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]
(..) That's my real name. But there were several Bakarys in the neighbourhood so they called me Idriss... somehow it turned into Driss. Then what? Then out of nowhere my mother... I mean my aunt... she got pregnant twice. Then my uncle died. And then there were other guys, other children. (..)2011 The Intouchables