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Amis,Kingsley Memoirs
New York Summit Books 19 0-671-74909-9 / 9780671749095 Hard Cover Fine Fine
"As Sir Kingsley writes in his preface, these memoirs 'depend largely on a good memory for anecdotes and anecdotal detail.... ' The book describes Amis's family in South London, his schooldays, Oxford, his joining the Army midway through the war, Swansea, Cambridge, and his decision to leave the academic world to become a full-time writer.... " There are chapters on an number of prominent people he knew : John Betjeman Margaret Thatcher Philip Larkin Anthony Powell Francis Bacon Terry Thomas John Braine Robert Graves Malcolm Muggeridge Peter Quennell Arnold Wesker Philip Toynbee Roald Dahl Enoch Powell Anthony Burgess Tom Driberg Leo Rosten A.J.Ayer. 346p. plates index.
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Appignanesi, Lisa Losing the Dead
Toronto McArthur & Company 1999 1552780910 / 9781552780916 1st Can Ed Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine
"This is the moving, untold story of the Jews who survived outside the camps. But it is also the author's own voyage of self-discovery-a family memoir of the rites of passage of emigration, childhood and growing up an outsider in a closed community. And through it all runs another vibrant thread: her relationship with her mother, an extraordinary, fearless, flawed personality. Gradually, as we follow her quest, we come to see that reviving the past and then letting it go-losing the dead-is a true route to understanding. " 232p.
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Bertram, Werner A Royal Recluse : Memories of Ludwig II of Bavaria
Munich Martin Herpich & Son 1950 Hardcover Near Fine Very Good, Slight Chips & Tear
First published in Germany 1936 Translated by Margaret McDonough. Tragic life of Ludwig II, patron of arts , builder of the fairytale castle of Neuschwanstein, patron of Wagner. No date (1950) 266p. plates (some col) * Bookseller: Military History Bookshop US (US) * Seller Inventory #: 6506 266 pages, 18 plates (mostly in color), cloth, dj, fine. From the AND Reference Database: "Ludwig II (nickname Mad King Ludwig) 1845-1886, King of Bavaria (1864--86), born in Munich, the son of Maximilian II. A German patriot of Romantic disposition, he devoted himself to patronage of Wagner and his music, and built Neuschwanstein castle in the Bavarian mountains. Siding with Prussia (1870--1) against France, he took Bavaria into the new German Reich. Later he adopted the life of a recluse, and in 1886 was declared insane; shortly after, he drowned himself in the Starnberger L, near his castle of Berg." .
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Boston,Richard Osbert : A Portrait of Osbert Lancaster
London Collins 1989 0-00-216324-1 / 9780002163248 1st UK Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good
Fascinating biography of witty and talented artist,cartoonist and writer. Includes chapter (pp. 128-163) on his experiences in Greece in 1944.256 p. illus plates.index (mark of previous owner inside front cover)
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Bryson, Bill The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Toronto Doubleday Canada 2006 0-385-66003-0 / 9780385660037 1st Can Ed Hardcover New New
"From one of the most beloved and best selling authors in the English language, a vivid,nostalgic and utterly hilarious memoirs of growing up in the 1950's" (or - The delights of childhood in Des Moines, Iowa) 272p. illus bibliography illus endpapers.
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Calabria, Michael D. Florence Nightingale in Egypt and Greece : Her Diary and 'Visions'
Albany, NY State University of New York Press 1996 0-7914-3116-9 / 9780791431160 First Pbk.Ed. Soft Cover As New
"Prior to her heroic efforts in nursing during the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale experienced tremendous psychological & spiritual anguish as she struggled to answer what she believed to be a divine call to service. Traveling to Egypt & Greece in 1849-50, she recorded her thoughts in a diary which has never been published in its entirety. Presented with never before published manuscript material & two unusual pieces of short fiction, this work demonstrates that Nightingale gleaned ancient Egyptian, Platonic, & Hermetic philosophy, Christian scripture & the works of poets, mystics, & missionaries in an attempt to understand the nature of God & her role in the divine plan." Extracts from Nightingale's "emotional" diary (written during her travels in Europe and the Middle East 1849-50) , which includes comments on her visit to Greece (pp.53-68) and her relationship with Frances Hill who founded the famous Girl's school in Athens. 167p. illus bibliography, index
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Cecil, David A Portrait of Jane Austen
London Constable 1979 0-9462-400-3 Reprint Hard Cover Fine Near Fine - Price Clipped
" He has combined biography, criticism and social history in a delightful narrative which all jane Austen's admirers will wish to enjoy" Second impression. 207pp. illus (some col)
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Chatto, James The Greek for Love : A Memoir of Corfu
Toronto Random House of Canada 2005 0-679-31313-3 / 9780679313137 1st Can Ed Hard Cover New New
"...as Chatto's eloquent memoir ... touchingly reveals ...their deep connection to Corfu and its people sustained them through tragedy just as it had carried them into love" 316p.
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Chatto, James The Greek for Love : A Memoir of Corfu
Toronto Random House of Canada 2005 0-679-31313-3 / 9780679313137 1st Can Ed Hard Cover New New
"...as Chatto's eloquent memoir ... touchingly reveals ...their deep connection to Corfu and its people sustained them through tragedy just as it had carried them into love" 316p.
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Chatto, James The Greek for Love : A Memoir of Corfu
Toronto Random House of Canada 2005 0-679-31313-3 / 9780679313137 1st Can Ed Hard Cover New New
"...as Chatto's eloquent memoir ... touchingly reveals ...their deep connection to Corfu and its people sustained them through tragedy just as it had carried them into love" 316p.
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Chatto, James The Greek for Love : A Memoir of Corfu
Toronto Random House of Canada 2005 0-679-31313-3 / 9780679313137 1st Can Ed Hard Cover As New As New Signed by Author
"...as Chatto's eloquent memoir ... touchingly reveals ...their deep connection to Corfu and its people sustained them through tragedy just as it had carried them into love" 316p.
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