Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of a Dutch Trading Company
- Location(s): Java
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century
Max Havelaar – a Dutch civil servant in Java – burns with an insatiable desire to end the ill treatment and oppression inflicted on the native peoples by the colonial administration. Max is an inspirational figure, but he is...
- Location(s): Chiloé, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Abandoned by her parents as a baby, Maya has been brought up by her tough grandmother Nini and her gentle grandfather Popo. But at school, the teenage Maya finds herself drawn towards the wrong crowd. Before she knows what’s...
- Location(s): Northumberland, Norway
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern day
On the tiny island of Rokesby, Addie helps her mother run a women’s retreat. Dreaming daily of escape, she consoles herself by swimming in the ocean that surrounds them. On the neighbouring island, joined to Rokesby by a bridge...
- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s
After being discharged from the Marines, John Buchanan takes a position as overseer for plantation owner Ignacio Saenz. The work is good, but the real draw for John is Mount Mayon, the active volcano looming on the island’s horizon. Finally...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
What does a romance novelist do when she loses her own happily ever after? Take a lover and travel to Paris, obviously. Or at least this is what Juliette Sobanet did upon making the bold, heart-wrenching decision to divorce...
- Location(s): Argentina
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Sofia Solanas grew up on a magnificent ranch in the middle of the Argentine pampa, amid the grand traditions of the Argentine nobility and the mysticism of the native gauchos. Spoilt, wilful, resourceful and proud, she is loved by...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1964
Maybe it’s time for perfection to fall out of style . . . Los Angeles, 1964. For two decades, Del and Dinah Newman and their sons, Guy and Shep, have ruled television as America’s Favourite Family. Millions of viewers...
- Location(s): Amalfi Coast, Positano
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
In this charming, deeply atmospheric novel set against the Amalfi Coast of the 1950s, two women form an intense and lasting friendship that embodies the paradoxes of Italian society. Inspired by her own adventurous, unconventional life, actress and writer...
Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I went to Korea and learned to love Kimchi
- Location(s): Seoul, South Korea
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Early 2000s
In 2000, the author’s boyfriend secured a three month gig in Seoul, South Korea. Jennifer acoompanies him, finds Seoul a challenge and starts to explore the country.
Melting the Snow on Hester Street
- Location(s): Hollywood, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): First three decades of 20th Century
Sumptuously evoking the Golden Age of Hollywood, a time when money is built on greed and love can be a trick of the light, Daisy Waugh’s stunning new novel is a compelling portrait of love, fame, and survival. It...
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