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Matthew Morris
A portable reference to over 80 common species of freshwater fish that inhabit West Virginia's lakes, rivers and streams, this illustrated 12-panel folding guide provides descriptions of anatomy, a key…
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Domestic and foreign policy considerations led Eastern European nations in the 1970s to involve their economies more deeply with the West. These growing links came as a mixed blessing. First…
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The heartwarming and profound story of Kiril Lakota, a cardinal who reluctantly steps out from behind the Iron Curtain to lead the Catholic Church as pope, and finds himself thrown…
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Though eight years old, his body is so small, his face so pinched, you would take him for five or six. Antonino is an abandoned child struggling for ..
When a young woman murders the mayor in a quiet Tuscan village, the court case reveals a conspiracy of silence in a small community.
Paul Desmond admires his close friend George Harlequin for his impeccable European breeding. Head of a prestigious Swiss bank, Harlequin belongs to a ..
John Spada runs an enormous multi-national corporation; privately he heads Proteus, a clandestine resistance movement. His aim is to free prisoners of conscience wherever they may be. As the story…
Out of every international crisis comes at least one great book. The Ambassador is acclaimed for its insights into the political wheeling and dealing behind the scenes in the early…
Richard Ashley is a journalist working on a big corruption story. His job becomes more complicated when he falls in love with his subject’s wife. Morris West has written numerous…
The Pope declares he has received a private revelation that the world is about to end, and an old friend embarks on a dangerous journey to investigate whether he’s mad…
This rich and intense novel is a tribute to Giordano Bruno, a brilliant Dominican monk who was burned at the stake for heresy in 1600. Published posthumously, it is a…
At the heart of this thriller is Pope Leo XIV, who battles enemies from within the Vatican and Islamic terrorists determined to assassinate him, as well as the damage his…
When the daughter of an old Florentine family dies, she leaves a bequest to her lover Max Mather, an American art historian who has been managing the .
Four decades after their passionate and forbidden love affair, Bryan receives an urgent summons from Giulia, descendant of the ancient house of the Farnese di Mongrifone. The couple is plunged…
A thriller by the author of The Devil’s Advocate . Set in the world of international business, it moves from the boardrooms of Europe to the high-tech companies of Japan…
Written by the same author as bestsellers Children of the Sun , The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Clowns of God this psychological novel depicts the confused thoughts of…
TRADE EDITION: Morris Wests gift to popular literature has the enviable ability to thrust readers into a compelling story with very few wasted words. By page four of this exciting…
The pope is dead and the corridors of the Vatican hum with intrigue as cardinals gather to elect his successor. The result is a surprise: the new pope is the…
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In an impoverished village in southern Italy, the enigmatic life and mysterious death of Giacomo Nerone has inspired talk of sainthood. Father Blaise….
Richard Ashley is a journalist with a story which will overthrow a corrupt Italian politician, Vittorio, Duke of Orgagna. But when he falls in love with Orgagna’s wife, there’s more…
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For his internationally bestselling Children of the Sun, Morris West walked the streets of impoverished postwar Naples to investigate the plight of the street children. He tells the story of…
Months after the end of World War II a murderer is on the loose in the small town of Bad Quellenberg, Austria. Major Mark Hanlon of the Allied Occupation Force…
Deep in cattle country in Australia’s remote north, Lance Dillon’s stud bull is killed by a party of Aborigines led by Mundaroo, and Dillon is himself speared. A dramatic manhunt…
A political thriller set in Italy as the country walks a slippery, unfamiliar tightrope called democracy. On either side, well-organized groups of right-wing and left-wing extremists lie in wait, ready…
A financial empire is about to be shattered by a terrifying international conspiracy. Can Desmond help his friend Harlequin save his bank - and his family?
One man’s search for an uncharted, legendary island to which all navigators are said to go on the eve of their deaths. A tale of high adventure, ancient mystery and…
Magda von Gamsfeld is beautiful, rich and intelligent, and on the verge of suicide. She has a consultation with the famous psychiatrist Carl Jung at a time when his personal…
When a powerful Australian politician dies, he leaves a tangled international web of debt and corruption for his son-in-law to unravel. Can Gregory avoid the trap that’s been set for…
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…
A quest for buried treasure in a shipwreck in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef turns into a race against a treacherous rival.
When Irishman Mick McCreary is offered a job drilling oil on an Indonesian island, he discovers that the beautiful Lisette is not the last of the dangers he has to…
A fast-paced tale of intrigue and murder set in the cutthroat international art trade.
Carl Strassberger has exchanged the fortune of his family’s prestigious banking empire for a normal life. But Larry Lucas, heir to the Strassberger business, has just disappeared, and Carl must…
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…
In the highland valleys of New Guinea a small colony of Europeans confronts the dark power of tribal sorcery.
A writer arrives on the Western Isles of Scotland looking for peace of mind, but his meeting with two strangers completes a triangle that sets off a tale of madness…
Best selling Author. His novels have been translated into twenty seven languages. Morris West has sold more than sixty million copies of his twenty six novels. Investigated, tortured and imprisoned…
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