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Along the Infinite Sea

Along the Infinite Sea
  • Author(s): Beatriz Williams
  • Location(s): Florida, French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s/1930s

Decadent and evocative storytelling at its very best., by NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, Beatriz Williams 1966, Florida Pepper Schuyler is the kind of woman society loves and loves to talk about – a dazzling being who men watch across...

Alternate Side

Alternate Side
  • Author(s): Anna Quindlen
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Anna Quindlen follows her highly-praised novel Miller’s Valley – ‘reads like a companion to Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge’, Elisabeth Egan – with a captivating novel about money, class and self-discovery set in the heart of New York where the...

Always Orchid

Always Orchid
  • Author(s): Carol Van Den Hende
  • Location(s): China, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present Day

Shortlisted for the 2023 Hawthorne Prize for Fiction He almost let her go. Her past could tear them apart. But a love like theirs is worth fighting for… Phoenix Walker will never be the same. Nine months after a...

Always to Remember

Always to Remember
  • Author(s): Lorraine Heath
  • Location(s): Texas
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Civil War (1860s)

After refusing to fight for the Confederacy, Clayton was spurned by everyone in his hometown of Cedar Grove. To Meg, who lost her husbands and brothers in the war, Clay’s presence was a constant offense. As punishment, Meg commissioned...

Am I Unique?

Am I Unique?
  • Author(s): Colin Wallace
  • Location(s): Algeria, North Africa
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 20th Century

When George Wilson is struck by the tragic death of his childhood sweetheart and fiancee, he set off on an odyssey, which leads him to North Africa. During his stay, he is duped into being a `mule’ and finds...

Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Author(s): Manu Herbstein
  • Location(s): Ghana
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1775

“I am a human being; I am a woman; I am a black woman; I am an African. Once I was free; then I was captured and became a slave; but inside me, here and here, I am still...

Amadeus

Amadeus
  • Author(s): Peter Shaffer
  • Location(s): Vienna
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of eighteenth-century Vienna doesn’t recognize his talents – only Antonio Salieri, the Court Composer, does, and he is tortured by what...

Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl

Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl
  • Author(s): Virginia Lee Barnes
  • Location(s): Somalia
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This is the extraordinary first-person account of a young woman’s coming of age in Somalia and her struggles against the obligations and strictures of family and society. By the time she is nine, Aman has undergone a ritual circumcision ceremony;...

Amanda in Alberta:The Writing on the Stone

Amanda in Alberta:The Writing on the Stone
  • Author(s): Darlene Foster
  • Location(s): Alberta
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): present day

Amanda is delighted to show Leah aaround Alberta during her visit from England. They take in the Calgary Stampede, go on a cattle drive, visit Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, spend time with the dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum and...

Amanda in Arabia: The Perfume Flask

Amanda in Arabia: The Perfume Flask
  • Author(s): Darlene Foster
  • Location(s): United Arab Emirates (UAE)
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): present day

Amanda Ross is an average twelve-year-old Canadian girl. So what is she doing thousands of kilometres from home in the United Arab Emirates? It’s her own fault really, she wished for adventure and travel when she blew out those...

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