- Location(s): Appleby-in-Westmorland
- Genre(s): Noir, Crime
- Era(s): Modern
The traditional Appleby Horse Fair hosts the largest gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe. The sudden influx of more than 40,000 visitors into the small Lakeland town has always caused its share of problems, with strained relations between...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1083-1131
It is Anno Domini 1083. At the Blachernae Palace in Constantinople, a princess is born. What will her fate be? Will she be married off in order to create an advantageous political alliance? Or will she be sent to...
- Location(s): Singapore
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1940s
On the eve of World War II, Claude Lim, a Chinese youth, uncertain of himself and his nationality, is being raised in a family that strongly identifies with the British colonists in Singapore. The family neither speaks nor understands...
- Location(s): Italy
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): World War 2
Nazi-occupied Rome sets the stage for Bridge of Sighs and Dreams, where the lives of two women collide in an arena of deception, greed, and sacrifice. Following an allied attack, Angelina Rosini flees to Rome from her bombed-out village...
Bring Her Home (Boyle and Keneally #1)
- Location(s): Cahirsiveen, County Kerry
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
When bright, beautiful Penny O’Dwyer disappears from Cahirsiveen, a small town in the west of Ireland, the local police scour the narrow streets and muddy hills, but find no leads. Jessie Boyle swore she’d never return to Ireland. But...
- Location(s): Vienna, Jerusalem, Lebanon, London, Rome
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1980s
Two agents. Two opposing sides. Israeli Agent Shai is dispatched to eliminate a terrorist threat. To succeed in his mission Shai must win the trust of Palestinian Agent Ramzy who will help him gain access to the infamous and...
- Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Current
The world is on the brink of disaster.The environment, society and mankind itself are facing extreme challenges in a world that is both more connected, and yet more divided than ever before. Fear and confusion seep into all parts...
- Location(s): Monterey
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
John Steinbeck’s paean to the Monterey County of his youth, Cannery Row contains an introduction by Susan Shillinglaw in Penguin Modern Classics. In the din and stink that is Cannery Row a colourful blend of misfits – gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists...
- Location(s): New Jersey
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1957
September 1957 Henry and Effie, young newlyweds from Georgia, arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, for their honeymoon. It’s the end of the season and the town is deserted. As they tentatively discover each other, they begin to realize...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Modern
This book focuses on sketching buildings and cityscapes from observation using coloured pencil It clarifies the mystery of perspective along with the other aspects of sketching It stresses rapid sketching in the moment allowing the right-brain to take over...
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