Results for: books tagged ‘Faber Finds’
Not Love Perhaps: A. S. J. Tessimond
This selection of just over sixty poems made by his friend and literary executor, Hubert Nicholson, contains the best of A. S. J. Tessimond. More
A High-Pitched Buzz: Roger Longrigg
Henry Fenwick's life is complicated. By day he works in advertising, throwing some (but not all) of his morals to the wind as he attempts success in the tangled, competitive ... More
Recollection of a Journey: R. C. Hutchinson
Poland, 1939. It is the Russian occupation, not the German invasion, which destroys the aristocratic Kolbeck family. In 1940, they and hundreds of thousands of Poles are driven like cattle ... More
Mr Fitton's Prize: Showell Styles
First published in 1993 Mr Fitton’s Prize follows the adventures of sailor Michael Fitton.When Michael Fitton joins the HMS Fortitude as master’s mate all he wants is a chance to ... More
Europe from Napoleon to the Second International: A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor could never be dull, least of all in the essay. The medium was perfect for his qualities. In expression he displayed elegant brevity; in argument paradox; ... More
British Architects and Craftsmen: Sacheverell Sitwell
‘The genius of English architecture is the glory of England, second only to the printed word.’ Thus Sacheverell Sitwell (younger brother of Edith and Osbert Sitwell) concludes British Architects and ... More
From Mouths of Men: George Ewart Evans
From Mouths of Men (Faber, 1976) is the culmination of George Ewart Evans’s studies in oral history. It rounds off and complements the author’s previous book, The Days That We ... More
The Farm and the Village: George Ewart Evans
In a sense all history begins in the soil; and we cannot understand the development of our own home county or region unless we know something of the story of ... More
The Days that We Have Seen: George Ewart Evans
George Ewart Evans’s pioneer work in oral history has been widely acclaimed; the importance of this source of historical knowledge has long been recognized both in this country and the ... More
The Pattern Under the Plough: George Ewart Evans
Following his two classics, Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay and The Horse in the Furrow, renowned oral historian George Ewart Evans continues his study of the vanishing customs, ... More
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