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• The Heart of Man by Jon Kalman Stefansson and Philip Roughton (translator)
  |genre=Literary Fiction ...ound this too stern and sturdy a read, even when based on a mobile, living island. I can only hope it takes flight with you.
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• The Earth Book: A World of Exploration and Wonder by Jonathan Litton and Thomas Hegbrook
  |genre=Children's Non-Fiction ...bout the earth sciences bother with, so we see the different ecosystems of island life, the polar regions, the oceans, and so on; before we close with a look
  4 KB (729 words) - 14:38, 24 March 2018
• The Maggie by James Dillon White
  |genre=General Fiction ...he leaps at it. The job in hand, taking a special consignment to a remote island for a visiting American magnate, should be easy – but all of them, from M
  4 KB (682 words) - 15:54, 31 August 2020
• Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand
  |genre=General Fiction ...e ever imagined (never having met one in the flesh). They are close knit – island life will do that to you. They are educated professionals, counting TV pres
  4 KB (690 words) - 18:27, 21 February 2018
• The Vanishing Act by Mette Jakobsen
  |genre=Literary Fiction Minou lives on a sparsely occupied, temperate island. In fact the only occupants apart from Minou and her Papa are Priest (the
  4 KB (709 words) - 12:46, 31 March 2018
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To S B Charles
  SBC: George Orwell and Bruce Chatwin from fiction but there are many non-fiction influences: Richard Dawkins (memes), Daniel Dennet (the evolution of freewi * '''BB: What would be your desert island book?'''
  6 KB (978 words) - 12:42, 24 August 2016
• February 2012 Newsletter
  In fiction, Ani was blown away by [[Hinterland by Caroline Brothers]]. Two boys set ou In non-fiction, John recommends [[Shapely Ankle Preferr'd: A History of the Lonely Hearts
  6 KB (962 words) - 16:22, 10 August 2020
• A Study in Crimson by Molly Carr
  |genre=Historical Fiction ...he duo are in New York, there's some nice references to the period. Ellis Island '' ... wasn't in use yet'' for example.
  4 KB (707 words) - 09:27, 21 September 2020
• Terminal (Virals 5) by Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs.
  ...ers was the missing piece.'' This resulted in an exciting blend of Science fiction adventure, mystery, forensic criminology and techno-geek humour with teen a ...tourist spots with the added fictional locations of Loggerhead and Morris Island. A map is included at the start of each adventure so that readers can char
  5 KB (794 words) - 09:52, 26 August 2020
• The Dark Wild by Piers Torday
  '''Winner: Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2014''' ...to the red-eye virus and the majority of the remaining humans living on an island in four glass towers. They exist on a disgusting pink gloop that always tas
  4 KB (712 words) - 15:42, 23 April 2018
• Contagion: Book 1 (Dark Matter) by Teri Terry
  ...'t alive and well. She's been taken to a secretive medical facility on the island of Shetland, experimented on, and then, well, turned into ''something else' [[Category:Dystopian Fiction]]
  4 KB (677 words) - 12:25, 16 August 2020
• The Rum Diary - A Screenplay by Bruce Robinson
  |genre=General Fiction ...ed to remind us of the real hero of the narrative, the beautiful, innocent island of Puerto Rica itself. In brief snatches of emotion rather than detailed de
  4 KB (670 words) - 16:06, 21 February 2018
• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  |genre=General Fiction ...keeps it subsumed under layers of defensive indignation. If no man is an island then Ove must instead be a well-fortified castle with drawbridge up and wel
  4 KB (700 words) - 09:59, 18 March 2018
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Wes Stuart
  |summary=Luke enjoyed the combination of compellingly-written science fiction which blends themes of innocence and growth with some well depicted moments Luke enjoyed the combination of compellingly-written science fiction which blends themes of innocence and growth with some well depicted moments
  7 KB (1,364 words) - 07:41, 29 August 2017
• The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
  |genre=Literary Fiction The man made island of Dejima is a window on the closed world of Japan, a meeting point for vas
  4 KB (686 words) - 14:29, 24 February 2018
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To O H Robsson
  ...twisted versions of things that have happened - and then parts are purely fiction. Again, this comes from the desire/ need to keep it simple, so I suppose a * '''BB: What are you reading at the moment? What would be your desert island book?'''
  9 KB (1,690 words) - 11:31, 15 May 2013
• The Hungry Ghosts by Anne Berry
  |genre=Literary Fiction ...ke the wings of one of the white cockatoos that gather in flocks about the island''. Equally the moments of savagery are not for the faint hearted. Alice's
  4 KB (701 words) - 13:34, 24 March 2018
• Naming the Bones by Louise Welsh
  |genre=Literary Fiction ...oat that he scarcely knew how to sail into the stormy night waters off the island of Lismore and was ne'er seen again, live nor dead. Did he kill himself? W
  6 KB (1,013 words) - 11:53, 18 March 2018
• Empty Coffin: Envy by Gregg Olsen
  ...appreciate [[Victim Six by Gregg Olsen]] and [[The Chalice Project (Island Fiction) by Lisa Allen-Agostini]].
  5 KB (777 words) - 12:33, 6 October 2020
• The Coordinates of Loss by Amanda Prowse
  |genre=Women's Fiction ...home for themselves, and their son, Oscar, on Bermuda. They have embraced island life, from the hired help (the delightful Cee-Cee) to the sailing life. It'
  4 KB (791 words) - 10:22, 30 July 2018

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