Desmond: 370 books

This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living.

This volume features a selection of the world’s most inspiring stories to move the body and soul. Inspire your readers with these tales of courage and bravery so that they can have a breakthrough in their own struggles, no matter where they are. Featured in this massive book are tales of...

Stephen Covey created a sensation when he wrote and released The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Suddenly, people began to sit up and take notice. They felt… there are so many ways they can implement to enhance their lifestyle. And that they can bring about these enhancements just by making...

Poetry of the Second World War brings to light a neglected chapter in world literature. In its chorus of haunting poetic voices, over a hundred of the most articulate minds of their generation record the true experience of the 1939-45 conflict, and its unending consequences. In keeping with its subject,...

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Iceland. The assignment begins with a simple errand – a parcel to deliver. But to Alan Stewart, standing on a deserted road in Iceland with a murdered man at his feet, it looks anything but simple. The desolate terrain is obstacle enough. But...

The face of the giant was indeed that of a god....

Double action thrillers by the classic adventure writer about security consultant, Max Stafford, set in the Sahara and Kenya. FLYAWAY Why is Max Stafford, security consultant, beaten up in his own office? What is the secret of the famous 1930s aircraft, the Lockheed Lodestar? And why has accountant...

Double action thrillers by the classic adventure writer set in the South American Andes and British Columbia. HIGH CITADEL When Tim O'Hara's plane is hijacked and forced to crash land in the middle of the Andes, his troubles are only beginning. A heavily armed group of communist soldiers intent on...

When Scott sees a beautiful red-head at the local coffee shop, he's struck by her beauty. As a few days go by, he notices her again, but puts his interest away as pure lust. One day the woman calls him over and engages in conversation, showing an interest in him. Scott, however, explains that their...

If only “we the people” of America could understand that the American Revolution was only a mere political upheaval compared to the moral war we now face. We are divided in morals and ethics more than in culture, wherein truth is more an option than a necessity. Ever since time began, the most...

What will you be doing when the shadows fall and the clocks stop? Some of the most talented new voices in short fiction from around the world offer their takes on the end of the planet as we know it. Man-made, geological, biblical, extraterrestrial - the nature of the end of days is imagined in many ways but they all have one thing in common. Humanity.

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in South America. Jeremy Wheale’s well-ordered life is blasted apart when his brother is murdered. The killer was after a family heirloom – an antique gold tray – which sets Wheale on a trail from Devon to the tropical rainforest of Yucatan....

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in New Zealand. Fifty-four people died in the avalanche that ripped apart a small New Zealand mining town. But the enquiry which follows unleashes more destructive power than the snowfall. As the survivors tell their stories, they reveal a community...

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Norway and Finland. When Giles Denison of Hampstead wakes up in an Oslo hotel room and finds the face looking back at him in the mirror is not his own, things could surely get no more bizarre. But it is only the beginning of a hair-raising adventure...