America’s Boy: the Marcoses and the Philippines
- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Biography
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
A re-examination of the rule of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos in the Philippines and the conditions that gave rise to their leadership. The author argues that they were merely the latest in a long line of corrupt Filipino leaders...
- Location(s): Germany, Istanbul (Constantinople), Switzerland
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1980s
What type of man is willing to kill for his country without putting on a uniform? Six months ago, Mitch Rapp was just an ordinary college student. Then the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack stole the lives of two...
- Location(s): Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s, 1970s
Beau Rosenwald – overweight, not particularly handsome, and improbably charismatic – arrives in Los Angles in 1962 with nothing but an ill-fitting suit and a pair of expensive brogues. By the late 1970s he has helped found the most...
- Location(s): London, Nigeria, North America
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
From the award-winning author of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun,’ a powerful story of love, race and identity. As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the...
Among Friends: Travels in Cuba
- Location(s): Cuba (Republic of)
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
Among Friends: Travels in Cuba is a lively account of one person’s discovery of Cuba and Cubans over a decade-long series of visits. Murray falls in love with the country but never stops asking questions as her radius of...
- Location(s): Pakistan
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Second half of the 20th Century
Among Muslims is the account of Jamie’s time travelling alone and living among the Shia and Ismaili Muslims in the Northern Areas – the mountainous regions wedged between Afghanistan, India and China and one of the most volatile borderlands...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1980s
Among the Russians is a marvellous account of a solitary journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia. A gifted writer and intrepid traveller, Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Fiction, Food and Drink
- Era(s): Modern
A gastro-memoir! And don’t let the cover lead you to believe it is chick-lit, it isn’t!! L’appetito vien mangiando! – Appetite comes while you are eating. Vicky arrives in Tuscany to study the language and culture of Italy, but...
- Location(s): Amsterdam
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Various
In this volume Paul Vincent presents a compelling collection of prose fiction, memoirs and anecdotes centring on Amsterdam from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. His selection offers a rare insight into the history and culture of the city....
- Location(s): London, South East England
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Present back to 1997
HE’S INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A PRINCESS. THE TRUTH COULD COST HIM HIS LIFE. AUGUST 1997: A PRINCESS DIES IN PARIS. NOW, MARC NOVAK MUST FIND OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. When private investigator Marc Novak is hired to investigate...
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