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Treblinka

Treblinka
  • Author(s): Chil Rajchman
  • Location(s): Treblinka
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

Chil Rajchman, a Polish Jew, was arrested with his younger sister in 1942 and sent to Treblinka, a death camp where more than 750,000 were murdered before it was abandoned by German soldiers. His sister was sent to the...

Trillium

Trillium
  • Author(s): Margaret Lindsay Holton
  • Location(s): Beamsville, Grimsby (Ontario), Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Ontario, St Catharines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1750 to 2001

Starting in the mid 1750s, three very diverse young men arrive to the southern shore of Lake Ontario to start new lives. Thomas Hartford, a young British foot soldier is the first of the three to admire the magnificent...

Turf Wars

Turf Wars
  • Author(s): Olivier Norek
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

The summary execution of three dealers – one murdered in full view of a police surveillance team – is the signal for hell to be unleashed in France’s most notorious suburb. Now there’s a new kingpin in charge, using...

Turning: A Swimming Memoir

Turning: A Swimming Memoir
  • Author(s): Jessica J Lee
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): Modern

‘The water slips over me like cool silk. The intimacy of touch uninhibited, rising around my legs, over my waist, my breasts, up to my collarbone. When I throw back my head and relax, the lake runs into my...

Two Old Fools – Olé!

Two Old Fools – Olé!
  • Author(s): Victoria Twead
  • Location(s): Almería (Almeria), Andalusia (Andalucía), Spain
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Humour, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Present

Book #2 in the Old Fools series by New York Times bestselling author. Never believe that life in a tiny Spanish mountain village is predictable. Vicky and Joe have finished fixing up their house and look forward to peaceful...

Two Weeks in Toronto

Two Weeks in Toronto
  • Author(s): Amelia Doyle
  • Location(s): Toronto, Dublin
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ciara Walsh is dreading the thought of boarding the plane from Dublin to Toronto alone to attend her sister Gabriella’s wedding. Also, successful dentist Ethan O’Leary could imagine better things to do than driving to Galway to celebrate both...

Under The Golden Sun

Under The Golden Sun
  • Author(s): Jenny Ashcroft
  • Location(s): Queensland
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): WW2 onwards

Wanted: companion to escort a young, orphaned child home to Australia. All expenses as well as passage covered. Interested parties to apply without delay to 32 Williams Street, Belgravia. London, 1941. There are so many reasons Rose Hamilton she...

Unpacking for Greece: Travel in a Land of Fortresses, Fables, Ferries and Feta

Unpacking for Greece: Travel in a Land of Fortresses, Fables, Ferries and Feta
  • Author(s): Sally Jane Smith
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary and 1978

When Sally sets out for Europe with her mother’s 1978 travel diary in her pocket, she is searching for the wanderlust she lost in a devastating overseas road accident. As she ventures into the heart of the Mediterranean –...

Vengeance in Venice

Vengeance in Venice
  • Author(s): Philip Gwynne Jones
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Murder is the deadliest art . . . An invitation to an exclusive event during the Venetian Biennale gives Honorary Consul Nathan Sutherland the perfect chance to drink prosecco in the sunshine and meet some of the greats of...

Venice

Venice
  • Author(s): Cees Nooteboom
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Literary Travel
  • Era(s): From 1960s onwards

With this treasury of his time spent in Venice over a period of fifty-five years, Nooteboom makes himself the indispensable companion for all lovers of “the sailing, amphibious city”, and for every new visitor. Because he is a master...

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