- Location(s): West Africa
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 2013-2016
Drawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant, timely fable reflects on both the strength and the fragility of life and humanity’s place in the world. Two boys venture from their village to...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1920/30s
In the Full Light of the Sun follows the fortunes of three Berliners caught up in a devastating scandal of 1930s’ Germany. It tells the story of Emmeline, a wayward, young art student; Julius, an anxious, middle-aged art expert;...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
The extraordinary true story of intrigue and emerging terror at the American embassy in Berlin during the tumultuous twelve months that witnessed Hitler’s rise to ultimate power in Germany.
- Location(s): Belize
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
Boxer Miles Young thinks he’s got one more shot in him before it’s time to hang up the gloves for good. He may be the only one who thinks so. The truth is, he enjoys the recognition his career...
In the Land of Invisible Women
- Location(s): Saudi Arabia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Unexpectedly denied a visa to remain in the United States, Qanta Ahmed, a young British Muslim doctor, becomes an outcast in motion. On a whim, she accepts an exciting position in Saudi Arabia. This is not just a new...
In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced
- Location(s): Agra, Portsmouth
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s - 1950s
Agra, 1938: Eighteen-year-old Florence Hunt has grown up riding horses past the Taj Mahal and chasing peacocks through her backyard under the critical gaze of her father. Increasingly enamoured with his work on the booming railway, Florence yearns to...
- Location(s): Spain
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1936
October 1936. Spanish architect Ignacio Abel arrives at Penn Station, the final stop on his journey from war-torn Madrid, where he has left behind his wife and children, abandoning them to uncertainty. Crossing the fragile borders of Europe, he...
- Location(s): Pakistan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
In the mountain foothills of northern Pakistan, near the snow-capped Afghan passes with their “fluid and unmarked” borders, a teenage boy tends his family’s pomegranate orchard. One day, in the market, he falls in love with the daughter of...
- Location(s): Lahore
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A life hiding her heartbreak. A message that will change her world. To strangers that pass her on the streets of Lahore, Mona Ahmed lives a life to be envied. Married to wealthy businessman Bilal, with happily married children...
- Location(s): Ontario, Toronto
- Genre(s): Fiction
It is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home. He immerses himself in the lives of the people who surround him, learning, from their stories, the history...
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