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Martin Booth
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Bismarck
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PoW
1916: the height of the First World War. Fourteen year old Ted Foley escapes from a battle-besieged ship, only to find himself held captive in a German Prisoner of War camp. Conditions are harsh and escape seems impossible...
The American
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 rare butterflies. But Farfalla's real profession is deadly. He considers himself an artisan, not for the butterflies he paints but for the guns he creates for assassins. Farfalla has resolved to make his next job his last. Then, perhaps, he can settle down comfortably in the Italian village he has grown to love and enjoy the remainder of his life without constantly looking over his shoulder. But a treacherous circle is closing in on him...
Gweilo: Memories Of A Hong Kong Childhood
Martin Booth died in February 2004, shortly after finishing the book that would be his epitaph - this wonderfully remembered, beautifully told memoir of a childhood lived to the full in a far-flung outpost of the British Empire... An inquisitive seven-year-old, Martin Booth found himself with the whole of Hong Kong at his feet when his father was posted there in the early 1950s. Unrestricted by parental control and blessed with bright blond hair that signified good luck to the Chinese, he had free access to hidden corners of the colony normally closed to a Gweilo, a 'pale fellow' like him. Befriending rickshaw coolies and local stallholders, he learnt Cantonese, sampled delicacies such as bo...
Cannabis: A History
To some it's antisocial anathema, to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provides relief from crippling pain. Some fear it is a dangerous drug that leads to 'reefer madness' and addiction; to others still it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, and by whatever name it is known, cannabis - or marijuana, hashish, pot, dope, kif, weed, dagga, grass, ganja - incites debate at every level. In this definitive study, Martin Booth - author of the acclaimed OPIUM: A HISTORY - charts the history of cannabis from the Neolithic period to the present day. It is a fascinating, colourful tale of medical advance, religious enlightenment, political subterfuge and huma...
Humble Disciple
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The Industry of Souls
The story of Alexander Bayliss, a British citizen arrested for spying in the Soviet Union in the early 1950s. Presumed dead by the British Government, he survives 20 years in a Soviet labour camp. Eventually freed from the Gulag in the 1970s, he finds that he has no reason to return to the West and returns to the home of his best friend at the Camp, Kirill, who he had to kill with his bare hands - and becomes the much loved schoolmaster. A powerful and dramatic novel spanning 50 years of Soviet History.
Opium
This history of the drug opium examines its multi-faceted nature, spanning centuries and continents. The book explores the cultivation, spread, usages and influences of the drug which has, on one hand, led to the use of heroin, and on the other, is an income for peasant farmers in the Third World.
