‎Biographie‎

‎Liesl Muller-Johnson‎

‎Rosl's Daughter : Cabaret and Childhood in 1920s Vienna‎

‎Book Guild UK 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. 187 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Book Guild UK 2011. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781846245725. Inventory No: 25060106. 9781846245725 Book Guild hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25060106 ISBN : 1846245729 9781846245725

‎Pollard, Stephen‎

‎David Blunkett‎

‎London: Hodder and Stoughton 2005. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition First Printing. 359 pages. 16 photographs. David Blunkett has never been a conventional politician - or personality. Blind since childhood seemingly a traditional 'old Labour' councillor in Sheffield he is now Home Secretary and a key member of the Labour government. How did this son of a Sheffield steel worker achieve all this And what motivates him now Stephen Pollard has had exclusive access to David Blunkett for the past two years. This biography is based on many hours of intimate conversation covering not only his early life and blindness but also life on the government front bench - and his hopes for the future. As you would expect Blunkett is both frank and candid in his opinions of his political allies and opponents - and unsparing in his analysis of his own performance. Stephen Pollard has also interviewed more than fifty other people including two serving cabinet ministers in his quest to present a complete portrait of this remarkable yet ordinary man. The result is both a revealing account of an intriguing personality and a fascinating look behind the scenes of British political life. 3. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hodder and Stoughton Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 011632 ISBN : 0340825340 9780340825341

‎Crane Brinton‎

‎The Lives of Talleyrand‎

‎W. W. Norton USA 1963. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 316 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: W. W. Norton USA 1963. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing and slight soiling. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. Clipped front end page. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Lives of Talleyrand is a study of the character and actions of the man who so profoundly influenced the destiny of the French Revolution and helped to shape the contours of all Europe as well. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 25070179. W. W. Norton paperback‎

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‎Philip Thody‎

‎Albert Camus 1913-60‎

‎Hamish Hamilton UK 1964. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 242 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hamish Hamilton UK 1964. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Lightly faded spine. Lightly tanned pages. Foxing on front cover minor creasing on back cover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 25070254. Hamish Hamilton paperback‎

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‎Peter Harding‎

‎The Corner of Harley Street : Being Some Familiar Correspondence of Peter Harding M.D‎

‎Constable UK 1911. Third Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 271 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Constable UK 1911. Third Printing. CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of boards have moderate edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Pages are lightly tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. Roughcut edges. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 25070181. Constable hardcover‎

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‎Dominic Behan‎

‎Milligan: The Life and Times of Spike Milligan‎

‎Methuen UK 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 193 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Methuen UK 1988. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0413176703. ISBN/EAN: 9780413176707. Inventory No: 25070127. 9780413176707 Methuen hardcover‎

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‎Spike Milligan‎

‎Small Dreams of a Scorpion‎

‎Michael Joseph London 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrator: Spike and Laura Milligan. Hardcover. 81 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Michael Joseph London 1972. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are lightly browned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Spike Milligan had published volumes of humorous and children's poetry before the 1970s but Small Dreams of a Scorpion is the first volume to feature some of his most personal and painful musings: partly on his own bouts of clinical depression and hospitalisation; partly about some of his darkest moments as a soldier in World War II; and also about some of the terrible moments of post-war world history and his reactions to them - the Korean and Vietnam conflicts the Aberfan school disaster and the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Illustrator: Spike and Laura Milligan. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0718110498. ISBN/EAN: 9780718110499. Inventory No: 25070125. 9780718110499 Michael Joseph hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25070125 ISBN : 0718110498 9780718110499

‎C. Hubert H. Parry‎

‎Johann Sebastian Bach : The Story of the Development of a Great Personality‎

‎G. P. Putnam USA 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 584 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: G. P. Putnam USA 1909. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have light creasing and slight soiling. Edges of boards have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. Pages are reasonably tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 25070108. G. P. Putnam hardcover‎

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‎Christopher Clark‎

‎Kaiser Wilhelm II : Life In Power‎

‎Penguin UK 2009. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 448 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin UK 2009. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are slightly soiled. Pages are lightly creased. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Christopher Clark's Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power is a short fascinating and accessible biography of one of the 20th century's most important figures. King of Prussia German Emperor war leader and defeated exile Kaiser Wilhelm II was one of the most important - and most controversial - figures in the history of twentieth-century Europe. But how much power did he really have Christopher Clark winner of the Wolfson prize for his history of Prussia Iron Kingdom follows Kaiser Wilhelm's political career from his youth at the Hohenzollern court through the turbulent decades of the Wilhelmine era into global war and the collapse of Germany in 1918 to his last days. He asks: what was his true role in the events that led to the outbreak of the First World War What was the nature and extent of his control What were his political goals and his success in achieving them How did he project authority and exercise influence And how did his people really view him Through original research Clark presents a fresh new interpretation of this contentious figure focusing on how his thirty-year reign from 1888 to 1918 affected Germany and the rest of Europe for years to come. 'Clark's fresh and enlightening history brings the Kaiser's life into critical and illuminating review' German History Christopher Clark is a lecturer in Modern European History at St Catharine's College University of Cambridge. His book Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600 to 1947 was the winner of the Wolfson Prize for History. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780141039930. Inventory No: 25070328. 9780141039930 Penguin paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25070328 ISBN : 0141039930 9780141039930

