The current issue (April 2012) of Nachrichten aus der Chemie includes an interview with Peter Atkins.

“Peter Atkins is one of the most successful authors of chemical textbooks. To Nachrichten aus der Chemie he speaks about the way teaching will change in the future and why it saddens him that many people go to their graves without understanding the second law of thermodynamics.”

Of course you find textbooks by Peter Atkins in our library:

Shelf mark: 38 B 56-8. ed.		Shelf mark: 38 B 52-4. ed.
Shelf mark: 40 B 18		Shelf mark: 38 B 69
Shelf mark: 42 B 11		Shelf mark: 8 A 93-5. ed.