Books set in United Kingdom (477)
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Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer EN
EnglandDescription:
Ambitious and addictive, Only Time Will Tell is the first novel in Jeffrey Archer's The Clifton Chronicles, beginning the epic tale of Harry Clifton, a working-class boy from the docks of Bristol. It is 1920, and against the backdrop of a world ravaged by conflict, Harry's story begins with the words 'I was told that my father was killed in the war'. Harry's existence is defined by the death of his father and he seems destined to a life on the docks until a remarkable gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys school and entry into a world he could never have envisaged. Over the course o... continue
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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tola Okogwu EN
NigeriaDescription:
Black Panther meets Percy Jackson in this action-packed superhero series about a British-Nigerian girl who learns that her Afro hair has psychokinetic powers. Soon to be a feature film with a major streamer! Check out the complete series – Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels is out now and Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn is out March 2024. And don't miss Onyeka and the Secret Superhero, the special World Book Day story coming February 2024! ‘Onyeka is the superhero you’ve been waiting for.’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars Onyeka has a lot of hair – the kind that ma... continue
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Orlando : A Biography by Virginia Woolf EN
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Orlando doubles as first an Elizabethan nobleman and then as a Victorian heroine who undergoes all the transitions of history in this novel that examines sex roles and social mores.
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Oswald: Return of the King by Edoardo Albert EN
SyriaDescription:
The second book in the series The Northumbrian Thrones. After the death of Edwin, who slew his father, the young prince Oswald seeks to regain the throne.
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Oswiu: King of Kings by Edoardo Albert EN
Sri LankaDescription:
Oswald's head is on a spike. Can Oswiu avoid the same fate? The great pagan king Penda set a trap, and when the brothers Oswiu and Oswald walked in, only one came back alive. Rumours abound that the place where Oswald's body is strung up has become sacred ground - a site of healing for those who seek it. Oswald's mother believes he will protect those he loves, even beyond the grave. So she asks the impossible of Oswiu: to journey to the heart of Penda's kingdom and rescue the body that was stolen from them. Will this fateful task allow Oswiu to prove himself worthy of uniting the kingdoms unde... continue
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Otra vuelta de tuerca by Henry James ES
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
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La historia, con una introducción innecesariamente larga, presenta la situación de una joven institutriz, a quien se le encomienda el cuidado de dos niños en una mansión rural; a medida que pasan los días, comienza a percibir situaciones extrañas. Alimentada por la comidilla de los sirvientes, configura un cuadro en el que los dos niños están bajo una influencia maléfica de dos antiguos empleados de la mansión. Y frente a esta situación, la institutriz, lucha con todos sus medios para rescatar a los niños.
Com... continue
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Our Evenings : A Novel by Alan Hollinghurst EN
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From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, “an engrossing tale of one man’s personal odyssey as he grows up, framed in exquisite language” (The New York Times Book Review) “The finest novel yet from one of the great writers of our time.”—The Guardian A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Town & Country, Slate, Good Housekeeping, Financial Times, The Economist, Chicago Public Library, Parade, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews Did I have a grievance? Most of us, without looking far, could find something that ha... continue
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Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post “An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice) ONE OF TIME AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S TEN BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK One of Reactor Magazine’s Most Iconic Speculative Fiction Books of the 21st Century A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family in the first novel to be translated into English by th... continue
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Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper EN
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Three siblings embark on an epic quest for a mythic grail in this first installment of Susan Cooper’s epic and award-winning The Dark Is Rising Sequence, now with a brand-new look! All through time, the two great forces of Light and Dark have battled for control of the world. Now, after centuries of balance, the Dark is summoning its terrifying forces to rise once more…and three children find themselves caught in the conflict. The Drew siblings—Simon, Jane, and Barney—are on a family holiday in Cornwall when they discover an ancient map in the attic of the house they are sharing with their Gre... continue