Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The navigator The navigator Morris West Gunnar Thorkild, grandson of the last great Polynesian navigator, has rashly proclaimed, in a scientific paper, the existence of a legendary island to which all navigators go on the eve of their deat… OL10424522W
Kundu Kundu Morris West In a valley beneath the purple mountains of primitive New Guinea live a small band of white people. Some are consumed by enormous lusts for power that have led them to flee from Europe and here they … OL10424524W
Three complete novels Three complete novels Morris West The complete Vatican Trilogy. OL1892450W
A West quartet A West quartet Morris West - *The Naked Country* An adventure story about Mary and Dillon who live in the Australian outback and come into conflict with the local aboriginies. First published in 1960 this thriller is set i… OL1892451W
Backlash Backlash Morris West [aka *The Second Victory*] The war was over .... But it was a time of armistice, not peace. In the winter of 1945, Austria was in a land without leaders and withoug hope. To men like Major Mark Ha… OL1892453W
The Tower of Babel The Tower of Babel Morris West ...a fascinating portrayal of two peoples thrust compulsively against each other... ** In the complex world of Middle Eastern politics not everyone is what he seems. In the cause of freedom no … OL1892466W
Eminence Eminence Morris West An Argentinean cleric, tortured in the 1970s is rescued and brought to Rome. A generation later, having rising within the hierarchy, a candidate for the papacy himself, he must confront his past. OL1892472W
The lovers The lovers Morris West Ten years after their passionate and forbidden love affair, Bryan receives an urgent summons from Giulia, and, thrown together again, the couple is plunged into a maelstrom of intrigue, uncovering a … OL1892473W
The world is made of glass The world is made of glass Morris West Magda Liliane Kardoss von Gamsfeld: beautiful, rich and intelligent, but on the edge of suicide. Carl Gustav Jung: psychiatrist, whose personal life is in turmoil. There confrontation is an extraordi… OL1892480W
Daughter of silence Daughter of silence Morris West Once again, I am awed by Morris West's narrative skill. Book such as this and Leon Uris' "Topaz" surely set the stage for the modern legal thrillers we're all familiar with. Here, while probing matte… OL1892482W
Harlequin Harlequin Morris West 571 p. ; 25 cm OL1892483W
The devil's advocate The devil's advocate Morris West *The Devil's Advocate*, Morris West's best-selling novel, is a deft exploration of the meaning of faith. In an impoverished village in southern Italy, the life and death of Giacomo Nerone has inspire… OL1892487W
The devil's advocate The devil's advocate Morris West The book that propelled Morris West to international fame, The Devil's Advocate is a moving exploration of the meaning of faith, and a vivid portrayal of life in impoverished post-war Calabria. In a… OL19740656W
De main de maitre De main de maitre Morris West Une intrigue habile situee dans les milieux du commerce de l'art, animee par des protagonistes bien caracterises et soutenue par une enigme ou les problemes moraux ont une place de choix comme dans l… OL24260006W
Mccreary Moves In Mccreary Moves In Morris West (aka *The Concubine*) McCreary, an expert oil-driller convinced of his Irish good luck, with nothing to lose, accepts working for an ambitious and ruthless oil-trader. Power struggles on a ship… OL260407W
Harlequin Harlequin Morris West Paul Desmond and his friend George Harlequin are forced by fraud, blackmail and terror to face some brutal facts of life. A story based on known facts about the world of finance, security and terrori… OL260410W