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The Songlines

The Songlines
  • Author(s): Bruce Chatwin
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Various

The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, ancient tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries. Along these lines Aboriginals passed the songs which revealed the creation of the land and the secrets of its past. In this...

The Sound of Thunder

The Sound of Thunder
  • Author(s): Wilbur Smith
  • Location(s): South Africa
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Turn of the 20th Century

Sequel to “When the Lion Feeds”, second book in the saga of the Courtney family. This book is set against the Boer War

The Space Between Us

The Space Between Us
  • Author(s): Doug Johnstone
  • Location(s): Edinburgh, Scottish Highlands
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving mother and cancer sufferer. They don’t know each other, but when a meteor streaks over Edinburgh, all three suffer...

The Spanish Game

The Spanish Game
  • Author(s): Charles Cumming
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

The setting in Madrid is a change from London, where Milius is usually based. Alec Milius is asked to explore the possibility of his finance company investing in Basque country – he meets with a politician, who then disappears….

The Spanish Garden

The Spanish Garden
  • Author(s): Cherry Radford
  • Location(s): Almería (Almeria)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Andie finds herself in the midst of a media scandal that threatens to end her career as a TV garden designer and her relationship with fellow presenter Johnny. On impulse, she decides to rent her grandmother’s old home in...

The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War
  • Author(s): Gerald Brenan
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

This is the classic account of the Spanish Civil War, Brenan was there observing and processing in the this richly detailed account.

The Spy Who Came for Christmas

The Spy Who Came for Christmas
  • Author(s): David Morrell
  • Location(s): Santa Fe
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

On Christmas Eve in snow-covered Santa Fe, New Mexico, tens of thousands of pedestrians admire the festively decorated streets. Among them is Paul Kagan, a spy on the run trying desperately to protect a special package that just might...

The Spy Who Inspired Me

The Spy Who Inspired Me
  • Author(s): Stephen Clarke
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Fiction
  • Era(s): World War II

For legal reasons, The Spy Who Inspired Me does not mention J*mes B*nd. Which is a shame, because it is a comedy based on the idea that I*n Fl*ming’s famously macho spy might have been inspired by a woman....

The Stockholm Octavo

The Stockholm Octavo
  • Author(s): Karen Engelmann
  • Location(s): Stockholm
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 18th Century

In 18th century Stockholm, as the winds of revolution rage through the great capitals of Europe, the key to a nation’s fate rests in the hands of an unlikely hero. Emil Larsson is a drinker, card player and contented...

The Stolen Blue (Claire Reynier Mystery 1)

The Stolen Blue (Claire Reynier Mystery 1)
  • Author(s): Judith Van Gieson
  • Location(s): New Mexico
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Claire Reynier is thrilled when her old friend Burke Lovell donates his collection of valuable books to the university where she works as a librarian. But the morning after she arrives at his ranch in the remote region known...

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