AKHTAR, NASREEN

Catch a Fish from the Sea (Using the Internet)

London, Greenbirds. 2008. (ISBN: 9780955521416). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO REVIEW PAGE WITH DEDICATION TO SOMEONE WITH THE SAME NAME. 331 pages. Foreword by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. What would Jane Austen say about the online matrimonial scene that the second generation British South Asians are currently coming to terms with. 51. Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: 010229

Catalogue: Miscellany

Mots-clés: Internet Dating, British South Asians 9780955521416

SALT-WATER ANGLING

Kennedy, Michael

London, Hutchinson. 1956, First. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with light bumping to corner tips. Internally the front hinge is cracked else very clean and unmarked. 376 pages. 132 illustrations. Line drawings by the author; photographs by the author, his wife and others. A comprehensive workon salt-water anglig. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 011270

Catalogue: Miscellany

Mots-clés: Fishing

BRAYFIELD, CELIA

Glitter - the Truth About Fame

London, Chatto and Windus / Hogarth Press. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0701127899). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to front endpaper with dedication (but no name) 'For one of the best and brightest' followed by a drawing of a star. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy (Fine apart from light rubbing to front top edge) with dustjacket which is not price clipped. The book explores what it is like to be famous - winning an Oscar, making more money than you can imagine, becoming an Olympic champion, having your picture on the cover of Time magazine. The author has asked a galaxy of stars what fame means to them, and their views throw insight into their lives beneath the hype and the stardust. Illustrated with photographs. 16. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: 007765

Catalogue: Miscellany

Mots-clés: Cult of Celebrity, Fame, Mick Jagger, Joan Collins, Pete Townshend, Dudley Moore, Robert Redford, Princess Caroline, Margaux Hemingway 0701127899

BRINDLEY, LOUISE

They Must Have Seen Me Coming

London, Cassell. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0304300632). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ copy with a small light mark to the top of one page. Dustjacket is VG+ and is not price clipped. The author's account of how she transformed 'The Hollies', an old people's home in the seaside town of Eastmarch, from a soulless institution into a real home, coping compassionately with the eccentricities of the inhabitants, and her gift of seeing the funny side of unbearable situations provides an entertaining and touching read. NOT EX LIB C3A. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 005446

Catalogue: Miscellany

Mots-clés: Social Care, Eastmarch-on-Sea 0304300632

BROOK, STEPHEN

Winner Takes All - a Season in Israel

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0241126355). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. First edition, First printing. An incisive portrait of a deeply complex and divided society in which the author lays bare the contradictions that make Israel problematic and so fascinating. A nation in a constant state of military alert, increasingly influenced by ultra Orthodox forcesand the founding fathers, once European, now outnumbered by Oriental jews. 2. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 002448

Catalogue: Miscellany

Mots-clés: 0241126355