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An Hour Before Daylight

An Hour Before Daylight
  • Author(s): Jimmy Carter
  • Location(s): Georgia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 20th centuryy

In An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of Living Faith and Sources of Strength, recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country. Carter writes about the...

An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends

An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends
  • Author(s): Theresa Breslin, Kate Leiper (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Dark dragons, ghostly pipers, rude goblins and sly wizards — discover the legends that dwell within the ancient castles of Scotland. This highly anticipated book is the latest volume of much-loved Scottish tale treasuries by Carnegie-award-winning children’s author Theresa...

An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales

An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales
  • Author(s): Theresa Breslin, Kate Leiper (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Slithering stoorworms, mischievious brownies, fierce kelpies and magical selkies — these are the creatures of Scottish folklore. Award-winning children’s author Theresa Breslin has collected the best-loved tales from all over Scotland. Retelling each in its own individual style, she...

An Imperfect Blessing

An Imperfect Blessing
  • Author(s): Nadia Davids
  • Location(s): Cape Town
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

t is 1993. South Africa is on the brink of total transformation and in Walmer Estate, a busy suburb on the slopes of Devil s Peak, fourteen-year-old Alia Dawood is about to undergo a transformation of her own. She...

An Indian Summer: A Good Man in Asia

An Indian Summer: A Good Man in Asia
  • Author(s): Will Randall
  • Location(s): Pune (Poona)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s

An Invitation to the Kennedys

An Invitation to the Kennedys
  • Author(s): Emily Hourican
  • Location(s): Essex, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

Kathleen ‘Kick’ Kennedy, recently arrived from Boston, is already a huge hit in 1930s London society. As the daughter of the US ambassador, she is at the centre of the most elite social circles. But when she falls for...

An Irish Wish

An Irish Wish
  • Author(s): Nora Roberts
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance

Irish Rose Thorny, stubborn and strong, Erin McKinnon is as tough and beautiful as an Irish rose. Horse rancher Burke Logan is intrigued by his neighbors’ cousin when he meets her on a trip to Ireland, but Erin thinks...

An Island Christmas

An Island Christmas
  • Author(s): Jenny Colgan
  • Location(s): The Outer Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Christmas on the remote Scottish island of Mure is bleak, stark – and incredibly beautiful. It’s a time for hunkering down, getting cosy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram with the people you love...

An Island in the Sun

An Island in the Sun
  • Author(s): Kate Frost
  • Location(s): Madeira
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Running away is easy, until saying goodbye becomes too hard… When successful songwriter Tabitha Callahan swaps a summer of sadness for pet sitting around the world, she intends to use the time to heal her broken heart. Tabitha can’t...

An Island in the Sun

An Island in the Sun
  • Author(s): Holly Greene
  • Location(s): Crete
  • Genre(s): Fiction

Sit back, relax and escape to the sun-drenched Greek island of Crete, with another summer story from the bestselling author of SUMMER IN SORRENTO & more. Ellie thinks she’s landed her dream job when she takes up a marketing...

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