‎Georges Simenon‎

‎When I was Old : Simenon on Simenon‎

‎Penguin UK 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 332 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin UK 1973. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine has minimal reading creases and mild fading. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Covers are protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are reasonably tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0140036482. ISBN/EAN: 9780140036480. Inventory No: 25040015. 9780140036480 Penguin paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25040015 ISBN : 0140036482 9780140036480

‎Leon "Whitey Thompson‎

‎Last Train to Alcatraz‎

‎Self published USA 1992. 11th Printing. Hardcover Printed Boards. Very Good. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Hardcover Printed Boards. 332 pages. Inscribed and Signed by Author. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Self published USA 1992. 11th Printing. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 25040276. Self published hardcover‎

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‎Bryce Courtenay‎

‎The Silver Moon : Reflections On Life Death and Writing‎

‎Viking Australia 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 124 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Viking Australia 2014. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Each of us has a place to return to in our minds a place of clarity and peace a place to think to create to dream. For Bryce Courtenay this place was a waterhole in Africa where he used to escape to as a boy in search of solitude. One evening while lingering there he witnessed the tallest of the great beasts drinking from the waterhole in the moonlight and was spellbound. Ever since he drew inspiration from this moment. The Silver Moon gathers together some of the most personal and sustaining life-lessons from Australia's favourite storyteller. In short stories and insights many written in his final months Bryce reflects on living and dying and how through determination respect for others and taking pleasure in small moments of joy he lived life to the fullest. From practical advice on how to write a bestseller to general inspiration on how to realise your dreams The Silver Moon celebrates Bryce Courtenay's lifelong passion for storytelling language and the creative process and brings us closer to the man behind the bestsellers. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780670078264. Inventory No: 25040177. 9780670078264 Viking hardcover‎

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‎Vanda Marshall‎

‎We Helped to Blaze the Track : Pioneering Experiences in the North‎

‎Self published Australia 1980. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 248 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Self published Australia 1980. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has minor lean and minimal reading creases. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0959896082. ISBN/EAN: 9780959896084. Inventory No: 25040280. 9780959896084 Self published paperback‎

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‎Brenda Niall‎

‎The Riddle of Father Hackett : A Life in Ireland and Australia‎

‎National Library of Australia 2009. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. 320 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: National Library of Australia 2009. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for previous owner's name on sticker. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In 1922 at the height of Ireland's tragic civil war Irish Jesuit William Hackett was transferred to Australia by his order. Assigned to a minor teaching post this seemingly unremarkable newcomer caused no stir. Yet Father Hackett had been close to the centre of the provisional Irish Republic's struggle for independence from Britain; part of the network of Irish nationalists who carried intelligence ministered to republican troops spoke on republican platforms and helped to publicise British injustices and atrocities in Ireland. Now he was effectively an exile. A major figure in the biography Archbishop Daniel Mannix is seen for the first time in close-up through Hackett's privileged insight into the private self of the famously aloof and powerful prelate. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780642276858. Inventory No: 25040270. 9780642276858 National Library of Australia paperback‎

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‎Christine Ellis‎

‎Silver Lies Golden Truths : Broken Hill a Gentle German and Two World Wars‎

‎Wakefield Press Australia 2015. First Edition. Medium Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Medium Trade Paperback. 294 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Wakefield Press Australia 2015. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Reinhold Jack Schuster was an illegal German immigrant. A trained soldier in the German Armeekorps he sat out both world wars in the Australian outback of Broken Hill. Jack's story debunks the myth that salutes the mining town as the birthplace of solidarity - by exposing divisiveness prejudice and powerlessness. The only enemy attack to take place on Australian soil during World War I occurred in Broken Hill and Jack was there to witness the mob violence that followed. He watched unionists stone the troop trains heading off to war and learned of brutality against his countrymen in the Torrens Island internment camp. Christine Ellis's grandfather came to life through stories told by her mother - some of which defied belief. Christine's research confirmed them. Silver Lies Golden Truths is Jack Schuster's story. It tells of the love between a father and his young daughter of idyllic family times and the cruel cost of working in the mines. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781743053508. Inventory No: 25040144. 9781743053508 Wakefield Press paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25040144 ISBN : 1743053509 9781743053508

