The Quest for Corvo is a hilarious and heartbreaking portrait of the strange Frederick Rolfe, self-appointed Baron Corvo, an artist, writer, and frustrated aspirant to the priesthood with a bottomless talent for self-destruction.

An average day in the Soviet Union, hundreds of people are lined up for . . . nobody knows quite what, but the rumors are flying. Sorokin's most approachable novel is told in snatches of dialogue that are in turn poignant and uproarious.

Quiet Amsterdam tells you where to find small shops and intriguing galleries, as well as restaurants and bars which don't play music.

More than eighty of the loveliest, most tranquil, and sometimes hidden places in Paris are described and photographed in this charming guidebook.

This charming guidebook celebrates more than sixty of the most beautiful, tranquil, and often hidden places in the Eternal City.

Quiet London is a guide to interesting, attractive and quiet places to meet, drink, eat, swim, rest, shop, sleep or read. It includes short descriptions, travel and contact details and simple but atmospheric photographs.

From formal gardens to light-filled art galleries, chic boutiques, small tearooms and gourmet delicatessens, Quiet Paris has over one hundred and twenty tempting places to savour the quiet delights of this most seductive of cities.

An entertaining and detailed account of the transformation of Ireland brought about by the introduction of electricity.