wyszukanych pozycji: 44
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North Face of Soho: More Unreliable Memoirs
ISBN: 9780330481274 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Taking us from Fleet Street to Clive James on TV, from Russian department stores to Paris fashion shows via fatherhood, some killer bees, and a satire starring Anne Robinson as Mrs Thatcher, this book is the story of a life lived to the full.
Taking us from Fleet Street to Clive James on TV, from Russian department stores to Paris fashion shows via fatherhood, some killer bees, and a satire...
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56,31 |
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Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
ISBN: 9780393333541 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 912 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Finally in paperback after six hardcover printings, this international bestseller is an encyclopedic A-Z masterpiece the perfect introduction to the very core of Western humanism. Clive James rescues, or occasionally destroys, the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the twentieth century. Soaring to Montaigne-like heights, Cultural Amnesia is precisely the book to burnish these memories of a Western civilization that James fears is nearly lost."
Finally in paperback after six hardcover printings, this international bestseller is an encyclopedic A-Z masterpiece the perfect introduction to the v...
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76,25 |
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The Complete Unreliable Memoirs: Volume One
ISBN: 9781529090765 / Angielski / Book / 2022 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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75,62 |
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The Blaze of Obscurity: The TV Years
ISBN: 9780330457378 / Miękka / 2010 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) However you think of Clive James, & whatever you remember him for, 'The Blaze of Obscurity' is perhaps his most brilliant book yet. It tells the inside story of his years in television, shows Clive on top form both then and now, and proves that Clive has a definite way with words.
However you think of Clive James, & whatever you remember him for, 'The Blaze of Obscurity' is perhaps his most brilliant book yet. It tells the insid...
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50,40 |
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Reliable Essays : The Best of Clive James
ISBN: 9781447241041 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Introduced by Julian Barnes, Reliable Essays is the definitive choice of Clive James's essays, selected from thirty years of spellbinding prose.
Introduced by Julian Barnes, Reliable Essays is the definitive choice of Clive James's essays, selected from thirty years of spellbinding prose.
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76,81 |
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Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin
ISBN: 9781529028829 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) A love letter from one of the world's best living writers to one of its most cherished poets. Clive James is a life-long admirer of the work of Philip Larkin. Somewhere Becoming Rain gathers all of James's writing on this towering literary figure of the twentieth century, together with extra material now published for the first time. The greatness of Larkin's poetry continues to be obscured by the opprobrium attaching to his personal life and his private opinions. James writes about Larkin's poems, his novels, his jazz and literary criticism; he also considers the two major biographies,...
A love letter from one of the world's best living writers to one of its most cherished poets. Clive James is a life-long admirer of the work of Phi...
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Falling Towards England: More Unreliable Memoirs
ISBN: 9780330294379 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 'Unreliable Memoirs' part two: the story continues.
'Unreliable Memoirs' part two: the story continues.
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50,40 |
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May Week Was In June: More Unreliable Memoirs
ISBN: 9780330315227 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Clive goes to Pembroke College, Cambridge to study. Here he joined the Footlights review, participated in film reviewing, wrote poetry and fell in love on several occasions. The book also details his period as a literary editor of Granta, the articles he wrote for The New Statesman and the period when he took Footlights to the Edinburgh Fringe. Then during May week, which was not only in June but was two weeks long, he married. This book follows Unreliable Memoirs and Falling Towards England. Clive James has published two novels, Brilliant Creatures and The Remake, four books of literary...
Clive goes to Pembroke College, Cambridge to study. Here he joined the Footlights review, participated in film reviewing, wrote poetry and fell in lov...
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51,19 |
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Play All: A Bingewatcher's Notebook
ISBN: 9780300229707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) A world-renowned media and cultural critic offers an insightful analysis of serial TV drama and the modern art of the small screen
Television and TV viewing are not what they once were--and that's a good thing, according to award-winning author and critic Clive James. Since serving as television columnist for the London Observer from 1972 to 1982, James has witnessed a radical change in content, format, and programming, and in the very manner in which TV is watched. Here he examines this unique cultural revolution, providing a brilliant, eminently entertaining... A world-renowned media and cultural critic offers an insightful analysis of serial TV drama and the modern art of the small screen
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51,19 |
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The Revolt of the Pendulum : Essays 2005-2008
ISBN: 9780330457392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This collection of essays shows James at his most dazzling and versatile. From the rules of grammar to the fundamentals of religion, from the culture of fandom to the cult of the critic, it's all there: his customary wit, learning and understanding.
