Acevedo, Chantal
The Distant Marvels ****
Fiction. Sheltering from a hurricane with other elderly women, Maria Sirena tells the story of her rebels parents and her childhood during the Spanish-American War.
Blackwell, Juliet
The Lost Carousel of Provence ****
Fiction. Cady was raised as an orphan in foster care, but when she flies to Paris to photograph some of the iconic carousels, she meets a man who introduces her to his family, and for the first time she feels as if she belongs.
Boling, Dave
Guernica *****
Non-fiction. Sweeping tale of Basque people and the political temper of Spain’s response to Basque nationalism that engulfs two families leading up to the bombing of Guernica.
Cameron, Claire
The Last Neanderthal *****
Fiction. A Neanderthal girl loses her family and struggles to survive, while an archaeologist uncovers her remains in a cave in France.
Downie, Ruth
Memento Mori *****
Fiction. Eighth in the Medicus mystery series set in Roman England. Ruso and Tilla are living with her relatives in the north of England, when he receives news that his good friend’s wife has been killed. When they travel to Aqueas Sulis, the find out that Valens in actually accused of murdering his wife, and they must work together to not only solve that murder but also uncover what is going on at the temple.
Duany, Jorge
Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know *
Non-fiction. Population, demographics, culture, politics, and religion of Puerto Rico
Galenorn, Yasmine
Casting Curses *****
Fiction. A secret room is found in the attic of the B&B, and a mysterious dark shadow takes over the space. Maddy must petition a goddess to help lift the curse before another person is killed.
The Wish Factor *****
Fiction. The story of Maddy’s cjinn and how they found each other.
Garland, Alex
The Tesseract *
Fiction. Disjointed vignettes in Manila.
Guo, Luc & Frmprc Seac
Han *
Non-fiction. Basic information on who the Han are.
Hallatt, Alex
A Basque Diary ***
Non-fiction. The goings on in Hondarribia as told by an Englishwoman.
Harkness, Deborah
Time’s Convert *****
Fiction. Marcus’ story of growing up during the American Revolution and his introduction to Matthew and how he became a vampire. Phoebe’s story of her induction into the vampire life.
Hawker, Olivia
The Ragged Edge of Night ****
Fiction. A former friar has answered an ad for a widow looking for a husband to care for herself and her three young children. Worried about the war and the effect Hitler is having on Germany, he was lucky to be disabled from service with the Wehrmacht and wants to live a quiet life in the country. After the wedding, he takes up work teaching music to several children, but his family is still struggling to make ends meet. When the local priest asks him to join the resistance, he does so willingly, ignoring the danger he could be putting his new family in.
Karade, Baba Ifa
The Handbook of Yoruba Religions Concepts ****
Non-fiction. Introduction to the Yoruba religion.
King, Dean
Skeletons of the Zahara ****
Non-fiction. In 1815, an American trading ship shipwrecked on the African coast. Eleven men were captured by nomads and sold into slavery. They spent months traveling the Sahara desert before some of them were finally ransomed by the British consul and returned to America.
LaManna, Gina
Long Isle Iced Tea ****
Fiction. Fourth in the Magic & Mixology paranormal cozy mystery series. The Faction is kidnapping paranormals from The Isle, and Lily and Ranger X are trying to solve the problem. Lily knows that her father is leading The Faction, and when she too is kidnapped, she faces him down.
Long, Laurette
Biarritz Passion ***
Fiction. Book one in the French Summer romance novels. Caroline and her selfish younger sister travel to a villa in Biarretz for two weeks. Annabel is engaged, but she causes problems in Caroline’s new romance with Edward. With misunderstandings between them, they separate, Caroline returning to England alone.
Lourey, Jess
The Toadhouse Trilogy: Book One *****
Fiction. First in the fantasy trilogy. Aine and her brother live in Missouri with their grandmother. When danger arrives in the form of a fantastical creature, the children must flee with the help of Gilgamesh and his traveling toadhouse. They hop from book to book trying to stay ahead of Biblos, but he is closing in fast. As the children learn more about their own heritage, they realize how strong they really are as they search for three keys that will open the doors to Tir Na Nog and reunite them with their mother.
Maddicks, Russell
Cuba, Culture Smart *****
Non-fiction. Cultural history of Cuba.
Neal, Toby
Wired Fear *****
Fiction. Eighth in the Sopie ang series. Sophie and Jake are enjoying their official coupledom, when Sophie Finds she is pregnant. But the baby might not be Jake’s. The Chang family is changing leadership again in their customary bloody fashion, and Sophie and Jake are in their crosshairs.
Quieroz, De & Sandy Gueses
= Portugal, Culture Smart *****
Non-fiction. Cultural history of Portugal.
Robinson, Steve
Letters from the Dead ****
Fiction. Seventh in the Jefferson Tayte genealogy mystery series. Tayte is hired to research the genealogy of a Scottish family. The client is searching for the identity of his 4x great-grandfather. The rest of the family is searching for a famous ruby that disappeared almost two hundred years ago. Tayte is on the search for both.
Sullivan, Donald H.
Taino: The People Who Met Columbus ****
Fiction. Tales of the Taino people of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.
Thomas, Elizabeth Marshal
Reindeer Moon *****
Fiction. Yanan lived 20,000 years ago in Siberia. She grew up with her extended family in lodges of deerskin and antlers. Orphaned with a young sister to raise, she pulls all her strength together to see them through a vicious winter in hopes to reunite with the rest of their family in the spring.
Undset, Sigrid
Happy Times in Norway ****
Non-fiction. Sigrid tells of an idyllic time in Norway before WWII about her family living in a small town in Norway.
Vendramini, Danny
Them and Un ****
Non-fiction. The Neanderthal Predation (NP) theory explained in full. The Neanderthals were apex predators and almost annihilated the European Early Modern Humans (EEMH), before the humans became the aggressors and killed off the Neanderthals.
Vicente, Alidis
The Coqui and the Iguana ***
- Fiction. The tale of the coqui frog who is afraid of the dark and the iguana who helps him.
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