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River of Ink

River of Ink
  • Author(s): Paul M M Cooper
  • Location(s): Polonnaruwa
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 13th Century

All Asanka knows is poetry. From his humble village beginnings in the great island kingdom of Lanka, he has risen to the prestigious position of court poet and now delights in his life of ease: composing romantic verses for...

River Sing Me Home

River Sing Me Home
  • Author(s): Eleanor Shearer
  • Location(s): Caribbean
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1830s

We whisper the names of the ones we love like the words of a song. That was the taste of freedom to us, those names on our lips. Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. These are...

Robert Venturi’s Rome

Robert Venturi’s Rome
  • Author(s): Stephen Harby, Frederich Fisher
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Various

A guidebook to the city of Rome seen through the eyes of Robert Venturi, re-interpreted by two subsequent Rome Prize fellows A vital text for young architects, focusing on the interrelationship between architecture, art and landscape

Rome Was!

Rome Was!
  • Author(s): Randolph Langenbach
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 18th Century to present

The book will be designed so that it can be used, not only by scholars, but also by tourists and travellers in Rome Guides readers on a modern-day version of the 18th Century Grand Tour that was originally inspired...

Rooted in the Hood

Rooted in the Hood
  • Author(s): Anna Angelidakis
  • Location(s): Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Photography
  • Era(s): Modern

Rooted in the Hood is a photo essay celebrating the community gardens of New York City and the people who create, cultivate, and enjoy them. The late 60s and 70s witnessed the devastation of New York City, with many...

Ruin: A Novel Of Fly Fishing In Bankruptcy

Ruin: A Novel Of Fly Fishing In Bankruptcy
  • Author(s): Leigh Seippel
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), The Hudson Valley
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ruin is a thoroughly engrossing novel about a young couple’s struggle back from financial catastrophe that so many of us dread. Having fled their urban life, they begin to build a new life together in a rural setting, far...

Run to the Blue

Run to the Blue
  • Author(s): P N Johnson
  • Location(s): London, Paxos
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): Present

“Breaking News! Top TV reporter Tess Anderson is missing…she was last seen in the Greek Islands with a mysterious American yachtsman…more follows!” It was supposed to be the best day of her career, the day when she was the...

Sacred Mounds – A Historical Fantasy

Sacred Mounds – A Historical Fantasy
  • Author(s): Jim Metzner
  • Location(s): Mississippi, Natchez, The Hudson Valley
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fantasy
  • Era(s): 17th century and present day

Cyclonic hordes of insects, a telepathic despot, body-swapping sex – just a few of the surprises Salvador Samuels encounters when he’s swept back to pre-colonial times, walking in the moccasins of a blind Indian – who in turn has...

Salt Water and Spear Tips

Salt Water and Spear Tips
  • Author(s): Thor F Jensen
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2016

A Danish filmmaker, under the apprenticeship of three Papua New Guinean master sailors, set off from Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, on the 30th of August 2016 on a world-record circumnavigation of the island of New Guinea in a...

Salzburg: City of Culture

Salzburg: City of Culture
  • Author(s): Hubert Nowak, Peter Lewis (Translator)
  • Location(s): Salzburg
  • Genre(s): In Translation, Literary Travel
  • Era(s): Various

Situated in the shadow of the Eastern Alps, Salzburg is known for its majestic baroque architecture, music, cathedrals, gardens. The city grew in power and wealth as the seat of prince-bishops, found international fame as the birthplace of the...

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