‎Farley Mowat‎

‎Woman in the Mists : The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa‎

‎Warner Books UK 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 380 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Warner Books UK 1987. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0446513601. ISBN/EAN: 9780446513609. Inventory No: 25040456. 9780446513609 Warner Books hardcover‎

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‎Eve Simson‎

‎The Faith Healer : Deliverance Evangelism In North America‎

‎Concordia Pub. House UK 1977. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 223 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Concordia Pub. House UK 1977. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0570037530. ISBN/EAN: 9780570037538. Inventory No: 25050091. 9780570037538 Concordia Pub. House paperback‎

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‎Truddi Chase‎

‎When Rabbit Howls‎

‎Pan Books UK 1988. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 415 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books UK 1988. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are mildly foxed. Pages are mildly foxed. Surface tear to front cover. ABOUT THIS BOOK: When Truddi Chase began therapy she was already building a successful career a marriage and a family. But what she was seeking most were explanations for her extreme anxiety mood swings and periodic blackouts. What finally emerged from the four-year sessions was terrifying: Truddi Chase's mind and body were inhabited by the Troops--ninety-two individual voices that had rescued her from a shattering childhood of violent ritualized sexual abuse by her stepfather that began when she was only two. For years the Troops created a world where she could hide from the pain and be shielded from the truth. It was a world Truddi Chase didn't even know existed until she and her therapist took a journey to where the nightmare began. Challenging every preconceived notion of the human mind When Rabbit Howls is made all the more remarkable in that it was written by the Troops themselves--Truddi Chase's story is told by the very alter-egos who stayed with her watched over her and protected her. What they reveal is a spellbinding descent into a personal hell--and an ultimate triumphant deliverance for the woman they became. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0330301284. ISBN/EAN: 9780330301282. Inventory No: 25050035. 9780330301282 Pan Books paperback‎

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‎Helene Berr‎

‎Journal‎

‎Quercus UK 2008. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 306 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Quercus UK 2008. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From April 1942 to March 1944 Helene Berr a recent graduate of the Sorbonne kept a journal that is both an intensely moving intimate harrowing appalling document and a text of astonishing literary maturity. With her colleagues she plays the violin and she seeks refuge from the everyday in what she calls the "selfish magic" of English literature and poetry. But this is Paris under the occupation and her family is Jewish. Eventually there comes the time when all Jews are required to wear a yellow star. She tries to remain calm and rational keeping to what routine she can: studying reading enjoying the beauty of Paris. Yet always there is fear for the future and eventually in March 1944 Helene and her family are arrested taken to Drancy Transit Camp and soon sent to Auschwitz. She went - as is later discovered - on the death march to Bergen-Belsen and there she died in 1945 only weeks before the liberation of the camp. Helene Berr's story is almost too painful to read foreshadowing horror as it does amidst an enviable appetite for life for beauty for literature for all that lasts. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781847245755. Inventory No: 25040368. 9781847245755 Quercus paperback‎

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‎McGeown, Patrick‎

‎Thoughts from a Pattaya Orphanage‎

‎Bangkok: Pattaya Orphanage 1994. A near Fine copy which has an inscription to front endpaper with a small indentation to lower front edge with near Fine dustjacket. The Pattaya Orphanage started when a child was given to Father Ray and now twenty years later he has over 400 - orphans deaf blind handicapped street-kids and stateless old people. The secret to reading this book is to sit and ponder the quotations and photographs by Paul Knights. Whilst you do this it is suggested you listen to the music you like best in all the world. It is a very personal experience and will leave you thinking about your own life and its direction. 11. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pattaya Orphanage Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 011606 ISBN : 9748902773 9789748902777

‎Leigh Sales‎

‎Any Ordinary Day‎

‎Penguin Australia 2008. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 264 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin Australia 2008. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The day that turns a life upside down usually starts like any other but what happens the day after Dual Walkley Award-winner Leigh Sales investigates how ordinary people endure the unthinkable. 'Sales digs deep and bravely to find in the most horrific situations the human capacity for hope courage and kindness. She is warm wise and humble.' Anna Funder As a journalist Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media. But one particular string of bad news stories - and a terrifying brush with her own mortality - sent her looking for answers about how vulnerable each of us is to a life-changing event. What are our chances of actually experiencing one What do we fear most and why And when the worst does happen what comes next In this wise and layered book Leigh talks intimately with people who've faced the unimaginable from terrorism to natural disaster to simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Expecting broken lives she instead finds strength hope even humour. Leigh brilliantly condenses the cutting-edge research on the way the human brain processes fear and grief and poses the questions we too often ignore out of awkwardness. Along the way she offers an unguarded account of her own challenges and what she's learned about coping with life's unexpected blows. Warm candid and empathetic this book is about what happens when ordinary people on ordinary days are forced to suddenly find the resilience most of us don't know we have. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781760893637. Inventory No: 25030066. 9781760893637 Penguin paperback‎

