Calcutta: Two Years in the City
- Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2009-2011
In 1999, Amit Chaudhuri moved back to Calcutta, the city in which he was born. It was a place he had loved in his youth and the place he had made his name writing about. But upon his return...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 20th Century
David Schearl arrives in New York in his mother’s arms to begin his new life as an immigrant in the ‘Golden Land’. David is hated by his father – an angry, violent man unable to find his niche in...
- Location(s): England, Lapland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
Cassie Smith has been out of work for a while but she has an idea. Drawing on her love of Christmas, she begins charging for small things: wrapping presents: writing cards: tree-decorating. She’s soon in huge demand and Cassie’s...
- Location(s): Chicago, Mexico City
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern/20th century
Every year the three Reyes sons and their families drive south from Chicago via Route 66 to the home of the Awful Grandmother and the Little Grandfather on Destiny Street in Mexico City. From the back seat of her...
- Location(s): Niagara Falls
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): present
When hard-working Jennifer inherits a funeral home in Niagara, she’s determined to build the reputation of a business people can trust. A casino pit boss is murdered, A burglar breaks into the funeral home, Jennifer finds a mysterious cache...
Chasing Black Unicorns. How building the Amazon of Africa put me on Interpol’s Most Wanted list
- Location(s): Nigeria
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Silicon Valley meets Indiana Jones – Chasing Black Unicorns is an autobiography written by Marek Zmysłowski, one of Poland’s most respected internet entrepreneurs. Witty and humorous, the book covers many dramatic and often dangerous events. Before moving to Nigeria...
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1987
Mainly set in India. On 20th May the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop the country in two great wet arms, one coming from the east, the other from the west. They are united over central India around...
- Location(s): Brazil, Portugal
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Jaq Silver is back with a bang in this high-octane third novel in the series When Jaq Silver’s mother dies, she is handed a poisoned chalice. An inheritance more valuable to her than she could have imagined. Travelling from...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
Léa de Lonval is a magnificent and aging courtesan facing the end of her career. She has devoted the last six years to the amorous education of the exquisitely handsome and spoilt Chéri – a playboy half her age....
- Location(s): Chicago
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
On the last day of summer, some years ago, a young college graduate moves to Chicago and rents a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the vast and muscular lake. This is the story of...
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