James Hilton

Quatre Européens, fuyant l’Afghanistan en révolte sont conduits par un mystérieux aviateur dans un monastère du Tibet, blotti sous la montagne bleue de Shangri-La. Des lamas centenaires y conservent intacts tous les trésors de la civilisation mise... Lire la suite

Shangri-La… Lieu mythique pour des millions de lecteurs à travers le monde depuis la parution en 1933 d’Horizon perdu de l’écrivain britannique James Hilton (1900-1954), et désormais synonyme de lieu edénique et de perpétuelle jeunesse. Dans le... Lire la suite

"Lost Horizon," a novel by English writer Hilton, is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet. Lire la suite

Ces récits, écrits durant l'âge d'or du romans d'aventures, évoquent des espaces hors du temps, qui défient l'histoire et la raison, surgissent comme par miracle des recoins les plus secrets de la planète. Il est question ici de mondes " perdus " ou... Lire la suite

Une famille anglaise unie voit son quotidien bouleversé par l'arrivée de la seconde guerre mondiale. Lire la suite

Mr. Chipping, surnommé Mr. Chips, est l’un des piliers de Brookfield, école anglaise typique pour jeunes gens de bonne famille. Mais ce n’est pas tant son très orthodoxe enseignement du grec et du latin que son flegme résolument britannique, son... Lire la suite

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" -... Lire la suite

Horizontes perdidos cuenta la odisea del diplomático Hugh Conway, cuyo avión es desviado hacia el Himalaya, donde descubre la lamasería de Shangri-La, utopía de templanza y longevidad. Hilton combina el andamiaje del relato de aventuras con una... Lire la suite

‘Good-Bye, Mr. Chips' is a novella by James Hilton, published in both the United States and the United Kingdom in 1934. Such is its popularity that it has been adapted in two films and two television series. Mr Chips is an admirable school teacher... Lire la suite

Time and Time Again was James Hilton's last novel. It was published the year before he died. It covers the rather ordinary life of a rather ordinary man. Told in flashbacks, a diplomat outlines the big events in his life. They are basically a series... Lire la suite

"Ah, am yes, Mr. Speed, is it not?... Welcome, sir! Welcome to Millstead!" Kenneth Speed gripped the other's hand and smiled. He was a tall passably good-looking fellow in his early twenties, bright-eyed and brown-haired. At the moment he was... Lire la suite

At twilight a train from London deposited a man and a little girl at Patchley station. The man was grey-haired, though tall and of soldierly bearing, and the little girl was so tired that she could hardly drag one foot after the other. In the... Lire la suite

As aventuras de Horizonte Perdido começam com uma incrível viagem pelo Extremo Oriente na década de 1930. A bordo de um avião em fuga de uma conturbação revolucionária, quatro envolventes personagens acabam sendo conduzidos para Shangri-La,... Lire la suite

Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet.Lost Horizon subsequently became a huge success and in 1939 was published in... Lire la suite

This book is the first authoritative text on the role that physicists play in solving the inherently multidisciplinary science and technology challenges in food manufacturing. Topics range from designing safe, nutritious and great-tasting foods to... Lire la suite

The gripping adventure that invented the mystery of Shangri-La. Flying out of India, a light aircraft is hi-jacked and flown into the high Tibetan Himalayas. The few passengers on board anxiously await their fate, among them Conway, a talented... Lire la suite

Bringing The Best of James Hilton. This Collection Contains 4 of his writings.

Lost Horizon,
Goodbye, Mr. Chips,
Random Harvest &
And Now Goodbye.

Marlowe, initially a journalist, is recruited by British intelligence due to his fluency in Russian. Sent to infiltrate revolutionary circles, he becomes disillusioned with the political machinations on all sides. When the revolution erupts, he... Lire la suite