Author: Robert Hounsome
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1905237723
Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
An autobiography that recounts Robert Hounsome's varied and exciting life that has seen him come into contact with aristocrats, Nazis, criminals, film stars, singers, beauty queens and ghosts. As well as a moving account of one man's life, it also captures the golden age of Fleet Street journalism after the Second World War.
The Very Nearly Man
Author: Robert Hounsome
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1905237723
Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
An autobiography that recounts Robert Hounsome's varied and exciting life that has seen him come into contact with aristocrats, Nazis, criminals, film stars, singers, beauty queens and ghosts. As well as a moving account of one man's life, it also captures the golden age of Fleet Street journalism after the Second World War.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1905237723
Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
An autobiography that recounts Robert Hounsome's varied and exciting life that has seen him come into contact with aristocrats, Nazis, criminals, film stars, singers, beauty queens and ghosts. As well as a moving account of one man's life, it also captures the golden age of Fleet Street journalism after the Second World War.
The Starlight Dome
Author: Wilson G. Knight
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136488081
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This is Volume IX of the G.Wilson Knight collected works and includes commentary on the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, an essay on Shelley and Keats. It concludes with a chapter looking at Symbolic Eternities and an appendix on spiritualism and poetry.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136488081
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This is Volume IX of the G.Wilson Knight collected works and includes commentary on the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, an essay on Shelley and Keats. It concludes with a chapter looking at Symbolic Eternities and an appendix on spiritualism and poetry.
The Back of His Head
Author: Patrick Evans
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 1776560248
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Raymond Thomas Lawrence was one of the great literary colossi to bestride the twentieth century. Seven years after Lawrence's death, however, the four trustees of the literary trust set up to memorialize New Zealand's greatest writer are facing rising costs and dwindling visitor numbers at the Residence. While fending off a self-appointed biographer, they find themselves confronting the secrets of their own intimate relationships with The Master. 'But is bumping off biographers really the sort of thing literary trusts do?' Marjorie creaks. 'Don't we just handle copyright?' The Back of His Head is a hilarious and troubling satire on the making and manipulation of literary fame, by the author of the acclaimed novel Gifted.
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 1776560248
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Raymond Thomas Lawrence was one of the great literary colossi to bestride the twentieth century. Seven years after Lawrence's death, however, the four trustees of the literary trust set up to memorialize New Zealand's greatest writer are facing rising costs and dwindling visitor numbers at the Residence. While fending off a self-appointed biographer, they find themselves confronting the secrets of their own intimate relationships with The Master. 'But is bumping off biographers really the sort of thing literary trusts do?' Marjorie creaks. 'Don't we just handle copyright?' The Back of His Head is a hilarious and troubling satire on the making and manipulation of literary fame, by the author of the acclaimed novel Gifted.
A Nearly Normal Family
Author: M. T. Edvardsson
Publisher: Celadon Books
ISBN: 1250204429
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Now a Netflix Limited Series "...A compulsively readable tour de force." —The Wall Street Journal New York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a “page-turner” that forces the reader to confront “the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect.” (NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue) M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the reader to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they knew about their life—and one another. Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him? Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?
Publisher: Celadon Books
ISBN: 1250204429
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Now a Netflix Limited Series "...A compulsively readable tour de force." —The Wall Street Journal New York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a “page-turner” that forces the reader to confront “the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect.” (NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue) M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the reader to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they knew about their life—and one another. Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him? Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Author: Michael Booth
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1250061970
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
NAMED THE #1 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, A WITTY, INFORMATIVE, AND POPULAR TRAVELOGUE ABOUT THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND HOW THEY MAY NOT BE AS HAPPY OR AS PERFECT AS WE ASSUME Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western media. In this timely book he leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success, and, most intriguing of all, what they think of one another. Why are the Danes so happy, despite having the highest taxes? Do the Finns really have the best education system? Are the Icelanders as feral as they sometimes appear? How are the Norwegians spending their fantastic oil wealth? And why do all of them hate the Swedes? In The Almost Nearly Perfect People Michael Booth explains who the Scandinavians are, how they differ and why, and what their quirks and foibles are, and he explores why these societies have become so successful and models for the world. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker picture emerges of a region plagued by taboos, characterized by suffocating parochialism, and populated by extremists of various shades. They may very well be almost nearly perfect, but it isn't easy being Scandinavian.
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1250061970
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
NAMED THE #1 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, A WITTY, INFORMATIVE, AND POPULAR TRAVELOGUE ABOUT THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND HOW THEY MAY NOT BE AS HAPPY OR AS PERFECT AS WE ASSUME Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western media. In this timely book he leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success, and, most intriguing of all, what they think of one another. Why are the Danes so happy, despite having the highest taxes? Do the Finns really have the best education system? Are the Icelanders as feral as they sometimes appear? How are the Norwegians spending their fantastic oil wealth? And why do all of them hate the Swedes? In The Almost Nearly Perfect People Michael Booth explains who the Scandinavians are, how they differ and why, and what their quirks and foibles are, and he explores why these societies have become so successful and models for the world. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker picture emerges of a region plagued by taboos, characterized by suffocating parochialism, and populated by extremists of various shades. They may very well be almost nearly perfect, but it isn't easy being Scandinavian.
Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age
Author: John Holmes Agnew
Publisher:
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
THE PENNY MAGAZINE
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The History of the French Revolution
Author: Adolphe Thiers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108035302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Published in the 1820s, and translated into English in 1838, Thiers' work remains a significant account of the French Revolution.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108035302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Published in the 1820s, and translated into English in 1838, Thiers' work remains a significant account of the French Revolution.
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With a Memoir of the Author's Life
Author: Adam Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce of the United States
Author:
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Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description