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533: A Book of Days

533: A Book of Days
  • Author(s): Cees Nooteboom
  • Location(s): Sant Lluís
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Though a tireless explorer of distant cultures, for more than forty years Cees Nooteboom has also been returning to Menorca, “the island of the wind”, and it is in his house there, with a study full of books and...

The Family on Paradise Pier

The Family on Paradise Pier
  • Author(s): Dermot Bolger
  • Location(s): England, Russia, Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 20th Century

A stunning historical saga set in the early decades of the twentieth century which follows the lives and loves of one extraordinary family. We first meet the Goold Verschoyle children in 1915. Though there is a war going on...

The Lemon Grove

The Lemon Grove
  • Author(s): Helen Walsh
  • Location(s): Deya (Deià)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

One hot summer. One week in a villa on the outskirts of Deia, a village nestling in the rugged, mountainous west coast of the island of Mallorca. One family for whom the carefully laid jigsaw of life is about...

A Darker Night

A Darker Night
  • Author(s): P J Brooke
  • Location(s): Granada
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

The sequel to Blood Wedding. During Granada’s spectacular Easter processions, Sub-Inspector Max Romero has a visitor, his sister, Susanna. She is preparing a T.V. programme on San Juan de la Cruz, Spain’s sixteenth century mystic poet. In the ruins...

A Death in Valencia

A Death in Valencia
  • Author(s): Jason Webster
  • Location(s): Valencia
  • Genre(s): Crime

Max Camara is feeling low. Ominous cracks have appeared in the walls of his flat: the body of a well-known paella chef has been washed up on the beach: there are rows and threats about abortion clinics: the town...

A Divided Inheritance

A Divided Inheritance
  • Author(s): Deborah Swift
  • Location(s): London, Spain
  • Era(s): 17th Century

~ London 1609 ~Elspet Leviston’s greatest ambition is to continue the success of her father Nathaniel’s lace business. But her dreams are thrown into turmoil with the arrival of her mysterious cousin Zachary Deane – who has his own...

A Late Dinner

A Late Dinner
  • Author(s): Paul Richardson
  • Location(s): Spain
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink
  • Era(s): Modern

This is more than just a book about food. It is a cultural journey, a travel memoir, a look at the national psyche, generally informative and interesting look at Spain the place of food within society.

A Load of Bull

A Load of Bull
  • Author(s): Tim Parfitt
  • Location(s): Madrid
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1990s

The author is sent to work on Spanish Vogue, and stays for much longer. This is a light hearted look at the life he adopts, with plenty of wry and humourous observations about life in the Spanish capital

A Parrot in a Pepper Tree

A Parrot in a Pepper Tree
  • Author(s): Chris Stewart
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 2000s

A PARROT IN A PEPPER TREE, the sequel to Lemons, follows the lives of Chris, Ana and their daughter, Chloë, as they get to grips with a misanthropic parrot who joins their home, Spanish school life, neighbours in love,...

A Proper Family Holiday

A Proper Family Holiday
  • Author(s): Chrissie Manby
  • Location(s): Lanzarote
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Newly single magazine journalist Chelsea Benson can’t think of anything worse. Your grubby small nephew torpedoing any chance of romance with the dishy guy you met on the plane . . . Your eighty-five-year-old granddad chatting up ladies at...

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