Ikigai – Japanese words to live by
In the busy world, we live in today, this is a very special book. The author, Dr Mari Fujimoto is the Director of Japanese Studies at Queens College, New York and…
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Five Books set in Japan – a BookTrail Literary Tour
Japan is a fascinating country and there are some brilliant books set here. Books allow you to see a side to a country you may not see elsewhere. The pages…
London set – a novel of Blood and Sugar
A novel of crime and murder by Laura Shepherd Robinson A novel set in London's docklands with plenty of sweat, mud and dirt of the time. It's a compelling story…
NYC set – The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash
The famous Dakota Building, John Lennon and NYC This is a novel of many layers. It's a coming of age story about father and son, but it's also the story…
Book set in Spain – Village of the Lost Girls, Agustin Martinez
A novel of crime and murder set in the Pyrenees A book which transports you to the heart of the Pyrenees and Catalonia. This sounds like a nice setting but…
