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James Bond, a secret agent for the British, is on a mission to neutralize a Russian operative called simply "le Chiffre" by beating him at the Baccarat table, which would force his Soviet bosses to get rid of him.

Agent 007, otherwise known as James Bond, sets out to battle the agents of S.M.E.R.S.H., the Soviet organization of torture, vengeance, interrogation and death.

As a young ship's officer in the British Mercantile Marine, Jim is branded a coward when he deserts a passenger-crowded ship he believes is sinking. Trying to atone for his cowardice, he prowls the unmapped jungles of the Far East in search of the feudal warlord who is terrorizing the peace-loving natives. He helps the enslaved natives, is raped by a tribal chief, and finally sacrifices his life for them. A tale of both cowardice and redemption. Includes critical reviews and interpretations.

In a strange room in Morocco, Mary Russell is trying to solve the mystery of who she is. She has awakened to find blood and soldiers pounding on the door. She finds she is clothed like a man and armed only with her wits and a scrap of paper containing a mysterious Arabic phrase. As she flees to the streets she finds herself strangely adept in the skills of the underworld. Meanwhile, in the ancient city of Fez, Sherlock Holmes finds himself pulled into the growing war between France, Spain, and the Rif Revolt, which is led by a man who may be a Robin Hood or a power-mad tribesman. As Holmes searches for Mary, and Mary searches for herself, each tries to crack deadly parallel puzzles before it's too late.

Sets two illicit love affairs--between an Englishman and an Indian Muslim, and between their divorced granddaughter and a young Zanzibari--against the backdrop of colonial Zanzibar in 1899 and in the 1950s, just before independence.

In 1924 British Palestine, Mark Bloomberg, a disillusioned London painter, arrives with his American wife and accidentally witnesses the murder of a prominent Orthodox Jew and becomes embroiled in an investigation which threatens both their marriage and their lives.

Two women separated by more than sixty years, find their lives converging on Easter Island, where they both discover their true inner selves.

Tells the story of William Adams, an Englishman who was part of a Dutch crew that arrived in Japan in 1600 in hopes of opening trade, discussing how he became a favorite in the ruling shogun's court, and his later attempts to extend trade privileges to England.