Rethinking Language, Mind, and Meaning, Soames Scott
Автор: Cowan Justine Название: The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames ISBN: 0349013195 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349013190 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1168.00 р. 1668.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: A gripping memoir and revelatory investigation into the history of the Foundling Hospital and one girl who grew up in its care - the author`s own mother.
Описание: At ninety years old, the author is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. This title follows her early life from an idyllic childhood in her own `Garden of Eden` at Chartwell to her ATS service in mixed anti-aircraft batteries during the war. It offers a glimpse into her personal diary.
Автор: Soames, Mary Название: Clementine Churchill ISBN: 0385607415 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385607414 Издательство: Random House Рейтинг: Цена: 3432.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Clementine, Lady Spencer-Churchill died in 1977, aged 92. In this updated biography, her daughter, Mary Soames, throws new light on her mother, her 57-year marriage to Winston, her strongly held political views and a life that spans many of the major events of the 20th century.
Автор: Mary Soames Название: A daughter`s tale ISBN: 0385604483 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385604482 Издательство: Transworld Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 3300.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this charming and intimate memoir, Winston Churchill's youngest daughter shares stories from her remarkable life--and tells of the unbreakable bond she forged with her father through some of the most tumultuous years in British history. Now approaching her ninetieth birthday, Mary Soames is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. Through a combination of personal reminiscences and never-before-published diary entries, she describes what it was like growing up as the scion of one of the lions of twentieth-century statecraft. Warm memories of a childhood spent roaming the grounds of the family's country estate, tending to a small menagerie of pets, evoke the idyllic mood of England between the wars. As she matures into one of her father's most trusted companions, we are given rare glimpses inside the glittering social milieu through which the Churchills moved--as well as the rough-and-tumble world of British politics. With fly-on-the-wall immediacy, Mary describes the momentous debate in Parliament where Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was driven from office, paving the way for Winston Churchill's ascension and the grueling crucible of World War II. During the war Mary served as a gunner in the women's auxiliary, helping to shoot down the German V-1 rockets then bedeviling London. Styling herself as Private M. Churchill to avoid publicity, she led a unique double life that comes vividly alive again in the retelling. Splitting her time between luncheons at Chequers--where she spent time with the likes of Lord Mountbatten--and the turret of an anti-aircraft battery, she was never far from the center of the action. Hitler even reportedly hatched a plan, never consummated, to hire spies to seduce her in order to gain access to secret British war plans. She attended the Potsdam Conference as her father's aide-de-camp, arranging a memorable dinner with Harry Truman and Josef Stalin (whom she acidly remembers as "small, dapper, and rather twinkly"). And when British voters overwhelmingly turned on Churchill in the 1945 election, it is left to Mary to recount the pain and devastation her father could never publicly express. The mutual love and affection between Mary Soames and her parents pours forth from every page of this elegantly written memoir. "A Daughter's Tale" is both a moving personal history and a source of untold insight into one of the enduring icons of British national life.
Автор: Cowan, Justine Название: The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames ISBN: 0349013179 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349013176 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Reminded by the Instruments offers an in-depth look at the work of post-war avant-garde pianist and composer David Tudor. Examining not only Tudor`s pioneering work as a composer-performer but also his homemade modular instruments that radically altered electronic music, author You Nakai illuminates our understanding of the means of sound production in experimental music.
Автор: S. M. Kemmett, Kemmett Название: Hemlock soames and the waterhorse ISBN: 0648650006 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780648650003 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1187.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Hermia Barrington is not content with keeping house or hosting endless tea parties. She`s determined to join her husband`s expedition in search of the legendary Waterhorse. It`s time for Hemlock Soames, Hemmy`s childhood alter ego, to return!But is Society ready for Hemlock Soames?
