A bit of history, wry observations – this is a light hearted look at Paris, informative and easy to read.

Commissioned by The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik spent five years in Paris with his wife, Martha and son, Luke, writing dispatches now collected here along with previously unpublished journal entries in Paris to the Moon. A self-described “comic-sentimental essayist”,...

Paris My Sweet is a memoir of a year in the life of thirty-six year old Amy, who works for Louis Vuitton. It is a guide book in part to the Paris bakeries, part love letter to this great...

Set amidst the elite circles of Mumbai and Delhi, Paro: Dreams of Passion follows the enigmatic protagonist as she navigates a labyrinth of desire, ambition and betrayal. Through the sharp and observant eyes of Priya, a keen diarist and...

A book set in the Philippines that goes where not many contemporary British writers have ventured… Torn from her family. Destined to become the most desired courtesan in China. A seductive and evocative debut that opens the doors on...

In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, two young girls from very different worlds collide and become inseparable companions. Willow is hardened by poverty and fearful for her future: Pearl is the daughter of a Christian missionary who desperately...

‘James Patterson calls it “one of the best thrillers of the year”, and it is plain to see why…told at a great pace, has a strong central character and a snaking plot’ – Daily Mail You wake. Confused. Disorientated....

Peony has neither seen nor spoken to any man other than her father, a wealthy Chinese nobleman. Nor has she ever ventured outside the cloistered women’s quarters of the family villa. As her sixteenth birthday approaches, she finds herself...

Just an innocent invitation… When Sophie Ellis is asked to house-sit at a luxurious Knightsbridge townhouse, it appears to be the offer of a lifetime. Drawn into the glittering circle of the home’s owner, she meets wealthy American businessman...

The original story of falling for France, Perfume from Provence was first published in 1935 and became a best-seller. Winifred Fortescue was an actress who rubbed shoulders with the likes of Jerome K. Jerome and George Bernard Shaw when...