Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
From the critically acclaimed author of Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune comes a new delightful novel about exploring all the magical possibilities of life in the most extraordinary city of all: Paris. Vanessa Yu never wanted to...
- Location(s): The Indian Ocean
- Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
This is the book that you might think of taking along as part of your holiday reading, whilst relaxing on a sun-soaked tropical beach. If so, you may be in for a shock. A young couple manage to acquire...
- Location(s): Montalcino
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern Day
When Isobel Dusi visited Italy with her Australian husband Lou, little did they imagine that life would change forever. But, utterly besotted with the fragrant warmth and good-natured conviviality of Southern Tuscany, they decided to sell up their lives...
- Location(s): Lebanon
- Genre(s): Biography, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1978
In the summer of 1978, Musa al Sadr, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Shia sect in Lebanon, disappeared mysteriously while on a visit to Libya. As in the Shia myth of the “Hidden Imam,” this modern-day Imam left...
- Location(s): Georgia (Asia)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
“Vano and Niko” resembles a catalogue of all the relationships that are possible between people. It is a parable that demonstrates that not only humans but all living beings are engaged in the search for the other. Peter Handke,...
- Location(s): Bath
- Genre(s): Historical, Romance
- Era(s): Regency
Emma Hibbert will never again trust a good-looking man. They offer nothing but heartbreak and humiliation. But her conscience won’t let her abandon a sinfully handsome stranger needing help—even if he ignites an unwelcome passion in her. She soon...
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Fiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Barry Taylor decides to buy a Farmhouse in France on Ebay without even seeing it, to escape from a boring life in the UK. Cracks soon begin to appear not only with the house but also with other ex-pats...
- Location(s): Varanasi
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Following the break-up of her relationship and unsure of her life’s direction, Marianne leaves a London still reverberating from the terrorist bombings to travel for a year with the mysterious and beautiful Sara. However, deep into the heart of...
- Location(s): Saudi Arabia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): mid 1930s to late 1950s
Jordanian-born attorney Munif, former editor of the Baghdad-based monthly Oil and Development , brings his epic Cities of Salt trilogy full circle in its closing volume. Cities of Salt and The Trench , set in the Sultanate of Mooran...
- Location(s): Bogota
- Genre(s): Short Stories, In Translation
- Era(s): Modern
A constellation of short stories illustrates the complex, interrelated lives of women in and around Bogotá, Colombia. In six subtly connected vignettes, Variations on the Body explores the obsessions, desires, and idiosyncrasies of women and girls from every level...
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