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Two Wings of a Nightingale

Two Wings of a Nightingale
  • Author(s): Jill Worrall
  • Location(s): Iran
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Iran is probably the most misunderstood country in the world, and its people are among the most feared. Award-winning travel writer Jill Worrall, with her friend Reza Mirkhalaf, a leading tour manager from Tehran, describe an Iran the world...

Two’s Company at the Forest Light Show

Two’s Company at the Forest Light Show
  • Author(s): Margaret Amatt
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

One night, one second chance, and a love story waiting to happen Vivacious forestry worker Cha Gilchrist doesn’t usually have flings with buttoned-up guys who dress like her old geography teacher, no matter how secretly attractive she finds them....

Two-way Split

Two-way Split
  • Author(s): Allan Massie
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Winner of the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2007. Robin Greaves is an armed robber whose professionalism is put to the test when he discovers his wife has been sleeping with a fellow gang member....

Typewriter Beach

Typewriter Beach
  • Author(s): Meg Waite Clayton
  • Location(s): Carmel-by-the-Sea, Hollywood
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1957/2018

Set in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Hollywood, Typewriter Beach is an unforgettable story of the unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock’s new star. 1957. Isabella Giori is ten months into a standard...

Tyrannosaurus Rex (Extinct – The Story of Life on Earth Book 5)

Tyrannosaurus Rex (Extinct – The Story of Life on Earth Book 5)
  • Author(s): Ben Garrod, Gabriel Ugueto
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Past

TV scientist Ben Garrod presents the biggest extinction events ever, told from the point of view of evolution’s superstars, the most incredible animals ever to swim, stalk, slither or walk our planet. Whether you’re 9 or 90, his unique...

Tyrant of Rome

Tyrant of Rome
  • Author(s): Simon Scarrow
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Historical, Adventure
  • Era(s): 62 BE

The city of Rome. The most dangerous place in the Empire. The fates of military heroes Macro and Cato lie in Emperor Nero’s bloody hands . . . AD 62. Under the reckless and tumultuous leadership of Emperor Nero,...

U and I: A True Story

U and I: A True Story
  • Author(s): Nicholson Baker
  • Location(s): Rochester
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1970s, 1980s

When Nicholson Baker, one of the most linguistically talented writers in America, set out to write a book about John Updike, the result was no ordinary biography. Instead Baker’s account of his relationship with his hero is a hilarious...

Ukraine Diaries

Ukraine Diaries
  • Author(s): Andrey Kurkov, Sam Taylor (translator)
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): 2013 onwards

-16°C, sunlight, silence. I drove the children to school, then went to see the revolution. I walked between the tents. Talked with rev­olutionaries. They were weary today. The air was thick with the smell of old campfires. Ukraine Diaries...

Ultima

Ultima
  • Author(s): L S Hilton
  • Location(s): London, The West End
  • Genre(s): Erotica, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

First Maestra, then Domino and now Ultima. The shockingly audacious conclusion to the international bestselling phenomenon that began with Maestra. If you can’t beat them – kill them First there was Maestra. Then there was Domina. Now – there...

Ultimate Food Atlas

Ultimate Food Atlas
  • Author(s): Nancy Castaldo
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Exploring the world has never been more yummy and fun! Discover how unique foods are grown, eaten, and celebrated by people all over the planet, get recipes for delicious dishes, and so much more! Pull up a chair and...

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