- Location(s): Hiroshima
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
1995, Japan struggles with a severe economic crisis. Fate brings a number of people together in Hiroshima in a confrontation with dramatic consequences. Xavier Douterloigne, the son of a Belgian diplomat, returns to the city, where he spent his...
- Location(s): Reykjavik, Videy Island
- Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
- Era(s): 1986 looking back to 1956
What happened to Lara? Iceland, 1956. Fifteen-year-old Lára spends the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavík. In early August, the girl disappears without a trace. The mystery becomes...
- Location(s): Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1992-1999
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work as a safari guide on a game reserve in Southern Africa? Sophie arrived in South Africa to spend help a friend run horseback safaris on a game reserve...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Mainly contemporary
A man infatuated with ivy. A woman pining for lost love. In a Turkish square, ancient buildings lament a devastating explosion. An unlikely friendship struck up with a homeless person. A journey to a magical place that once visited...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- Location(s): Argentina, Buenos Aires
- Genre(s): Political, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): 1970s
A key figure in the politics and literature of Argentina, Rodolfo Walsh wrote his iconic Letter to my Friends in December 1976, recounting the murder of his daughter Victoria by the military dictatorship. Just a few months later, he...
- 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...
- 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...
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