2015, ISBN: 9781840021332

Paperback / softback. New. While working on his doctorate degree, Sam Abbott invents two serums: one to prevent contagious diseases; the other to block the harmful effects of air polluti… Más…

Paperback / softback. New. While working on his doctorate degree, Sam Abbott invents two serums: one to prevent contagious diseases; the other to block the harmful effects of air pollution to lungs and bronchial tubes. He tries to get US drug companies to take an interest in his inventions, but they all sneer at him and turn him down. Buried in student loans, virtually penni, 6, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour,portrait,subject photographic upper wrap with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine.Unblemished,plain blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-ixpp+1-213pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list,author preface+introduction,21 chapters,and 8pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp118/119. The face can be dark with menace,the bullet head thrust aggressively - only to crack into the most knowing and disarming grin.It could be on stage or off. . . . Bob Hoskins has become one of the most successful stage,television and film actors in Britain. Nominated for an Oscar in 1987 for Mona Lisa,he is also increasingly successful in Hollywood.His latest film (then 1988),A Prayer for the Dying,in which he stars with Mickey Rourke,is likely to be a sensation.Hoskins' success owes little to classical good looks,lucky breaks or formal training.It is sheer,inspired talent and the personality of the man blended with the demands of each part.It is no coincidence that his most memorable roles have been demonic - whether in Guys and Dolls, The Duchess of Malfi, The Long Good Friday, Pennies from Heaven or Mona Lisa.But the quality of danger so often present in his work is mixed with honesty,grit and humour - all of which characterise the man as well as the actor.Hoskins' working class childhood in North London, sketchy education and early drifting left him with a lot of sheer savvy and surprising assurance.He got his first part by accident, whilst accompanying a friend to an audition and - with nothing to lose - his acting career was born.Ten years later,by the mid 1970's,he had become a star.As Karen Moline shows,in this meticulously researched biography,Hoskins is a man who generates fierce emotions.Friends are intensely loyal,but over the years he has collected a few adversaries too.Dozens of those who have known or worked with Hoskins spoke to Karen Moline and from these conversations a complex portrait emerges - one of a sublimely talented actor who is also at ease in the pub,a man who many women have found irresistible and who men like to admire too,and one whose toughness is as legendary as his charisma. Though the author has ghosted various show-biz books,this is her first full-scale biography. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.SIDGWICK & JACKSON,1988., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,author/subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black+red lettering,and author's black line cartoons to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny pin-prick type hole to rear dw/djs' vertical edge of dw/dj flap,towards approx the top 1/3rd.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xivpp+1-447pp [paginated] includes foreword by son,Stephen Lyttelton, R.I.P. by Humphrey Lyttelton,Pts 1-5 comprising 19 chapters,Diaries from 1974 to 1980 inclusive,2 further chapters,16pp contemporary autobiographical b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp210/11,subject's profuse b/w cartoons,illustrations, letter and diary extracts and song lyrics etc - except for those others where stated throughout the text and the book.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. A feast for all his many fans and admirers,this is the great Humphrey Lyttelton's last book,a sparkling autobiographical kaleidoscope of memories,anecdotes,and entertaining stories from his colourful life,from his childhood as the son of a famous Eton Housemaster,through to his role as the irrepressible chairman of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.Very much a Renaissance man - musician,writer,cartoonist,calligrapher and broadcaster - Humph was descended from a long line of land-owning, political,literary,clerical,scholastic and literary forebears.One of his more notorious relatives was executed for his part in the Gun Powder Plot! 'Last Chorus' draws on some of Humph's long-lost autobiographical writings,as well a wealth of other material, including his never-before- seen private diaries,plus cartoons and photos from the family album. Whether sneaking off when a child to buy his first trumpet,or wading ashore in Italy during World War II with a rifle in one hand and a trumpet in the other, or playing alongside such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington,Humph was very much his own man,and he comes vividly to life in this engaging and witty self-portrait. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxytonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.JR BOOKS LIMITED,2008., 5, Oberon Books, 2000-04-01. Paperback. Used:Good., Oberon Books, 2000-04-01, 0<

2000, ISBN: 9781840021332

Übersetzer: Black, Penny, Oberon Books, Taschenbuch, 300 Seiten, Publiziert: 2000-04-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.2 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4604201, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Büch… Más…

Übersetzer: Black, Penny, Oberon Books, Taschenbuch, 300 Seiten, Publiziert: 2000-04-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.2 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4604201, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Europäische Literatur, Regionen & Kulturkreise, Dramatik, Literatur & Fiktion, Freizeit, Haus & Garten, Lexika, Hand- & Jahrbücher, Schule & Lernen, Taschenbücher, Oberon Books, 2000<