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Beasts of a Little Land

Beasts of a Little Land
  • Author(s): Juhea Kim
  • Location(s): South Korea
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1917

It is 1917, and Korea is yet to be divided into north and south. With the threat of famine looming, a young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver’s courtesan school in cosmopolitan Pyongyang, an...

Beautiful Animals

Beautiful Animals
  • Author(s): Lawrence Osborne
  • Location(s): Hydra
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On a hike during a white-hot summer break on the Greek island of Hydra, Naomi and Samantha make a startling discovery: a man named Faoud, sleeping heavily, exposed to the elements, but still alive. Naomi, the daughter of a...

Before the Rains

Before the Rains
  • Author(s): Dinah Jefferies
  • Location(s): Rajasthan
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband’s death, 28-year-old photojournalist Eliza’s only companion has been her camera. When the British Government send her to an Indian princely state to photograph the royal family, she’s determined to make a name for...

Belas Rift: The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham: Volume 3

Belas Rift: The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham: Volume 3
  • Author(s): Stephan von Clinkerhoffen
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Winchcombe
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Fantasy
  • Era(s): Early 21st Century

Our young hero Stig and his female partner Meg chase the evil enemy’s leader Anet into a rift. This interdimensional portal brings them from their fantasyland through into a small village in 21st century England. Their mission is to...

Belonging

Belonging
  • Author(s): Umi Sinha
  • Location(s): India, Sussex
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 19th Century to early 1920s

Lila Langdon is twelve years old when she witnesses a family tragedy after her mother unveils her father’s surprise birthday present – a tragedy that ends her childhood in India and precipitates a new life in Sussex with her...

Berlin

Berlin
  • Author(s): Bea Setton
  • Location(s): Kreuzberg, Neukölln
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Daphne Ferber arrives in Berlin for a fresh start in a thrilling new city, the last thing she expects is to run into more drama than she left behind. Of course, she knew she’d need to do the...

Betrayal

Betrayal
  • Author(s): David Gilman
  • Location(s): Washington DC, Honduras
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Dan Raglan, former Foreign Legion fighter, alias The Englishman, returns. The new high-octane international thriller from David Gilman. Someone’s trying to start a war. And Raglan’s just walked into the kill zone. It has been many years since Dan...

Betty

Betty
  • Author(s): Tiffany McDaniel
  • Location(s): Ohio
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy
  • Era(s): Second half 20th Century

Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and violence – both from outside the family and also, devastatingly,...

Between Love and Hate

Between Love and Hate
  • Author(s): Toni Morgan
  • Location(s): China, Bahrain, Idaho, Montenegro, North Carolina
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 1930-2010

Short stories that spread around the world and told from the viewpoints of everyday people.

Between the Stops

Between the Stops
  • Author(s): Sandi Toksvig
  • Location(s): South London
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘Between the Stops is a sort of a memoir, my sort. It’s about a bus trip really, because it’s my view from the Number 12 bus (mostly top deck, the seat at the front on the right), a double-decker...

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