“frederick kiley”

The story of American prisoners of war in Southeast Asia has never been fully told despite numerous popular accounts, personal memoirs, and official reports that have appeared over the years since the prisoners' release in 1973. Now, twenty-five years after Operation Homecoming, comes the first atte... More

Ten Stories With The Master's Touch Deception, blackmail, murder, revenge - these are the themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin to Dordogne. Whether his subject is assassination by stealth, the cruel confidence trick or the cold shock of coincidence,... More

'In a class by itself. Unputdownable' Sunday Times One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who in, the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief of the O. A. S. , to assassinate General de G... More

The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: of a Mafia-like organization called "Odessa" ...of a real-life fugitive known as the "Butcher of Riga.,"of a young German journalist tumed obsessed avenger.......and, ultimately, of brilliant, ruthless plot to reestablis... More

'Compulsively readable...I was hypnotised' Financial Times 'Whichever option I choose, men are going to die.' This is the Devil's Alternative, the appalling choice facing the president of the USA and other statesmen throughout the world. The climax is the most exciting that even this brilliant s... More

In a remote corner of Zangaro, a small republic in Africa, lies Crystal Mountain. At certain times of the day the mountain emits a strange glow. Only Sir James Manson knows why. The mountain contains ten billion dollar's worth of the world's most valuable mineral, platinum. " Not only exciting but t... More

It is a time of political unrest in Great Britain. And behind the Iron Curtain an insidious plot is being hatched, a plan so incendiary that even the KGB is ignorant of its existence--"Aurora," the sinister brainchild of two of the world's most dangerous men: the general secretary of the Soviet Unio... More

Remarkable selection of puzzlers, graded in difficulty, that illustrate both elementary and advanced aspects of probability. Selected for originality, general interest or because they demonstrate valuable techniques, the problems are ideal as a supplement to courses in probability or statistics, or ... More