Memoir & Living
Finding Madeira
A travel memoir blending poetry, prose, diaries and photographs, told through the eyes of a Portuguese-Canadian rediscovering his roots across Funchal, Câmara de Lobos, Curral das Freiras and beyond.
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Memoir & Living
Moving to, retiring on, and falling in love with life on Madeira.
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Memoir & Living
A World Ago
The memoir of Maria Mendonça, who grew up in the 1960s–70s in one of Madeira’s remotest villages — no gas, electricity, running water or proper road — recorded over daily teatimes by her employer to preserve a vanishing world.
Memoir & Living
New Leaves from a Madeira Garden
Inspired by a 1909 classic, Tony Powell — who divides his time between the UK and Madeira — introduces 21st-century island life: Funchal, the mountains, holy days and the world-famous gardens, contrasting the Madeira of 1909 with today.
Memoir & Living
The Madeira Handbook
A practical, firsthand relocation handbook for moving to Madeira — visas, bank accounts, transport, finding and renovating property, starting a business and navigating Portuguese bureaucracy, with insights from many expatriates.
Memoir & Living
Moving to Portugal Made Simple
A practical step-by-step relocation handbook from the founder of Portugalist — visas (incl. the D7 and D8 digital-nomad routes), residency, tax, property and healthcare, with island coverage including Madeira.
Memoir & Living
Frühstück mit Walen
A German memoir of how a first Madeira holiday became the dream of island life — levada walks and the everyday hurdles of moving abroad, met with humour.