This collection of essays shows James at his most dazzling and versatile. From the rules of grammar to the fundamentals of religion, from the culture ...
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Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin
ISBN: 9781529028850 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Renowned critic, bestselling author and award-winning poet Clive James offers an exploration and celebration of one of his favourite writers, Philip Larkin.
Renowned critic, bestselling author and award-winning poet Clive James offers an exploration and celebration of one of his favourite writers, Philip L...
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51,19 |
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Gate of Lilacs: A Verse Commentary on Proust
ISBN: 9781509812356 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Filled with Clive James's typical wit, warmth, erudition and enthusiasm, this is a brilliant and original tribute to one of his great literary loves, Marcel Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu.
Filled with Clive James's typical wit, warmth, erudition and enthusiasm, this is a brilliant and original tribute to one of his great literary loves, ...
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100,88 |
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Sentenced to Life
ISBN: 9781447284055 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Sentenced to Life was critically acclaimed on publication and went on to be the bestselling original poetry collection in the UK in 2015.
Sentenced to Life was critically acclaimed on publication and went on to be the bestselling original poetry collection in the UK in 2015.
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55,44 |
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Always Unreliable: Memoirs
ISBN: 9780330418812 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) All three volume of Clive James's sharp and funny autiobiography where first we meet the young Clive James - dressed in shorts and growing up in post-war Sydney. With Falling Towards England, we find Clive living in a Swiss Cottage B&B, where he practises the Twist, anticipates poetical masterpieces he's yet to compose, and worries about his wardrobe. Finally May Week was in June sees Clive at Cambridge University, where he enthusiastically involves himself in college life (generally female lives) until May week - not only in June but also a fortnight long - when he gets married. The rest is...
All three volume of Clive James's sharp and funny autiobiography where first we meet the young Clive James - dressed in shorts and growing up in post-...
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97,30 |
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Sentenced to Life: Poems
ISBN: 9781631491726 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In this new collection of "technically and emotionally heart-stopping poems" (Spectator) including "Japanese Maple," which was published in The New Yorker to great acclaim Clive James looks back over an extraordinarily rich life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty. There are regrets but no trace of self-pity in these verses, which for all their grappling with death and his current illness are primarily a celebration of what is treasurable and memorable in our time here. Again and again, James reminds us that he is not only a poet of effortless wit and lyric... In this new collection of "technically and emotionally heart-stopping poems" (Spectator) including "Japanese Maple," which was published i... |
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The River in the Sky: A Poem
ISBN: 9781631494734 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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107,55 |
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A Point of View
ISBN: 9780330534390 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The BBC Radio 4 series, 'A Point of View', has been on the air since 2007. Of all the presenters, Clive James was a clear favourite, and now, for the first time, his original pieces - 60 in total - and all new postscripts are collected together in one volume.
The BBC Radio 4 series, 'A Point of View', has been on the air since 2007. Of all the presenters, Clive James was a clear favourite, and now, for the ...
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56,31 |
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Opal Sunset: Selected Poems, 1958-2008
ISBN: 9780393067071 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) With this coruscating work, James, swimming through cultural debris both high and low, dispenses with his reputation as a perennial court jester, establishing himself as a poet of enduring power and resonance.
from "Angels Over Elsinore" How many angels knew who Hamlet was When they were summoned by Horatio? They probably showed up only because The roster said it was their turn to go. Another day, another Dane. Too bad, But while they sang their well-rehearsed lament They noticed... With this coruscating work, James, swimming through cultural debris both high and low, dispenses with his reputation as a perennial court jester, esta...
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Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time
ISBN: 9781529077346 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 912 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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85,71 |
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Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language
ISBN: 9781631491429 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Clive James is one of our finest critics and best-beloved cultural voices. He is also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him, poetry has been nothing less than the occupation of his lifetime, and in this book he presents a distillation of all he s learned about the art form that matters to him most. With his customary wit, delightfully lucid prose style and wide-ranging knowledge, Clive James explains the difference between the innocuous stuff so prevalent today and a real poem: the latter... Clive James is one of our finest critics and best-beloved cultural voices. He is also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the my... |
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