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The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris by Edmund White
Category: Travel | Series: Writer and the City
A flaneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles through city streets in search of adventure and fulfillment. Edmund White, who lived in Paris for sixteen years, wanders through the streets and avenues and along the quays, into parts of Paris virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many Paris ...Show more
The Food Lover's Guide to Paris by Helen Massy-Beresford
Category: Guidebooks | Series: City Guides
Paris may have enjoyed decades as the undisputed gastronomic capital of the world, but food revolutions in the likes of London and Copenhagen have challenged its reign in recent years.After a spell of complacency, Parisian chefs have had to up their game, with delicious results. This guide will show you ...Show more
The Fort (#1 City of Victory) by Adrian Goldsworthy
Category: Fiction | Series: CITY OF VICTORY BOOK 1
From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set on Rome's Danubian frontier. AD 105: DACIA The Dacian kingdom and Rome are at peace, but no one thinks that it will last. Sent to command an isolated fort beyond the Danube, centurion Flavius Ferox can sen ...Show more
The Fort (#1 City of Victory) by Adrian Goldsworthy
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: City of Victory Ser.
AD 105: Dacia. Centurion Flavius Ferox commands an isolated fort beyond the Danube. First in a new adventure trilogy set on the frontier of the Roman Empire. From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set on Rome's Danubian frontier. AD 105: DACIA ...Show more
The Gimlet Eye (Quentaris Chronicles) by James Roy
Category: Teenage/Young Adult Fiction | Series: Quentaris: Quest of the Lost City
Much has changed in the sky-city of Quentaris. With the Archon dead, dark forces have come into play. Then, as Quentaris slips quietly through a vortex into the watery world of the Yarka, Tab Vidler and her friends suddenly realise they are the city's only hope.
The Golf Lover's Guide to Scotland by Michael Whitehead
Category: Travel | Series: City Guides
Every golf course around the globe has one thing in common - they are all unique. No two courses are ever the same. Golf is the only major sport that offers a different experience wherever you go.The aim of this guide is to offer a golfer all the information they would require to enjoy a great round of ...Show more
The Jewel by Amy Ewing
Category: Fiction | Series: Lone City Trilogy Ser.
New York Times bestselling author Amy Ewing delivers a dark and riveting tale that "will have fans of Oliver's Delirium, Cass's The Selection, and DeStefano's Wither breathless."* The Jewel has many meanings: wealth, beauty, royalty. But for Violet, the Jewel has always meant servitude. Born and raise ...Show more
The Little Book of Quotes (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) by Cassandra Clare
Category: Fiction | Series: Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Movie Tie-in
A gorgeous hardcover book that features wise, inspirational or funny quotes from the script of This summer's blockbuster movie, alongside character profiles and stunning cast photos. There is even the chance to design and colour your own quotes and runes on the specially designed write-in pages! This be ...Show more
The Lunatic's Curse (Tales from the Sinister City #4) by F. E. Higgins
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Tales from the Sinister City
Deep within the heart of the Moiraean Mountains lies the town of Opum Oppidulum - home to the freezing Lake Beluarum and its rumoured monster. An inescapable asylum stands in the centre of the lake, enclosed by the sheer cliffs of Drop Rock island. When Ambrose Grammaticus, famous inventor and master en ...Show more
The Mandarin Code by Steve Lewis; Chris Uhlmann
Category: Fiction | Series: Secret City Ser.
Soon to be a major TV series from the team behind The Slap Politics peeled bare. The second darkly satirical thriller from the authors of The Marmalade Files. POLITICS JUST GOT DEADLY. A body pulled from the murky waters of Lake Burley Griffin links Canberra, Beijing and Washington in a titanic struggle ...Show more
The Marmalade Files by Steve Lewis; Chris Uhlmann
Category: Fiction | Series: Secret City Ser.
Soon to be a major TV series from the team behind The Slap A sticky scandal. A political jam. An imaginative romp through the dark underbelly of politics by two veteran Canberra insiders. *The Marmalade Files are documents that allegedly exist within the bowels of Foreign Affairs & Trade that have b ...Show more
The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues by Angela Davis
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: City Lights Open Media Ser.
"Davis' arguments for justice are formidable. . . . The power of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied."—The New York Times What is the meaning of freedom? Angela Y. Davis' life and work have been dedicated to examining this fundamental question and to ending all forms ...Show more