It's the swinging Sixties and a flood of narcotics is pouring into Britain. Sinister industrialist Dr Julius Gorner is identified as the source and James Bond is dispatched to investigate. The trail takes Bond to Paris and then Persia - where the beautiful and enigmatic twins Scarlett and Poppy lead him to Gorner's secret desert headquarters.

Set before and during the great war, this work captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amiens in 1910. His life goes through a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair to the unprecedented experiences of the war itself.

A novel that combines the complex patterns and crossings of modern urban life. It deals with such themes as: greed, the dehumanising effects of the electronic age and the fragmentation of society.

Mike Engleby says things that others dare not even think. In the 1970s, he is a university student, having survived a 'traditional' school. A man devoid of scruple or self-pity, Engleby provides an account of English education. Yet, beneath the disturbing surface of his observations lies an unfolding mystery of gripping power.

Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter, both sixteen when this story starts in 1876, come from different countries and contrasting families. They are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being human. This work explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are.

Begins when a mysterious young girl arrives to take up the post at the seedy Hotel du Lion D'Or in a small French town in the mid 1930s. This is a story of love and conscience, will and desire.

In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young scottish woman, goes to Occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman who has gone missing in action.

With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London, and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British embassy in Washington, the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz and family happiness to Mary vander Linden. But when Frank, an American newspaper reporter, enters their lives, Mary embarks on a passionate affair.

Presents the events of Pietro Russell's life in 26 chapters. This work presents his memories flickering back and forth through time in his search for a resolution to the conflicts of his life.

Christopher Wood, a young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. Richard Hilary, confident, handsome and unprincipled, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. Jeremy Wolfenden was born in 1936, the son of Jack, later Lord Wolfenden. This work talks about these three people.

Set mostly in France spanning the years before and during the First World War, this book presents the drama and destruction of that era as it tells the story of Stephen, a young Englishman who is impelled through a series of extreme experiences. It is a novel about the tenderness and the limits of human flesh.

Picking up from where Fleming left off in 1966 with The Living Daylights / Octopussy , the author has written the continuation of the James Bond legacy. This book is set during the Cold War and features the glamor, thrills and excitement that one would expect from any adventure involving James Bond.

Set during the Cold War, this novel features all the glamour, thrills and excitement that one would expect from any adventure involving Bond ...James Bond.

Set in London, this novel is structured like a thriller, that takes place over the course of a single week at the end of 2007.

Bond is back. With a vengeance. M has summoned agent 007 to London. It s the swinging Sixties and a flood of narcotics is pouring into Britain. Sinister industrialist Dr Julius Gorner is identified as the source and James Bond is dispatched to investigate. The trail takes Bond to Paris and then Persia where the beautiful and enigmatic twins Scarlett and Poppy lead him to Gorner s secret deser

Explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are. Jacques Rebire and Thomas Midwinter, both sixteen when the story starts in 1876, come from different countries and contrasting families. As psychiatrists, they have to deal with the case of Jacques's brother Olivier, for whose severe illness no name has yet been found.

Set before and during the Great War, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amiens in 1910. His life goes through a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair that tears apart the family with whom he lives, to the unprecedented experience of the war itself.

The Wellcome Library is devoted to the history and understanding of medicine. It was collected in the early 20th century by a wealthy businessman Henry S Wellcome. This book presents an introduction to Wellcome Library's special collections. It offers snapshots of their quality and variety, guiding the reader through some of the Library's wonders.