A Handful of Honey: Away to the Palm Groves of Morocco and Algeria
9 best books like A Handful of Honey: Away to the Palm Groves of Morocco and Algeria (Annie Hawes): The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca, Twelve Bar Blues, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams, Mohawk, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, The Ends of the Earth, The Sands of Ammon, Mr Finchley Discovers His England, Kolymsky Heights
| Author | Tahir Shah |
| ISBN | 0553383108 |
In the tradition of A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun, acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account of making an exotic dream come true. By turns hilarious and harrowing, here is the story of his family’s move from the gray skies of London to the sun-drenched...
| Author | Patrick Neate |
| ISBN | 0802140564 |
This rich and epic novel is written with each chapter a phrase of a twelve bar blues structure, each of the different pieces of the harmonic progression coordinating with a different storyline.
The book begins with a Prologue set in the mythical Afican kingdom of Zimindo in 1790, where two young...
In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
| Author | Tahir Shah |
| ISBN | 0553805231 |
Tahir Shah’s The Caliph’s House, describing his first year in Casablanca, was hailed by critics and compared to such travel classics as A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun. Now Shah takes us deeper into the heart of this exotic and magical land to uncover mysteries that have been hidden from...
| Author | Richard Russo |
| ISBN | 0375412867 |
Originally published in 1986 in the Vintage Contemporaries paperback series—and reissued now in hardcover alongside his masterful new novel, Empire Falls—Richard Russo’s Mohawk remains today as it was described then: A first novel with all the assurance of a mature writer at the peak of form...
| Author | Christy Lefteri |
| ISBN | 1984821210 |
The unforgettable love story of a mother blinded by loss and her husband who insists on their survival as they undertake the Syrian refugee trail to Europe.
Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo--until...
| Author | Valerio Massimo Manfredi |
| ISBN | 0743434382 |
All his life, Alexander defied the limits the gods gave mortals. That passion overwhelmed cities and armies...and united a vast empire. Alexander was no longer simply King of Macedonia: The Pan-Hellenic League had named him Supreme Leader. Egypt crowned him Pharaoh. And all Persia acknowledged...
| Author | Valerio Massimo Manfredi |
| ISBN | 0743434374 |
. THE BESTSELLING EPIC OF THE GLORY AND THE GRANDEUR INTRIGUES AND PASSIONS OF ANCIENT GREECE...AND THE WARRIOR KING WHOSE CONQUESTS BUILT AN ETERNAL LEGEND. ALEXANDER "Volume II: " THE SANDS OF AMMON
A thousand years after Agamemnon fought the Trojan War. Alexander, the king of Macedonia...
Mr Finchley Discovers His England
| Author | Victor Canning |
| ISBN | 0330233963 |
3+ Stars. "What is a holiday without change and excitement?" Ask Edgar Finchley, Esquire. MR. FINCHLEY DISCOVERS HIS ENGLAND was Victor Canning's first novel and a runaway best seller in 1934; and now, his novels are being re-released. This one, first in a trilogy is old-fashioned and silly....yes,...
| Author | Lionel Davidson |
| ISBN | 0312114079 |
From the heart of Siberia have come coded messages implying a mysterious secret to be entrusted to only one man. How that individual gets in, finds the contacts, and tries to get the secret out is a masterpiece of wrenching excitementand immensely intelligent storytellling. Lionel Davidson is an award-winning...
