A moment-by-moment account of the events that immediately preceded and followed the devastating explosion of the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl describes what has happened to the survivors and the neighboring countryside since the disaster. 40,000 first printing.

Records the struggles and sufferings of the young Uruguayans during the ten weeks following an airplane crash in the Andes

Product Description: Piers Paul Read is one of Britain's most intelligent and disturbing writers.' New York Times Book Review In this dark, ironic fable about money, class and politics, Josef Birek, a Czech writer and dissident; and Laura Morton, an English rose, Birek's translator and the wife of a wealthy merchant banker, were drawn together across two conflicting cultures...read more

The discovery of a skeleton of a crucified man that could be that of Jesus Christ causes a crisis among members of the church hierarchy and the suicide of a distinguished professor of biblical archaeology

When France falls during the Second World War, Bertrand de Roujay, a Catholic aristocrat and civil servant, escapes to England, joins the Free French, and is thrown into conflict with the Germans and with his political enemies in the Resistance

Product Description: He is bought face to face with the beautiful and fascinating Suzi von Rummelsberg - now his ideal dream is turning into reality. And the answers to all questions he dare not ask lie at his diplomatic fingertips in the files of the British government.

A story by Tolstoy convinces John Strickland that he is not what he wants to be, and, blaming his wife for smothering his socialist ideas, he embarks on a career in politics and falls in love with a young woman

A betrayal in Indonesia fifteen years ago resurfaces when one of the possible traitors, Leslie Baldwin, risen high in Britain's Foreign Office, and the other, wealthy William Ludley, is subject to an investigation

A story by Tolstoy convinces John Strickland that he is not what he wants to be, and, blaming his wife for smothering his socialist ideals, he embarks on a career in politics and falls in love with a young woman

Product Description: This is a gripping look at Britain's great train robbery. One night in August, 1963, robbers stopped a freight/mail train north of London and grabbed a then-record 2.6 million British pounds - worth over $40 million pounds ($60 million dollars) at this writing...read more