- Location(s): Milan, Switzerland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): First World War
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the ‘war to end all wars’. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A Farewell to Arms. In an unforgettable depiction...
- Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
Compassionate realism and narrative are vividly captured in this masterpiece. It is 1975 and India is in a state of flux, the location is an unnamed city by the sea – actually Mumbai. A state of emergency has just...
A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Cemetery
- Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Humour
- Era(s): 20th Century
To begin this chronicle of the funny things that have happened to him, Muller goes back to his days as a recruit in the Royal Ceylon Navy when the Queen of England came a-visiting: the saucy sailors decide to...
- Location(s): Devon
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
After escaping form Muswell Hill in London and a career that nearly destroyed her, Justine plans to spend her days doing as little as possible in her beautiful home in Devon. But soon after the move, her daughter Ellen...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
With photos this book provides complete and accurate descriptions of varioius topics from the ancient traditions to the modern popular culture, and plenty of tips for travelers
- Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille), London, Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Joanne Harris and William Boyd. Beatrice Palmentier is 36, an award-winning director. And discontent. She is about to make a documentary on world-famous restaurateur Joseph Troumeg, when the discovery of a skull on the...
- Location(s): Coney Island
- Genre(s): Fantasy
- Era(s): Post WW2
This is the story of The Greatest Funambulist Who Ever Lived… Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. Until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson...
- Location(s): Beirut, Lebanon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
A novel is a coming of age book, set in a village outside Beirut and follows the escalating conflict in Lebanon through the eyes of the young girl, Ruba.
- Location(s): Peshawar, World
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): First half 20th century
July 1914. A young Englishwoman, Vivian Rose Spencer is running up a mountainside in an ancient land. She picks up a fig and holds it to her nose. Around her is a maze of broken columns, taller than the...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Greer Clovelly seems to have it all, beautiful, chic and slender, she’s used to getting her own way. Greer has been in love with Jesse Behenna since her first day at school and she’s determined that one day, they’ll...
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