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‎David Beckham‎

‎My Side‎

‎Collins UK 2003. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 404 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins UK 2003. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: With endless newspaper column inches devoted to one of the most talked about men in the world it seems that we know everything there is to know about David Beckham. Or do we This is Beckham's life story in his own words. The book deals with his complex relationship with United boss Alex Ferguson and looks at how he handles the pressure of playing alongside some of the most volatile footballers of his generation from the likes of Cantona Schmeichel and Keane. It tells the England story from being vilified by the nation before returning as the prodigal son and almost single-handedly guiding his country as captain to the 2002 World Cup finals. From Beckham himself we gain an insight into the family man behind the famous footballer the international model and fashion leader. He describes how he first met and then married ex-Spice girl Victoria Adams and the upbringing of their two children Brooklyn and Romeo. He goes on to discuss how his family's every step is monitored by a posse of newshounds and paparazzi. He also tells of the influence of his parents growing up as a shy youngster in the family home and how their subsequent split affected him. The book was written with the assistance of Tom Watt. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0007157347. ISBN/EAN: 9780007157341. Inventory No: 25030001. 9780007157341 Collins paperback‎

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‎Dave Pelzer‎

‎My Story : A Child Called 'It' The Lost Boy A Man Named Dave‎

‎Orion UK 2003. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 437 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Orion UK 2003. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Corners of covers are moderately bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A CHILD CALLED 'IT' is Dave Pelzer's story of a child beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous unpredictable games that left one of her three sons nearly dead. Dave was no longer considered a son or a boy but an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement and when he was allowed food it was scraps from the dogs' bowl. Throughout Dave kept alive the dream of finding a family who would love and care for him. THE LOST BOY: the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of Dave's journey through the foster-care system in search of a family who will love him. A MAN NAMED DAVE: the gripping conclusion to this inspirational trilogy. With extraordinary generosity of spirit Dave takes us on a journey into his past. At last he confronts his father and ultimately his mother. Finally Dave finds the courage to break the chains of the past and learn to love trust and live for the future. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0752853716. ISBN/EAN: 9780752853710. Inventory No: 25010073. 9780752853710 Orion paperback‎

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‎Arnold Palmer‎

‎Portrait of a Professional Golfer‎

‎Pelham Books UK 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Inscribed by Author. Hardcover. 110 pages. Inscribed by Author. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pelham Books UK 1966. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Corners of boards are lightly bumped. Dust jacket has slight foxing. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear and minor chips and/or tears. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are lightly browned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 25010086. Pelham Books hardcover‎

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‎Judith Chernaik‎

‎Schumann: The Faces and the Masks‎

‎Faber and Faber UK 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 349 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Faber and Faber UK 2018. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Corners of boards are lightly bumped. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Schumann: The Faces and the Masks is a groundbreaking account of a major composer whose life and works have been the subject of intense controversy ever since his attempted suicide and early death in an insane asylum. Schumann was a key figure in the Romanticism which swept Europe and America in the 19th century inspiring writers musicians and painters delighting their enthralled audiences and reaching to the furthest corners of the world. All the contradictions of his age enter Schumann's works from the fantastic disguises of his carnival masquerades and his passionate love songs to his great 'Spring' and 'Rhenish' Symphonies. He was intensely original and imaginative but he also worshipped the past-especially Shakespeare and Byron Raphael and Michelangelo Beethoven and Bach. He believed in political personal and artistic freedom but struggled with the constraints of artistic form. He turned his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly to the heart losing none of its power with the passage of time. Drawing on hitherto unpublished archive material Chernaik sheds new light on Schumann's life and music his sexual escapades his fathering of an illegitimate child the true facts behind his courtship of his wife Clara and the opposition of her monstrous father and the ways in which the crises of his life his dreams and fantasies entered his music. Schumann's troubled relations with his fellow-Romantic composers Mendelssohn and Chopin are freshly explored and the full medical diary kept at Endenich Asylum long withheld enables Chernaik to look again at the mystery of Schumann's final illness. Using her wide experience as a scholar of Romanticism and a novelist Chernaik vividly brings Schumann's world and his extraordinary artistic achievement to life in all its rich complexity. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780571331260. Inventory No: 25010154. 9780571331260 Faber and Faber hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25010154 ISBN : 0571331262 9780571331260