Books by martin booth

In this fascinating work, Booth crafts a riveting historical overview of the most widely taken illicit drug in the world.

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The Industry of Souls is the story of Alexander Bayliss, a British citizen arrested for spying in the Soviet Union in the early 1950s. Presumed dead ... More

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The last work of the internationally known, Booker-shortlisted writer is a memoir of growing up in 1950s Hong Kong.

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From the Booker shortlisted author of "Islands of Silence" and "The Industry of Souls" comes a fascinating portrait of a man with a double life and a ... More

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Doctor Illuminatus begins with brother and sister, Pip and Tim, moving into an ancient manor house where they hear strange tapping noises at night. ... More

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The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla - Mr Butterfly. He is a discreet gentleman who spends his time studying ... More

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From the Booker Prize short-listed author of "The Industry of Souls" and "Islands of Silence" comes a fascinating portrait of a man with a double ... More

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First published in 1985, "Hiroshima Joe" is one of the most powerful novels about the experience of war. Joe Sandingham was interred in a Japanese ... More

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England, 1914. Alec Marquand, starting out on a career in archaeology, visits a remote Scottish island. Here he encounters a mysterious and beautiful ... More

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Jet is trained by her master to be a poacher's dog. When her master is sent to prison Jet is taken into the army - it is early 1939 - to be a ... More

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Known to mankind since before the time of Christ, opium is probably the oldest and most widely used narcotic drug. Its dual properties - both as a ... More

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Evil has returned to Rawne Barton - this time in the form of a malevolent chemistry teacher, Yoland, whose aim is to gain power by stealing souls. ... More

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When a family moves to an old English country estate, Sebastian, the son of an alchemist, is accidentally awakened from a centuries-long sleep. The ... More

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In this sequel to "Doctor Illuminatus," siblings Pip and Tim once again come to the aid of Sebastian--a medieval alchemist's son who has awakened ... More

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Evocative, funny and full of life, this is a beautifully observed childhood memoir of growing up in colonial Hong Kong in the 1950s. As an ... More

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Today James Elroy Flecker is remembered as a minor English poet whose untimely death on the even of WWI caused only a literary ripple. In contrast, ... More

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This definitive history of one of the most notorious drugs of all time traces opium's astounding impact on world culture--from its religious use by ... More

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Jim Corbett's classic stories of hunting the man-eating tigers of India have thrilled generations of readers and made him famous world-wide. Born in ... More

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The author of the acclaimed "Opium" presents an enlightened interpretation ofthe life of legendary Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose Sherlock Holmes ... More

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Crowley advocated the practice of magick and encouraged his followers to create their own life styles and develop a keen self knowledge. He wrote ... More

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It is 1942 and Jeremy Crane is living with his grandmother while his parents are away in the forces. Reading an official letter, he discovers that ... More

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Inextricably drawn into the bizarre genetic experiment he has set in motion - impregnating a woman with the frozen sperm from a Bronze Age man - ... More

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What's the hook? Powerful issues of conflict and adventure are especially compelling for boys. What are the themes? War, adventure and friendship. ... More

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