Books

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The shipwrecked The shipwrecked Graham Greene Murder story involving Stockholm financier, and a brother and a sister. OL106029W
The little steamroller The little steamroller Graham Greene A little steamroller at the London Airport helps foil a smuggling plan. OL106035W
Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or, The bomb party Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or, The bomb party Graham Greene Following on the enormous success and critical acclaim of Graham Greene's last novel, The Human Factor, comes Doctor Fischer of Geneva, a black entertainment which is also a profound study in human g… OL106040W
The little fire engine The little fire engine Graham Greene Replaced by modern, motorized equipment, Sam Trolley, the fireman, wonders what will become of him, the little horse-drawn fire engine, and Toby, the fire horse. OL106043W
A Sort of Life A Sort of Life Graham Greene 160p OL106048W
The tenth man The tenth man Graham Greene In a prison in occupied France one in every ten men is to be shot. The prisoners draw lots among themselves - and for rich lawyer Louis Chavel, it seems that his whole life has been leading up to an … OL106054W
It's a Battlefield It's a Battlefield Graham Greene Read as a condemnation of the British judicial system this dark novel follows the events the events that follow when a man kills an off-duty police officer who is attacking his wife. OL106064W
Monsignor Quixote Monsignor Quixote Graham Greene "A direct descendant of his famous namesake, Father Quixote is a humble parish priest. By chance he is advanced to Monsignor, resulting in furor in the bishopric. Quixote and his friend Sancho Zancas… OL106066W
The Honorary Consul The Honorary Consul Graham Greene In a provincial Argentinean town, Charley Fortnum, a British consul with dubious authority and a weakness for drink, is kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries who have mistaken him for the American … OL106068W
The Man Within The Man Within Graham Greene Graham Greene’s first published novel tells the story of Andrews, a young man who has betrayed his fellow smugglers and fears their vengeance. Fleeing from them, with no hope of pity or salvation, he… OL106071W
The heart of the matter The heart of the matter Graham Greene Focusing on a British police officer in an unnamed West African colony, this novel attempts to show, along with the socially restricted lives of colonists in Africa, the effects of sin on a devout ca… OL106077W
Stamboul train Stamboul train Graham Greene Published in 1932 as an 'entertainment', Graham Greene's gripping spy thriller unfolds aboard the majestic Orient Express as it crosses Europe from Ostend to Constantinople. Weaving a web of subte… OL106079W
The Quiet American The Quiet American Graham Greene One of Graham Greene's best works. The story is set at the time of the French war against the Viet Cong and tells the story of liberal British journalist Thomas Fowler, his mistress Phuong, and their… OL106081W
Brighton rock Brighton rock Graham Greene An atmospheric crime thriller featuring a teenage sociopath intent on becoming the underworld boss of Brighton. Having murdered a man who had betrayed his gang the young gangster Pinky Brown tries to… OL106083W
The power and the Glory The power and the Glory Graham Greene One of Greene’s most powerful novels, the book takes as its theme the era of religious suppression in Mexico during the early 1930’s. An unnamed Catholic priest, an alcoholic with a shameful past in … OL106084W
Great Short Stories of the World Great Short Stories of the World Максим Горький,Colette,Frank O'Connor,Max Aub,Henry Lawson,Albert Camus,Corrado Alvaro,Robert Benchley,H. G. Wells,Isak Dinesen,Ernest Hemingway,Nigel Balchin,Sholem Aleichem,Katherine Anne Porter,Santha Rama Rau,Rabindranath Tagore,Mark Twain,Dorothy Parker,Leo Kennedy,Joseph Conrad,Антон Павлович Чехов,Dorothy L. Sayers,Aldous Huxley,David Herbert Lawrence,Graham Greene,Nadine Gordimer,Oscar Wilde,James Thurber,Alberto Moravia,O. Henry,Rumer Godden,John O'Hara,Truman Capote,Stephen Crane,John Steinbeck,Gabrielle Roy,Unknown,Sally Benson,John Updike,F. Scott Fitzgerald,Doris Lessing,Wallace Stegner,Guy de Maupassat,James Joyce,Luigi Pirandello,Eudora Welty,William Somerset Maugham,Mikhail Zoshchenko,The Editors of The Reader's Digest,Hernando Tellez,Pearl S. Buck,Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes,Ring Lardner,Shirley Jackson,Montague Rhodes James,Paul Horgan,Saki,Thomas Head Raddall,Katherine Mansfield,Bertolt Brecht,Josh Gregory,Irwin Shaw,Marcel Aymé,Jean Stafford,Lilika Nakos,S. J. Perelman,Damon Runyon,Anatole France,Machado de Assis,Jessamyn West,Hjalmar Söderberg The leader of the people / John Steinbeck Mr. Know-all / W. Somerset Maugham Vanka / Anton Chekhov The happy prince / Oscar Wilde The old demon / Pearl S. Buck The sailor-boy's tale / Isak … OL16048288W
Brighton Rock Brighton Rock Graham Greene Pinkie, el protagonista de esta novela, es un matón de poca monta de Brighton que ve su poder amenazado cuando se establece en la ciudad un delincuente de más altos vuelos. Acaba de matar a un period… OL16229801W
The end of the party The end of the party Graham Greene Peter and his fearful twin brother Francis attend a birthday party which ends in tragedy. OL16229887W
Our man in Havana Our man in Havana Graham Greene Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power cuts. His adolescent daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him, so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's te… OL22074906W
Dr Fisher de Genève Dr Fisher de Genève Graham Greene Signalé dans La Suisse vue par les écrivains de langue anglaise de Patrick Vincent, p.133. OL24156311W
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