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Between the Sierra and the Sea

Between the Sierra and the Sea
  • Author(s): Joan Fallon
  • Location(s): Málaga, Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s onwards

It’s January 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Elizabeth, a young English girl decides to remain in Spain when the rest of her family return to the peace of England. Alone in the devastated city of Malaga she makes friends...

Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia

Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia
  • Author(s): Chris Stewart
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2000s

Chris Stewart has been a sheep shearer and a drummer for Genesis, and decided he wanted to relocate to the Sierra Nevada. His book chronicles his adventures – the terrain and the locals – doing up his ramshackle house....

From Barcelona: Stories Behind the City Vol 1

From Barcelona: Stories Behind the City Vol 1
  • Author(s): Jeremy Holland
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 2000s

One city and ten stories. A collection of short stories inspired by the capital of Catalonia, its history, people, legends and explore the city’s sights in a unique way through these idiosyncratic stories. A good read for those visiting...

German Paradise Mallorca: A Funny Telling

German Paradise Mallorca: A Funny Telling
  • Author(s): Martin von Muenchen
  • Location(s): Mallorca
  • Genre(s): Humour
  • Era(s): Modern

Martin von Muenchen is ridiculously funny in his description of Mallorca, a popular vacation spot in Spain for German tourists. With his slapstick humor, von Muenchen shows why he is a master at funny descriptions of mundane things. Von...

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  • Author(s): Alan Thomas Boyd
  • Location(s): Benidorm
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

Once upon a time, there was a famous windy little road in Benidorm….it was known by the Brits as The Yellow Brick Road. It had businesses on it with themed names…The Lion Rampant, Blueberry Hill, The Wizard, The Travellers...

Her Last Promise

Her Last Promise
  • Author(s): Kathryn Hughes
  • Location(s): North-West England, Segovia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1978 and 2018/19

Tara Richards was just a girl when she lost her mother. Years later when Tara receives a letter from a London solicitor its contents shake her to the core. Someone has left her a key to a safe deposit...

Hot Milk

Hot Milk
  • Author(s): Deborah Levy
  • Location(s): Almería (Almeria)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power – from the Man Booker shortlisted author of Swimming Home Two women arrive in a village...

Ibiza Summer

Ibiza Summer
  • Author(s): Anna Lou Weatherley
  • Location(s): Ibiza
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

A perfect teen holiday read, set on the clubbers’ paradise island. “I wrapped my arms lightly around his waist – he felt warm and firm and I could feel his chest moving up and down beneath his white T-shirt....

Is Harry on the Boat?

Is Harry on the Boat?
  • Author(s): Colin Butts
  • Location(s): Ibiza
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 1990s

You arrive at the airport to be greeted by a sun-tanned clipboard bearer, there to make your dream holiday come true. But behind the smiles, the badge and the suspect command of the native lingo, what really goes on?...

Island in the Sea

Island in the Sea
  • Author(s): Anita Hughes
  • Location(s): Mallorca
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Juliet Lyman is a senior executive at Yesterday Records. Music is her passion and she’s very good at her job. That’s why her famously philanthropic boss Gideon sends her to Majorca, Spain to work with a very tortured, but...

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