour, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Humour, wit, and just a touch of humility: the swinging 60s as you’ve never seen them before! The universe has sent Juliette a sign. She wishes it had been an email instead… Juliette’s career is on fire, her marriage...

His Favourite Graves

His Favourite Graves
  • Author(s): Paul Cleave
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

To catch a killer… Maybe you’ve got to be one… Acacia Pines, USA. Sheriff Cohen’s life is falling apart – his father accidentally burned down the retirement home, his wife has moved out, and his son is bullying other...

Hokkaido Highway Blues

Hokkaido Highway Blues
  • Author(s): Will Ferguson
  • Location(s): Japan
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

There are two common starting points for travelogues. One is a desire to pursue ancestral roots. The other is a drunken bet. Hokkaido Highway Blues is the latter. After too much saké, Canadian travel writer and English teacher Will...

Hollow Bones

Hollow Bones
  • Author(s): C J Lyons
  • Location(s): Guatemala
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

It’s the kind of case that chills FBI agent Caitlyn to the bone – missing person, college student, beloved daughter of a world leader in biotechnology. Last seen on a cruise with friends, there is just one possible lead:...

Homage to Barcelona

Homage to Barcelona
  • Author(s): Colm Tóibín
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Era(s): Historical

A sympathetic look at the history of Barcelona, its art, culture, cafe culture, churches. A delight for anyone who wants a bit more depth about the place they are visiting. Very readable.

Home is a Roof Over a Pig

Home is a Roof Over a Pig
  • Author(s): Aminta Arrington
  • Location(s): China
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

The story of one family’s culture shock, as they settle to a new life in China. If you are relocating, or want greater understanding, or retrospectively want to capture time you have spent there, then this is definitely a...

Home Is Nearby

Home Is Nearby
  • Author(s): Magdalena McGuire
  • Location(s): Wroclaw (Breslau), Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

1980: the beginning of the Polish Crisis. Brought up in a small village, country-girl Ania arrives in the university city of Wroclaw to pursue her career as a sculptor. Here she falls in love with Dominik, an enigmatic writer...

Home is Where The Heart is

Home is Where The Heart is
  • Author(s): Freda Lightfoot
  • Location(s): Manchester
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Post WW2

1945. Finally, peace has been declared. Cathie hardly dares believe that Alex, the fiancé she has not seen for nearly two years, is coming home. And, finally, life can begin again for Cathie and the orphaned baby in her care....

Homeland

Homeland
  • Author(s): Walter Kempowski
  • Location(s): Germany, Poland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1988

It is 1988, the year before the Berlin Wall came down. Jonathan Fabrizius, a journalist living in West Germany, is asked to travel to the contested lands of former East Prussia – where the Nazi legacy lives on in...

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