- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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...