The book is 'nowhere to be found'. = The book is 'nowhere to be seen'. = The book is 'nowhere in sight'.
We got lost 'in the middle of nowhere'. [=in a place far away from other people, houses, etc.]
They live 'miles from nowhere'. [=they live in a place that is very far from other people]
(..) Seriously, I can't even make out the lines in the road. If you wanna pull the car over, I'll be more than happy to kill us out in the middle of nowhere. Besides, there's a billboard right there. Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen. - Bill: Awesome, great! (..)2003 House of 1000 Corpses