Graham Greene
Author
Pub. Date
1960, c1948
Description
THE HEART OF THE MATTER: Scobie is a principled police officer in a war-torn West African state. When he is passed over for promotion he is forced to borrow money to send his despairing wife away on a holiday. In her absence he falls in love with Helen and his life is transformed by the experience.STAMBOUL TRAIL-ORIENT EXPRESS: Published in 1932, this spy thriller unfolds aboard the Orient Express as it crosses Europe from Ostend to Constantinople....
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 71
Pub. Date
1992.
Description
Greene's most extensive attempt to incorporate into fiction what he learned of espionage when recruited by MI6 during World War II.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whisky priest', is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him, and those he cares for.
10) Family adventure collector's set: Spirit Bear ; Sign of the otter ; Spirit of the eagle ; White Fang
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Spirit Bear: A shy fifteen-year-old finds the courage to fight for the habitat of the rare, white Kermode bear, Spirit Bear, in one of the largest land battles in history, after being rescued from a wilderness attack by Spirit Bear.
Sign of the otter: In his pursuit of the ruthless British commander who captured his son, Samuel Todd accepts the help of friendly, Native American chief Takhane.
Spirit of the eagle: Legendary mapmaker Big Eli McDonough...
11) Brighton rock
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Richard Attenborough is Pinkie, a ruthless and sadistic young criminal, who commits a murder and then marries the only witness to cover his tracks. A trail of killings and double crossings lead to his eventual downfall, when savage justice is finally meted out in a thrilling and memorable climax.
12) The third man
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Set in post-war Vienna, an American western-adventure writer searches for a friend who turns out to be the king-pin of the Austrian black market.
14) 500 nations
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Uses firsthand accounts, location filming, and virtual-reality re-creations to trace the history of the hundreds of Indian nations that have inhabitated North America for over 15,000 years, discussing their centuries-long struggle to survive.
15) The fallen idol
Series
Criterion collection volume 357
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The relationship between a young boy and his beloved butler turns sour when the boy suspects the butler of murder.