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Shouting From The Summits

Shouting From The Summits
  • Author(s): Kala Ramachandran
  • Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1980s to present

‘Living proof that a stammer need not hold you back’. Leys Geddes Kala Ramachandran struggled with a stammer and it became so debilitating, she thought it would be with her her whole life. But then she embraced mountaineering. And...

Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man
  • Author(s): Georges Perec
  • Location(s): Paris, Switzerland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

1960s. Gaspard Winckler, master forger, is trapped in a basement studio on the outskirts of Paris, with his paymaster’s blood on his hands. The motive for this murder? A perversion of artistic ambition. After a lifetime lived in the...

A Girl in Exile

A Girl in Exile
  • Author(s): Ismail Kadare
  • Location(s): Albania
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century

When a girl is found dead with a signed copy of Rudian Stefa’s latest book in her possession, the author finds himself summoned for an interview by the Party Committee. Unable to guess what transgression he has committed Rudian...

A Letter From Sarah

A Letter From Sarah
  • Author(s): Dan Proops
  • Location(s): Fulham, Brooklyn
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern Day

Adam’s sister, Sarah, has been missing for seven years, but he hasn’t given up hope of finding her. He is a sculptor and lives with his bedridden father who is a bully and a curmudgeon. One morning, as the...

Abduction: An Angel over Rimini

Abduction: An Angel over Rimini
  • Author(s): Patrick Brighan
  • Location(s): Europe
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller

It is 2002 and little Penelope Scratchford has been abducted in Italy. The Italian State Police has given up its investigation and believes her parents to be responsible for her disappearance and her probable murder, but cannot prove it....

Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime

Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime
  • Author(s): Leonie Swann, Amy Bojang (Translator)
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As winter begins to bite at Sunset Hall, Agnes Sharp is grudgingly pleased to discover that one of her fellow OAP housemates has won a luxury holiday to a secluded Cornish hotel called the Eden. The incredible menu, spa...

Almost French

Almost French
  • Author(s): Sarah Turnbull
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Era(s): Modern

Number 1 on the Bestseller list (Australia) with over 20,000 copies sold in the UK alone and over 250,000 world-wide! Almost French has been a huge success and now with the new-look, mass market B Format it is ready...

An Englishwoman in New York

An Englishwoman in New York
  • Author(s): Anne-Marie Casey
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

When Lucy’s husband loses his job and is relocated to New York, she is forced to give up her posh London life and move to a tiny Manhattan apartment. Homesick and resentful at first, Lucy soon finds herself embarking...

Because of You

Because of You
  • Author(s): Dawn French
  • Location(s): London, Bristol
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s/2010s

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock . . . midnight. The old millennium turns into the new. In the same hospital, two very different women give birth to two very similar daughters. Hope leaves with a beautiful baby girl. Anna leaves with...

Cinema Love

Cinema Love
  • Author(s): Jiaming Tang
  • Location(s): Chinatown (NYC), Fuzhou, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, LGBTQIA+
  • Era(s): 1980s and contemporary

For over thirty years, Old Second and Bao Mei have cobbled together a meagre existence in New York City’s Chinatown. But unlike other couples, these two share an unusual past. In rural Fuzhou, before they emigrated, they frequented the...

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