While attempting to escape a civil war, four people are kidnapped and transported to the Tibetan mountains. After their plane crashes, they are found by a mysterious Chinese man. He leads them to a monastery hidden in "the valley of the blue moon" - a land of mystery and matchless beauty where life is lived in tranquil wonder, beyond the grasp of a doomed world. It is here, in Shangri-La, where destinies will be discovered and the meaning of paradise will be unveiled.

Lost Horizon: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

HILTON, JAMES

United States

Harper-perennial

This psychological detective novel about two murders in a boys' school was first published in 1931 by the author of "Goodbye Mr Chips" and "The Lost Horizon" under the title "Murder at School".

Was It Murder?

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Perennial Library

James Hilton’s famous utopian adventure novel, and the origin of the mythical sanctuary Shangri-La, receives new life in this beautiful reissue from Harper Perennial. A book that the New Yorker calls “the most artful kind of suspense . . . ingenuity [we] have rarely seen equaled,” Lost Horizon captured the national consciousness when first published in the 1930s, and Frank Capra’s 1937 film adaptation catapulted it to the height of cultural significance. Readers of Mitchell Zuckoff’s harrowing history of a real-life plane crash in Dutch New Guinea, Lost in Shangri-La, as well as fans of novels ranging from The Man Who Would Be King to Seven Years in Tibet to State of Wonder will be fascinated and delighted by this milestone in adventure fiction, the world’s first look at this sanctuary above the clouds. The new Perennial edition also features a bonus essay on Lost Horizon by Don’t Know Much About History author Kenneth C. Davis.

Was It Murder? (Oxford Paperbacks)

Oxford Paperbacks

The Mind Matters CD-ROM helps students explore psychology by combining interactivity with clear explanation, fostering active learning and reinforcing core concepts in the introductory psychology course. Contains activities pertaining to social psychology, and developmental psychology.

Allyn & Bacon Mind Matters CD-ROM

Hilton, James L.

Perdue, Charles W.

Perdue, Charles

Computers & Technology

Allyn&Bacon

Murder at School (Fingerprint Books)

Mystery

Hamish Hamilton Ltd.

Mr. Hilton's classic story of an English schoolmaster.

Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

Contemporary

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Random Harvest

Little,Brown & Co

Longman Mind Matters

Science & Math

PRENTICE/HALL

It is set in the period preceding the Second World War. It is told in the first person of Harrison, and tells the story of Charles Rainier, a wealthy businessman, and politician, from his time in the army during World War I, his subsequent memory loss and partial recovery, his assuming control of the family business and his attempts to recover his memory as Hitler invades Poland.

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

The Macmillan Co.

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