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A Spell of Good Things

A Spell of Good Things
  • Author(s): Ayòbámi Adébáyò
  • Location(s): Nigeria
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ayòbámi Adébáyò, the Women’s Prize shortlisted author of Stay With Me, unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption. Eniola is tall for his age,...

A Spell of Good Things

A Spell of Good Things
  • Author(s): Ayobami Adebayo
  • Location(s): Nigeria
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Fiction

Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers and begging, dreaming of a big future....

A Storm of Infinite Beauty

A Storm of Infinite Beauty
  • Author(s): Julianne MacLean
  • Location(s): Alaska, Nova Scotia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Scarlett Fontaine is a true Hollywood legend—a singer, actress, and beloved fashion icon. But Scarlett dies tragically at just thirty-six years old, leaving behind no children. Or so the story goes… Gwen Hollingsworth is the curator at a museum...

A Strangeness in My Mind

A Strangeness in My Mind
  • Author(s): Ekin Oklap (translator), Orhan Pamuk
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As a child, Mevlut always felt like he was missing out. When he moves to Istanbul – ‘the centre of the world’ – he is immediately enthralled. He wanders through its alleys for forty years, working as a street...

A Stranger In Baghdad

A Stranger In Baghdad
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Loudon
  • Location(s): Baghdad
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Twentieth Century

In beautifully rendered prose, a mother and a daughter struggle as outsiders in Baghdad and London in this intergenerational drama set against a background of political tension and intrigue “Who would be charmed by tales of life in the...

A String of Silver Beads

A String of Silver Beads
  • Author(s): Melissa Addey
  • Location(s): North Africa
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 11th century

A woman seeking adventure. A bitter rivalry. The birth of an empire. 11th century North Africa. Kella is a Berber girl disguised as a boy, travelling the trade routes and beating all comers in the camel races. When her...

A Summer on the Riviera

A Summer on the Riviera
  • Author(s): Rachel Barnett
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

They’re from different worlds, but for one summer their lives will suddenly collide… Bella Mason always dreamed of a life beyond her small town but never had the opportunity – until now. When she lands a job as chief...

A Sunrise Over Bali

A Sunrise Over Bali
  • Author(s): Sandy Barker
  • Location(s): Bali
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Home is where the heart is . . . When Jaelee Tan leaves her high-flying PR job in Miami for a sabbatical in Bali, the last thing she expects is for it to become permanent. But when her boss...

A Taste of Italian Sunshine

A Taste of Italian Sunshine
  • Author(s): Leonie Mack
  • Location(s): Veneto
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Jenn has always prided herself on being a city girl – she insists on easy access to good coffee, great food from around the globe, not to mention an easy commute. So, when her job takes her to one...

A Thousand Golden Cities

A Thousand Golden Cities
  • Author(s): Justin Marozzi
  • Location(s): Afghanistan
  • Genre(s): Anthology, Fiction
  • Era(s): Looking back over 2,500 years

In the Western mind, Afghanistan has come to mean many things in recent decades, most of them bad. Partly thanks to the relentless media coverage of the “War on Terror”, it has become synonymous above all with war and...

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