A satiric view of today's society is presented in this portrait of a planet where men and apes have exchanged roles

A classic novel of the Pacific theater of the Second World War re-creates the events surrounding the construction of a Japanese supply bridge over the River Kwai by British prisoners-of-war during World War II. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Product Description: 1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist...read more

After Jean Blondeau, a pro-environmentalist, becomes President of France, he begins a project that will give his country's entire population all of its necessary energy and eradicate pollution, but the venture soon becomes a nightmare

Product Description: One of the finest war novels ever written, it tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway.From the Trade Paperback edition.

A giant whale becomes the pet and mascot of the British armada and is recommended for a medal of bravery and finally the Victoria Cross