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Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara

Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara
  • Author(s): Jorge Castaneda
  • Location(s): South America
  • Genre(s): Biography, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 20th century

Ernesto Che Guevara, an Argentinian doctor of middle-class parents, rose to fight with Fidel Castro in the Cuban revolution and later tried to spread that revolution in other countries in Latin America and Africa. This is an account of...

Compulsion

Compulsion
  • Author(s): Martina Boone
  • Location(s): South Carolina
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Magical Realism, Mystery
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient curse. All her life, Barrie Watson had been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lived with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her...

Concrete Rose

Concrete Rose
  • Author(s): Angie Thomas
  • Location(s): The American South
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

With his King Lord dad in prison and his mom working two jobs, seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter helps the only way he knows how: slinging drugs. Life’s not perfect, but he’s got everything under control. Until he finds out he’s...

Confession of the Lioness

Confession of the Lioness
  • Author(s): Mia Couto
  • Location(s): Mozambique
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

My sister Silência was the most recent victim of the lions, which have been tormenting our village for some weeks now… When Mariamar Mpepe’s sister is killed by lions, her father imprisons her at home. With only the ghost...

Confession to Murder

Confession to Murder
  • Author(s): Robert McNeill
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Edinburgh detectives hunt a man with an instinct to kill… After wrangling with his conscience, a priest approaches Edinburgh police and reports that a man confessed to killing a young woman. During a passionate petting session with the girl,...

Confession With Blue Horses

Confession With Blue Horses
  • Era(s): 1980s and present

“Tobi and Ella’s childhood in East Berlin is shrouded in mystery. Now adults living in London, their past in full of unanswered questions. Both remember their family’s daring and terrifying attempt to escape, which ended in tragedy; but the...

Confessions

Confessions
  • Author(s): Rabee Jaber
  • Location(s): Lebanon
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

During the violence and chaos of the Lebanese Civil War, a car pulls up to a roadblock on a narrow side street in Beirut. After a brief and confused exchange, several rounds of bullets are fired into the car,...

Confessions from the Cotton Fields

Confessions from the Cotton Fields
  • Author(s): Linnea Nilsson
  • Location(s): Boston, Virginia
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Pre-Civil War America

“Confessions from the Cotton Fields” is an erotic historical novel set in Virginia before the American Civil War. It is the debut for the author in erotic literature. Octavia’s life was falling apart. An unfaithful husband, a life that...

Confetti & Confusion

Confetti & Confusion
  • Author(s): Daisy James
  • Location(s): St Lucia
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Millie Harper has agreed to step in for a celebrity chef and run the first-ever Paradise Cookery School course. She is determined to give bride-to-be Imogen and friends an unforgettable Caribbean culinary experience. Meanwhile, Millie is struggling to concentrate...

Confetti At The Cornish Cafe

Confetti At The Cornish Cafe
  • Author(s): Phillipa Ashley
  • Location(s): Kilhallon, Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Cal and Demi are preparing to launch their beloved Kilhallon Resort as a wedding venue. Cakes are baking, Cornish flowers are blooming, and fairy lights are twinkling. With the cliff-top setting and coastal views, it’s the perfect place for...

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