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Lady at the Lodge

Lady at the Lodge
  • Author(s): Graham Ley
  • Location(s): Brittany
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Napoleonic

This is the third novel in the saga of the Wentworth family. Rumours of a planned French invasion of Britain in 1796 have reached the British government. Amid the uncertainty, the Anglo-Breton Wentworth family continue to move forward with...

Lady of the English

Lady of the English
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Chadwick
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 12th Century

Two very different women . . . Linked by destiny and a power struggle for the English crown. Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, is determined to win back her crown from Stephen, the usurper king, against all odds...

Lake Como

Lake Como
  • Author(s): Anita Hughes
  • Location(s): Lake Como, San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Hallie Elliot has a perfect life. She is an up-and-coming interior designer in one of San Francisco’s most sought after firms, and has just recently become engaged to Peter, a brilliant young journalist. But when she stumbles upon Peter...

Lancashire: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World

Lancashire: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World
  • Author(s): Chris Moss
  • Location(s): Lancashire
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Various

Cotton, coal and canals. Trains, technology and television. Lancashire has shaped the modern world. Liverpool was once the world’s busiest port. Manchester powered the industrial revolution and became a symbol of global free trade. Blackpool invented the working-class seaside...

Land of Dreams

Land of Dreams
  • Author(s): Kate Kerrigan
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Ellie’s idyllic and bohemian family lifestyle on Fire Island is shattered when her eldest son, Leo, runs away to Hollywood to seek his fame and fortune. Ellie is compelled to chase after him, uprooting her youngest son and long-time...

Land’s Edge

Land’s Edge
  • Author(s): Tim Winton
  • Location(s): Western Australia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Late 1900s

On childhood holidays to the western coast, Tim Winton’s days followed a joyous rhythm. In the mornings, the sun and surf kept him outside, in the water. In the afternoons, as the horizon wobbled with mirages and the wind...

Lark and Termite

Lark and Termite
  • Author(s): Jayne Anne Phillips
  • Location(s): South Korea, West Virginia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

At the centre of this unforgettable novel are two children: Lark and her brother, Termite, who is unable to walk or talk but is deeply loved by his family. The two are raised by their aunt Nonie in place...

Las Vegas Noir

Las Vegas Noir
  • Author(s): Jarret Keene and Todd James Pierce
  • Location(s): Las Vegas
  • Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

16 stories under the editorship of Jarret Keene and Todd James Pierce. Las Vegas provides the classic sophistication and darkness necessary for a deadly noir story. Stylish, sultry, brimming with ambition and greed, the characters who populate this literary...

Last Dance in Havana

Last Dance in Havana
  • Author(s): Rosanna Ley
  • Location(s): Bristol, Havana
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s and 2012

Cuba, 1958. Elisa is only sixteen years old when she meets Duardo and she knows he’s the love of her life from the moment they first dance the rumba together in downtown Havana. But Duardo is a rebel, determined to...

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Last Exit to Brooklyn
  • Author(s): Hubert Selby Jr
  • Location(s): Brooklyn
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Horror
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Last Exit to Brooklyn remains undiminished in its awesome power and magnitude as the novel that first showed us the fierce, primal rage seething in America’s cities. Selby brings out the dope addicts, hoodlums, prostitutes, workers, and thieves brawling...

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