- Location(s): Angola, South Africa
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Fresh from events in Yemen and Cyprus, vigilante justice-seeker Claymore Straker returns to South Africa, seeking absolution for the sins of his past. Over four days, he testifies to Desmond Tutu’s newly established Truth and Reconciliation Commission, recounting the...
- Location(s): Borgarnes
- Genre(s): Fiction, Coming of Age
- Era(s): Contemporary
An atmospheric, moving, and droll coming-of-age story about a young man’s transformative year on his family’s struggling Icelandic cattle farm as he falls in love, discovers a fondness for farming, and yearns to connect with his stoic father, who...
- Location(s): Lyme Regis
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 19th Century
In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye… From the moment she’s struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is marked for greatness....
- Location(s): Amsterdam
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 17th Century
Hanging beside the door is a painting of a wedding feast. The light is centred on the bride; the guests are banished to the shade. That is how it is when he looks at her: all others...
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Recent
(Packing for Greece travel series) When a long-forgotten, apartheid-era arrest record derails Sally’s plans for a Canadian family holiday, she packs her mum’s 1978 travel diary and sets out solo for Greece instead. As she journeys to the landmarks...
- Location(s): Hiroshima
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
1995, Japan struggles with a severe economic crisis. Fate brings a number of people together in Hiroshima in a confrontation with dramatic consequences. Xavier Douterloigne, the son of a Belgian diplomat, returns to the city, where he spent his...
- Location(s): Reykjavik, Videy Island
- Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
- Era(s): 1986 looking back to 1956
What happened to Lara? Iceland, 1956. Fifteen-year-old Lára spends the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavík. In early August, the girl disappears without a trace. The mystery becomes...
- Location(s): Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1992-1999
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work as a safari guide on a game reserve in Southern Africa? Sophie arrived in South Africa to spend help a friend run horseback safaris on a game reserve...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Mainly contemporary
A man infatuated with ivy. A woman pining for lost love. In a Turkish square, ancient buildings lament a devastating explosion. An unlikely friendship struck up with a homeless person. A journey to a magical place that once visited...
- Location(s): Polonnaruwa
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 13th Century
All Asanka knows is poetry. From his humble village beginnings in the great island kingdom of Lanka, he has risen to the prestigious position of court poet and now delights in his life of ease: composing romantic verses for...
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