Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, struggles to surmount the forces which threaten to destroy him

Product Description: Under the Volcano remains one of the most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition and one man's constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.

Product Description: On a single, fateful day in Quauhnahuac, Mexico, 1938, a former British consul wrestles with his demons as his wife tries to rescue their marriage from his drinking problem.

Product Description: In the early autumn of 1962, David Marnin, a young Foreign Service officer, arrives in Saigon to be the Ambassador's aide. Though young and inexperienced, he brings to the job a keen intelligence and a rich sense of adventure.   He soon becomes involved with one of the most beautiful Vietnamese women...read more

Product Description: Europe, 1945: Hitler is dead; the Third Reich is an open wound. Amid the chaos, a man like no other makes his way south through France and into Spain. No one will stand in his way and live. Only idealistic young Wilson Tripp, American vice consul in the city of Seville, stands to discover the man's true identity and the stunning threat he poses—that is, if Wilson Tripp can survive...read more

A young American is appointed consul to the isolated country of Islandia where he finds people to be highly civilized yet free, in a new edition of the underground utopian classic. Reprint. (view table of contents)

The author of Hannibal presents his follow-up epic on the life and battles of Publius Cornelius Scipio, the general and politician who defeated Hannibal and created the foundations of the Roman Empire. IP. (view table of contents)

A young American diplomat records his observations and experiences in post-colonial Malaysia where the uneasy atmosphere of a frontier town leads to intrigue and sexual diversion