- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Historical, Travelogue
- Era(s): Various
Manhattan, the keystone of New York City, is a place of ghosts and buried memory. One can still see remnants of the British colony, the mansions of the robber barons, and the speakeasies of the 1920s. These are the...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Photography
- Era(s): 21st Century
The mysterious allure of the ancient floating city of Venice is captured in this book of evocative photography and beguiling words of a diverse group of contemporary Venetophiles. The luminous photographs, in both color and black and white, compliment...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Photography, Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Dream of Venice Architecture is an intimate journey through the remarkable Venetian urban landscape. A cadre of 36 notable international architects and architectural writers explore the elements that make Venice unique in the world. Dream of Venice Architecture reveals...
Dream of Venice in Black and White
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Photography
- Era(s): Contemporary
Dream of Venice in Black and White reveals Venice as a narrative in chiaroscuro. Over 50 photographers have documented the city to create a visual legacy of elegant realism in light and shadow. The acclaimed Italian author Tiziano Scarpa...
- Location(s): Ryukyuan Islands, Arizona
- Genre(s): Dystopian
- Era(s): Future - 2035
‘So, where is he then, your dad?’ The world may be on a precipice but Sol, fresh from Tucson-desert rehab, finally has an answer to the question that has dogged her since childhood. And not a moment too soon....
- Location(s): Arizona
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 2000
Dry Heat is a crime novel about a young man who loses everything but his heart. The day All-American Joey Blade turns 18, he learns his ex-girlfriend is pregnant, is betrayed by his new girlfriend, and is arrested for...
- Location(s): Dublin
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
James Joyce’s Dubliners is an enthralling collection of modernist short stories which create a vivid picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. This Penguin Classics edition includes notes and an introduction by Terence Brown. Joyce’s first major work, written when...
- Location(s): New Jersey
- Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction
- Era(s): Late 1960s/1970
J.J Walsh and Tony ‘El Greco’ Papadakis are inseparable. Smoking Kents out on an abandoned cannery dock, and watching gulls sway on rusting buoys in the sea, they dream of adventure…a time when they can act as adults. The...
- Location(s): Central Asia, China, North Africa, Russia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1930s/40s
Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond. After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942. There he specialised in hair-raising commando raids behind enemy...
- Location(s): Glencoe, Ballachulish
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
The gripping 19th installment of the Sunday Times bestselling DSI Lorimer series (DSI William Lorimer) A consistent delight, wonderful’ ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH After a stressful winter, DSI William Lorimer is enjoying some time away from Glasgow. He and his...
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