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By John Berendt
A breathtaking insight into the beauty, corruption and failings of the city of Venice after the destruction of the Fenice Theatre - it is a true story written as a “page turner” novel. Berendt has a wonderful style which captivates the reader from the first page. It outlines the power struggle between the city and the rest of the world who looks on it as a fundraising battleground rather than a living breathing city.
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By Orhan Pamuk
A winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2006, this book is a thrilling murder mystery based in Istanbul in the late 1590s when the Sultan secretly commissions a great book to celebrate his life illuminated by the best artists of the day in the new European style. One of the miniaturists is murdered but did the dead painter fall victim to jealousy, religious terror or professional rivalry? A rich blend of eastern and western culture and its effect of the artists of the day.
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By Washington Irving
For anyone visiting the Alhambra – this book is a must - for Washington Irving lived within the palace when he visited Granada in the spring of 1829. He was inspired by the voices of its inhabitants and the tales of the Muslim chroniclers to write these tales which are part myth and part history.
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By Evelyn Waugh
Charles Ryder, a student at Oxford, is drawn under the spell of the decadent Sebastian Flyte and his family. At first he welcomes the attention of the eccentric aristocratic inhabitants of Brideshead but slowly recognizes his social distance from them and he once again returns to a real world where duty and desire are in conflict.
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By William Arnitz, Betsy Chasse
and Mark Vincente
This book challenges and expands your mind and its limitless possibilities. It delves into questions about quantum physics, spirituality and the meaning of life and their relation to our perceptions, beliefs, thoughts and the mind itself. It will encourage you to explore yourself and your life outside the realm of your everyday existence.
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