James Hilton

Awarded Hawthornden Prize, 1934. On the northwestern frontier of India, Conway was a passenger on a plane taken over by a native pilot and never heard of again. What Conway found in ShangriLa makes the story.

Es la historia de Mr. Chips, un modesto profesor en una escuela provinciana, que ve pasar generaciones enteras de alumnos y que vive una vida basada en los recuerdos y en las tradiciones escolares. A story of a modest teacher in a provincial school who teaches generation after generation of families.

Story of an amnesiac war casualty who is nursed back to health by a lovely showgirl. They marry, and share 3 years of happiness when his memory returns due to an accident.

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure.

Five young adults apply to live in an isolated house together for six months while their every move is filmed by numerous cameras. Each has their reason for wanting to be there -- fame, money, adventure. The prize is one million dollars. The rules are simple -- if one person leaves the house for any reason, everyone loses. But what dark secret does the house harbor that leaves them feeling as though they are being watched by more than just a million...