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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Moon Tiger
Author: Penelope Lively
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 080219737X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
“A powerful, moving and beautifully wrought novel about the ways in which lives are molded by personal memory and the collective past.” —The Boston Globe Winner of the Man Booker Prize Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author of popular history, Claudia proclaims she’s carrying out her last project: a history of the world. This history turns out to be a mosaic of her life, her own story tangled with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the center of her life, Tom, her one great love found and lost in war-torn Egypt. Always the independent woman, often with contentious relationships, Claudia’s personal history is complex and fascinating. As people visit Claudia, they shake and twist the mosaic, changing speed, movement, and voice, to reveal themselves and Claudia’s impact on their world. “Emotionally, Moon Tiger is kaleidoscopic, deeply satisfying. The all too brief encounter between Claudia and Tom will surely rate as one of the most memorable of contemporary fictional affairs. This is one of the best novels I have read for years.” —The London Sunday Telegraph “It pulls us in; it engages us and saddens us. It is also unexpectedly funny . . . It leaves its traces in the air long after you’ve put it away.” —The New York Times Book Review “One of the very best Booker winners . . . it asks hard questions about memory and history and personal legacy; it’s stylistically demanding and inventive . . . a wonderful book.” —The Guardian
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 080219737X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
“A powerful, moving and beautifully wrought novel about the ways in which lives are molded by personal memory and the collective past.” —The Boston Globe Winner of the Man Booker Prize Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author of popular history, Claudia proclaims she’s carrying out her last project: a history of the world. This history turns out to be a mosaic of her life, her own story tangled with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the center of her life, Tom, her one great love found and lost in war-torn Egypt. Always the independent woman, often with contentious relationships, Claudia’s personal history is complex and fascinating. As people visit Claudia, they shake and twist the mosaic, changing speed, movement, and voice, to reveal themselves and Claudia’s impact on their world. “Emotionally, Moon Tiger is kaleidoscopic, deeply satisfying. The all too brief encounter between Claudia and Tom will surely rate as one of the most memorable of contemporary fictional affairs. This is one of the best novels I have read for years.” —The London Sunday Telegraph “It pulls us in; it engages us and saddens us. It is also unexpectedly funny . . . It leaves its traces in the air long after you’ve put it away.” —The New York Times Book Review “One of the very best Booker winners . . . it asks hard questions about memory and history and personal legacy; it’s stylistically demanding and inventive . . . a wonderful book.” —The Guardian
Spike & Co
Author: Graham McCann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340898086
Category : Radio comedies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A sparkling history of the golden age of British comedy told through its most famous names ndash; Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Ray Galton & Alan Simpson ndash; and the bizarre office they shared in Shepherds Bush.
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ISBN: 9780340898086
Category : Radio comedies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A sparkling history of the golden age of British comedy told through its most famous names ndash; Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Ray Galton & Alan Simpson ndash; and the bizarre office they shared in Shepherds Bush.
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom
Author: Nik Cohn
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802189830
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
From the rise of Bill Haley to the death of Jimi Hendrix, this account of music in the 1950s and 1960s is “the definitive history of rock ‘n’ roll” (Rolling Stone). This is British music journalist Nik Cohn’s classic and cogent history of an unruly era—filled with outrageous tales and vivid descriptions of the music, and covering artists from Elvis Presley to Eddie Cochran to Bob Dylan to the Beatles and beyond. From the father of what would become a new literary form—rock criticism—this is a seminal history of rock and roll’s evolution, including revisions and updates made for a new edition in the early 1970s.
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802189830
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
From the rise of Bill Haley to the death of Jimi Hendrix, this account of music in the 1950s and 1960s is “the definitive history of rock ‘n’ roll” (Rolling Stone). This is British music journalist Nik Cohn’s classic and cogent history of an unruly era—filled with outrageous tales and vivid descriptions of the music, and covering artists from Elvis Presley to Eddie Cochran to Bob Dylan to the Beatles and beyond. From the father of what would become a new literary form—rock criticism—this is a seminal history of rock and roll’s evolution, including revisions and updates made for a new edition in the early 1970s.
Radio Comedy, 1938-1968
Author: Andy Foster
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This is a guide to the golden age of radio comedy. It contains complete transmission details and critical appraisals of all the most important series, including The Goon Show, Hancock's Half Hour, Band Waggon, Round the Horne and Educating Archie.
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This is a guide to the golden age of radio comedy. It contains complete transmission details and critical appraisals of all the most important series, including The Goon Show, Hancock's Half Hour, Band Waggon, Round the Horne and Educating Archie.
The Amber Fury
Author: Natalie Haynes
Publisher: Corvus
ISBN: 9781805461005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A dark psychological page-turner about an inexperienced teacher who builds a powerful - and ultimately dangerous - connection with her students. The Secret History meets Notes on a Scandal.
Publisher: Corvus
ISBN: 9781805461005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A dark psychological page-turner about an inexperienced teacher who builds a powerful - and ultimately dangerous - connection with her students. The Secret History meets Notes on a Scandal.
The Economist
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 1578
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 1578
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Maryland Historical Magazine
Author: William Hand Browne
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the Society.
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the Society.
Waterstone's Guide to Books
Author: Waterstone & Co
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ISBN: 9780951258989
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1760
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ISBN: 9780951258989
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1760
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The Masters of Sitcom
Author: Christopher Stevens
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1843177730
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
The biography of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, two of the most influential and celebrated television scriptwriters of our time.
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1843177730
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
The biography of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, two of the most influential and celebrated television scriptwriters of our time.