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Water Drumming in the Soul: A Novel of Racy Love in the Heart of Africa

Water Drumming in the Soul: A Novel of Racy Love in the Heart of Africa
  • Author(s): Eric Madeen
  • Location(s): Africa
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Present

From the moment Peace Corps volunteer David Fields sees Assam Mabino water drumming, playing the stream as a drum, in the early stretches of the novel there’s a tension or excitement between them that never dissipates in this literary...

We Are All Birds of Uganda

We Are All Birds of Uganda
  • Author(s): Hafsa Zayyan
  • Location(s): Uganda, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s/Contemporary

‘You can’t stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will…’ 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way...

We Shall Not Shatter

We Shall Not Shatter
  • Author(s): Elaine Stock
  • Location(s): Brzeziny, Poland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WWII

An unforgettable story of friendship, family and hope as two courageous young women face one of history’s most horrific tragedies. Brzeziny, Poland, 1939 Zofia’s comfortable lifestyle overturns when her husband, Jabez, who monitors Nazi activity, has gone missing. Rather...

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
  • Author(s): Hwang Bo-reum, Shanna Tan (Translator)
  • Location(s): Seoul
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): Contemporary

There was only one thing on her mind. ‘I must start a bookshop.’ Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju...

What Only We Know

What Only We Know
  • Author(s): Catherine Hokin
  • Location(s): Berlin, Aldershot
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Present Day &World War II

A door slammed and the unmistakable sound of boots came crashing up the hall. Liese held her little daughter’s hand so tightly, the tiny fingers had turned purple. The SS officer’s hand was at Liese’s throat before she saw...

What You Are Looking for is in the Library

What You Are Looking for is in the Library
  • Author(s): Michiko Aoyama, Alison Watts (translator)
  • Location(s): Tokyo
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sayuri Komachi is no ordinary librarian. Sensing exactly what someone is searching for in life, she provides just the book recommendation to help them find it. In this uplifting book, we meet five of Sayuri’s customers, each at a...

What’s Left Unsaid

What’s Left Unsaid
  • Author(s): Deborah Stone
  • Location(s): United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s to present day

Deborah Stone explores the impact of trauma and hidden identities within the family unit, and considers the devastating effects of the lies and deceit which result when a family is determined to avoid facing the truth. Sasha is just...

When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew

When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew
  • Author(s): Hendrika de Vries
  • Location(s): Amsterdam
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): WW2 onwards

Born in the Netherlands at a time when girls are to be housewives and mothers and nothing else, Hendrika de Vries is a “daddy’s girl” until her father is deported from Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to a POW camp in Germany...

When The Germans Come

When The Germans Come
  • Author(s): David Hewson
  • Location(s): Dover
  • Genre(s): Historical, Espionage, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1940

1940: Dover waits for the Nazi invasion… but what if Hitler’s agents are already here, among them? Canadian journalist Jessica Marshall is reporting from Dover as the town is on the brink of a German invasion. But her story...

Where Ravens Roost

Where Ravens Roost
  • Author(s): Karin Nordin
  • Location(s): Sweden
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contmporary

The raven cawed at him, craning its neck unnaturally. As it dug its hooked beak into the mess of dried grass and twigs that made up its nest, a shiny glimmer reflected off a low-hanging bulb. Kjeld edged closer...

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