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Feliks came to London to commit a murder that would change history. He had many weapons at his command, but his most dangerous were the love of a innocent woman, and the passion of a lady demanding satisfaction. Against him were ranged the English police, a lord, and Winston Churchill himself.

What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall (1928) and Vile Bodies (1930) when the Second World War broke out? Put Out More Flags shows them adjusting to the changing social patterns of the times. Some of them play a courageous part; others, like Basil Seal, disclose their incorrigible habit of self-preservation in all possible circumstances.

This book, in graphic novel format, retells the story of the mysterious man who is covered from head to toe in bandages and who later reveals that he is invisible.

How far does one have to travel to find home elsewhere? The stories in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's collection attempt to measure that distance. Centered around the lives of Ugandans in Britain, Let's Tell This Story Properly features characters both hyper-visible and unseen--they take on jobs at airport security, care for the elderly, and work in hospitals, while remaining excluded from white, British life. As they try to find their place, they drift...

Dramatizes the power and influence of political parties in Victorian England through the actions of a group of idealistic young politicians. --

Gentle, humorous Mr. Chipping had been known familiarly to three generations of English schoolboys at Brookfield, as Mr. Chips. As he sat in his pleasant room across from the entrance to the school, Mr. Chips recalled his life there, the jokes he had made which had become classics, and the thousands he had known and regarded as "his boys." And just as gently as he lived, he faded smilingly out of life.

Scotland Yard searches for clues concerning the cause of the death of actress Christine Clay among her friends and family and in her will.

Chief Inspector Hemingway investigates the murder of village solicitor Sampson Warrenby, a man with an abundance of enemies.

In an alternate America, where a revolution never occurred, two Royal American Mounties search for a Gainsborough painting, stolen by a terrorist organization known as Sons of Liberty. The painting shows George Washington paying homage to King George III. The search takes place in a land of steam cars and balloons, America being a dominion of the British empire in a world where Turkey and Prussia are world powers.