He was left behind in Hong Kong after World War II, too broken to go home to England and too brave to give up hope. A man who saw what no man should be made to see, who witnessed and suffered the ultimate horrors of twentieth-century warfare, but whose compassion and courage to survive leave us profoundly moved and, in the end, fill us with a sense of exhilaration and triumph.

Hiroshima Joe

BOOTH, Martin

Literature & Fiction

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Set in Portuguese colony in China during World War II, this novel follows the rise and fall of Sean Mulrenan, an Anglo-Irish pianist turned gambler and adventurer, and his lover, the half-English ex-concubine Alice Soon

The jade pavilion

Hutchinson

Black Chameleon

Contemporary

Arrow (A Division of Random House Group)

<p>This novel describes the relationship between the poet, James Elroy Flecker, and T.E. Lawrence, as lovers and as fellow spies. The author has also written "Hiroshima Joe", "The Jade Pavillion" and "Black Chameleon".</p>

Dreaming of Samarkand

Jim Corbett's classic stories of hunting the man-eating tigers of India have thrilled generations of readers and made him famous world-wide. Born in India in 1875, Corbett was at home in the jungles from an early age, killing his first leopard when he was only eight. Tigers were his most sought after prey but, in time, he began to turn toward conservation. From the mid-1920s he stopped shooting tigers for sport, only killing the man-eaters that plagued many Indian villages. In 1936 Corbett was instrumental in creating India's first tiger reserve--perhaps the world's first "big-game park"--and was a devoted conservationist for the remainder of his years. The Carpet Sahib is the story of this remarkable man. Martin Booth, who spent ten years of research on this definitive biography, follows Corbett's footsteps through the Himalayan jungles and foothills that provided the backdrop for some of his most hair-raising adventures. Booth brings to life a man of inestimable courage and integrity whose love for India, her people, and her natural treasures was intense. Today, Jim Corbett is revered in Northern India as the legendary holy figure who fought the devil in his disguise as a man-eating big cat, and by those who have so enjoyed his gripping collections of tales. This is the first book to reveal the man behind the myth.

Carpet sahib: A life of Jim Corbett

Constable

<p>Joe Sandingham, a down-and-out ex-British Lieutenant living in a seedy Hong Kong hotel, struggles to maintain hope and trust and obliterate from his memory the horrors of his years in a Japanese prison camp</p>

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History

Military

JADE PAVILION

BLACK CHAMELEON

World Literature

DREAMING OF SAMARKAND

The upcoming film starring George Clooney, opening September 1, 2010, is based on this thrilling novel of psychological suspense.The locals in the southern Italian town where he lives call him Signor Farfalla -- Mr. Butterfly -- for he is a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. His life is inconspicuous mornings spent brushing at a canvas, afternoons idling in the cafes, and evenings talking with his friend, the town priest, over a glass of brandy. Yet there are other sides to this gentleman's life: Clara, the young student who moonlights in the town bordello, and another woman, who arrives with one hundred thousand dollars and a commission but not for a painting of butterflies. With this assignment returns the dark fear that has dogged Signor Farfalla s mysterious life. Almost instantly, he senses a deadly circle closing in on him, one which he may or may not elude. Part thriller, part character study, part drama of deceit and self-betrayal, The American shows Martin Booth at the very height of his powers.

Very Private Gentleman

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