- Location(s): Türkiye (Turkey)
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Various
In the first edition of this widely praised book, Stephen Kinzer made the convincing claim that Turkey was the country to watch-poised between Europe and Asia, between the glories of its Ottoman past and its hopes for a democratic...
- Location(s): Birmingham
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Robin Lyons #1 Detective Inspector Robin Lyons is going home. Dismissed for misconduct from the Met’s Homicide Command after refusing to follow orders, unable to pay her bills (or hold down a relationship), she has no choice but to...
- Location(s): Kaliningrad (Königsberg)
- Genre(s): Crime
Hanno Stiffeniis, a rural magistrate, is asked come to Königsberg to solve a series of murders that have caused terror in the city: set against the Napoleonic Wars 1803/4.
- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Humour, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Annabel Lewis (Bels) has two days to get to her wedding in Rome but her journey is beset with one disaster after another as fate takes its turn. Will the stranger she meets on the way get her to...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
The crew of the Regal Star resemble a mini United Nations, hiring people from all over the world. But unlike the UN, Regal Cruise’s employees present a united front above decks as they attend to their passenger’s every needs....
- Location(s): Lagos
- Genre(s): Fiction, Horror
- Era(s): Contemporary
No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not have peace… So goes the family curse, handed down from generation to generation, ruining families and breaking hearts as it goes. And now it’s...
- Location(s): Malta
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Jen Shaw is climbing in the mountains near Alajar, Spain. And it’s nothing to do with the fact that an old acquaintance suggested that she meet him there… But when things don’t go as planned and her brother calls...
Da Vinci’s Ghost: The untold story of Vitruvian Man
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Various, late 1400s
In the richly rewarding history “Da Vinci’s Ghost,” Toby Lester, a contributing editor at The Atlantic, shows that Leonardo had long been fascinated by the concept of man as a microcosm of the universe. Before the Pacioli collaboration, the...
- Location(s): London, California
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
MEET DAISY. A PICTURE OF GRACE AND DIGNITY. MEET HEROD. A… DISAPPOINTMENT. Written in his own words, and guided by a man who collects glasses in a local pub, this is the story of Herod ‘Rod’ Pinkney’s search for...
- Location(s): Dubrovnik
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
Caroline Daley, escaping from a messy divorce, and her friend Brian Napier are on a ferry going down the Adriatic when the engines pack up. Somebody has put seawater in the fuel. The nearest port which they can put...
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