Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571294707 ISBN 13: 9780571294701
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Harry Zissel is 22 years old, a college sophomore who plans to be a major writer. His girlfriend Miriam announces she's pregnant. Harry fears he'll end up a married wage-slave, just like his old buddy Arthur Thompson. Leaving his apartment to get breakfast, Harry decides instead to hit the road. Can he live the American dream of starting afresh 200 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571290663 ISBN 13: 9780571290666
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -On 2 April 1982, Argentine forces seized the British-dependent Falkland Islands. Within 48 hours a British task force sailed for the South Atlantic. One in five Britons opposed this war; but Argentina's surrender 74 days later assured Margaret Thatcher's re-election. This book dissects post-Falklands UK foreign policy. 216 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571294723 ISBN 13: 9780571294725
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Describes the author's journey of four months spent on a British waterways hire cruiser - the Water Willow - in which he and his family travelled the water roads of England, from Nottingham to Llangollen and then back by a devious route across the Midlands to the Wash. 174 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571294669 ISBN 13: 9780571294664
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -On a chill Northern Californian evening, high on a cliff in lagoon township of Bolinas, a woman is running, barefoot, toward her open convertible. Behind her in the dark is summer house where her reclusive husband now lies dead. She will drive to San Francisco, there to break the news to her domineering mother, since she has nowhere else to go. 310 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571294685 ISBN 13: 9780571294688
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Christopher Barocco is a self-made man of considerable means who decrees the building of a house in his image, to be carved out of a wild and treacherous Californian hillside in the Sierra Nevada valleys. However, as those who are drawn into his grand design soon discover, Barocco is also a man with a shadowy past. 312 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 057128888X ISBN 13: 9780571288885
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Gordon Boswell speaks of himself as one of the Boswells who have been on the road in England for generations, traveling the length of the land in a manner largely unhindered. This book documents the Boswell family tree and the nomadic Romany lifestyle. 210 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571290205 ISBN 13: 9780571290208
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A memoir of the misadventures of the haphazard and notably naive Lieutenant Ernest Goodbody and his fellow fighting men of Twelve Platoon - Sergeant Transom, Corporals Hink, Globe and Dooley, Private Drogue et al - as they stumble ill-preparedly into the theatres of World War Two. 256 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571290248 ISBN 13: 9780571290246
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -By 1955 the author's have seen a number of countries but practically nothing of their own. As for some years they had lived in a 34-ton Dutch sailing yacht they decided to dispel their ignorance of England by travelling round as much of it as they had time for in this vessel. This title offers an account of that voyage. 258 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571290256 ISBN 13: 9780571290253
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Contemporary readers of a progressive bent may like to think it elementary that certain inhumane practices in which Britons indulged pre-1800 came to be abolished. This title reveals that our history is littered with Colonel Blimp figures, of a mind that reforms are all right as long as they don't change anything. 288 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571294812 ISBN 13: 9780571294817
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Commemorates the author's effort at age 21 to travel the world: the Middle East, India, South-East Asia, Japan, and Australia. This title provides perceptions of people and places and perilous forms of transport, the account also finds the authors acquiring precious life-experience. 280 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571290353 ISBN 13: 9780571290352
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Deals with the great Anglo-Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen whose literary achievements were matched by her tremendous talent for living. This title takes us from her ancestral home in Ireland to Oxford, through her service as an air-raid warden in London during World War II, to her friendships with such luminaries as Virginia Woolf, and more. 280 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571288855 ISBN 13: 9780571288854
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Considers 45 deceased poets of the twentieth century, and offers the author's personal estimation of what claims they have on posterity and against oblivion. This title features examples of each poet's verse. 336 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571290272 ISBN 13: 9780571290277
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -By the early eighteenth century botanists were inching towards the shocking truth that plants had male and female organs and reproduced sexually. The first person to realize the practical implications of this was London nurseryman and author Thomas Fairchild. This title offers details about the life and times of Fairchild. 296 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571294731 ISBN 13: 9780571294732
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -One of the strangest periods in the social history of Britain was that of the Phoney War of 1939-40, when the nation did not know quite whether it was at war or peace. This title provides an account of how Britons tried to adjust themselves to the uncertainties of those days. 312 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571290361 ISBN 13: 9780571290369
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Presents a survey that explores the legend of Vienna, from frontier fortress and melting pot to the culturally rich centrepiece of the Hapsburg Empire, through two world wars and the grave damage inflicted by Hitler. 398 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571287875 ISBN 13: 9780571287871
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Offers an insightful study of a somewhat disreputable genre: the 'Boys' Weekly' papers commonly known as penny dreadfuls. 304 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571294774 ISBN 13: 9780571294770
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Benjamin Haydon's portraits and monumental historical paintings hang in almost all Britain's major collections. However in his own time (1786-1846) his reputation was less secure. This book gathers opinions on everything from the Elgin Marbles and Turner's landscapes to Napoleon's digestion and Queen Victoria's complexion. 274 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571290221 ISBN 13: 9780571290222
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Offers an account of 14th century events and ideas. This title offers a picture of the age of chivalry, drawn by a contemporary, with a verve that recalls Chaucer. It tells of acts of gallantry, tournaments, feasts and wars. 480 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571288871 ISBN 13: 9780571288878
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Harold Nicolson's life was miserable at the 'Evening Standard' and disillusioned with Mosley's New Party but his move to Sissinghurst, where he and his wife would design one of the most beautiful gardens in England, offered a fresh start. This title presents the study of a man of uncommon talents and energies. 414 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571288898 ISBN 13: 9780571288892
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The four Hanoverian King Georges may have become fixed in history as faintly absurd, certainly unattractive, figures. This title provides an account of their lives and times, and families and courts. It encourages readers to consider how the Hanoverian monarchs reacted to the climate of art and fashion in their times. 256 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571290183 ISBN 13: 9780571290185
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -1878: Pope Pius IX dies, after a misguided papacy that has stamped out liberalism, centralized papal power and witnessed the Pope's declaration of Infallibility. This title tells the story from the standpoint of Pius' son Nicola Santi, an orphan unaware of his scandalous paternity, who becomes a priest intent on honest and compassionate service. 608 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 057128891X ISBN 13: 9780571288915
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Benjamin Ingham, possibly the greatest tycoon England has ever known, was attracted to Sicily from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire by the burgeoning trade in marsala wine. 582 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571294839 ISBN 13: 9780571294831
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Born in Brooklyn in 1891, son of a tailor of German extraction, Henry Miller would embrace a freewheeling existence that carried him through umpteen jobs and sexual encounters, providing rich source material for the novels he would write. This title presents his portrait. 430 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571290299 ISBN 13: 9780571290291
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Charts the history of one of the most influential and extraordinary families of our time: the Wernhers of Luton Hoo. 528 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Faber And Faber Ltd. Jul 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0571294790 ISBN 13: 9780571294794
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Victor Gollancz was a teacher, publisher, author and campaigner who spent his life passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. If it's as a publisher that he is remembered above all, nonetheless in many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid-twentieth century. This title presents his portrait. 806 pp. Englisch.