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]
(..) with frostin 's of sweat and sweet talcum. A day was hours long, but it seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go and nothing to buy... no money to buy it with... although Maycomb County had recently been told... that it had nothing to fear but fear itself. (..)1962 To Kill a Mockingbird