- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1990s
Thubron has written extensively about this part of the world. Post Soviet Union he decides to take public transport and explore Siberia. This is a very readable book, travelling through exotic cities, deserted villages and meets a vast array...
- Location(s): Singapore
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Basking in Singapore’s non-stop sunshine, low tax rate and crocodile Birkins on every other arm, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian are living the dream – until their carefully constructed lives are upended by a handsome and mysterious new arrival… Dara,...
- Location(s): Edinburgh, Dundee/St Andrews
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 19th Century
He had Edinburgh at his feet, but who would be by his side? In 1843, Edinburgh artist David Octavius Hill is commissioned to paint the portraits of 400 ministers of the new Free Church. Only when he meets Robert...
- Location(s): Prague, London, Munich
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
London 1988: Agata grew up in post-war Prague and believes that her mother was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. Then she discovers that not everyone died. Set against the background of the collapse of...
In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down
- Location(s): Somalia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1993
Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade on October 3, 1993. With devastating injuries, he was taken prisoner by a Somali warlord. With revealing insight and emotion, he...










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