Down There on a Visit (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Down There on a Visit (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Four portraits, four settings, four narrators, all known as 'Christopher Isherwood'. Often regarded as the best of his novels, Down There on a Visit tells the vivid stories of Isherwood's life that, together with The Berlin Novels, were to have comprised his great unfinished epic

Christopher Isherwood Diaries Volume 1 (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

In 1939, Christopher Isherwood and W H Auden emigrated together to the United States. This title describes Isherwood's search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, his pacifism during World War II and his friendships with such gifted artists and intellectuals as

Christopher and His Kind (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

In November 1929, Christopher Isherwood - determined to become a 'permanent foreigner' - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin. With incredible candour and wit, Isherwood recalls the decadence of Berlin's night scene and his route to sexual

Berlin Novels (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Christopher Isherwood gives fascinating insight into pre-war Berlin. MR NORRIS CHANGES TRAINSThe first of Christopher Isherwood's classic 'Berlin' novels, this portrays the encounter and growing friendship between young William Bradshaw and the urbane and mildly sinister Mr

My Guru and His Disciple (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SIMON CALLOWIn 1939, as Europe approaches war, Isherwood, an instinctive pacifist, travels west to California, seeking a new set of beliefs to replace the failed Leftism of the

Meeting by the River (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Breaking a long silence Oliver, a young Englishman, writes to his elder brother,

Single Man (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

In this brilliantly perceptive novel, a middle aged professor living in California is alienated from his students by differences in age and nationality, and from the rest of society by his homosexuality. Isherwood explores the depths of the human soul and its ability to triumph over loneliness,

Single Man (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Isherwood's short, poignant novel is a tender and wistful love story Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover,

Lions and Shadows (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JAMES FENTONSubtitled 'An education in the twenties', this work blends autobiography and fiction to describe the inner life of a writer evolving from precocious public school boy to Cambridge drop-out at large in London's

Mr Norris Changes Trains (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

After a chance encounter on a train the English teacher William Bradshaw starts a close friendship with the mildly sinister Arthur Norris. Norris is a man of contradictions; First published in 1933 Mr Norris Changes Trains piquantly evokes the atmosphere of Berlin during the rise of the

Prater Violet (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Prater Violet resembles episodes in Goodbye to Berlin and keeps up the same high level of excellence' - Edmund WilsonAn impatient phone call from the temperamental Austrian director, Friedrich Bergmann, introduces a young Christopher Isherwood to the film

Memorial (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

The First World War is over. Tall, bony and awkward he finds himself torn between a desire to emulate his heroic father, who led a life of quiet sacrifice, and resentment toward his father's roguish friend Edward Blake, who survived the war only to throw himself into gay life in

Goodbye To Berlin (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Set in the 1930s, Goodbye to Berlin evokes the glamour and sleaze, excess and repression of Berlin society. Isherwood shows the lives of people at threat from the rise of the Nazis: a wealthy Jewish heiress, Natalia Landauer, a gay couple, Peter and Otto, and an English upper-class waif, the

A Single Man (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback)

When Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man first appeared, it shocked many with its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in maturity. Isherwood's favorite of his own novels, it now stands as a classic lyric meditation on life as an outsider. Welcome to sunny suburban 1960s Southern

Condor and the Cows (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PICO IYERIn September 1947, long before mass tourism and with no knowledge of Spanish, Christopher Isherwood and William Caskey left for a six-month tour of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and

All the Conspirators (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

The scene is 1920s Kensington and Philip and Joan are testing the very limits of politeness and restraint as they fight to expunge the oppression of their mother - by whatever means

What's "Down There"? - A book about girl bodies for curious kids (Waldron Alex)(Paperback / softback)

The Berlin Stories (Isherwood Christopher)(Paperback)

First published in the 1930s, The Berlin Stories contains two astonishing related novels, The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin, which are recognized today as classics of modern fiction. Isherwood magnificently captures 1931 Berlin: charming, with its avenues and cafes; marvelously

Wipe-clean Travel Activities (Robson Kirsteen)(Paperback / softback)

Visit the beach, go on a camping trip, relax by the pool and zoom down ski slopes in this entertaining activity book. The activities are designed to help young children develop their counting, observation and pen control skills, and the durable pages can be wiped clean so the book can be enjoyed

Amber Maze (Bowden Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

While staying in a Dorset cottage, Hugh Mullion finds a mysterious key down the side of an antique chair. No one can say how long the key has been there or what it opens. Hugh's search for answers will unlock the secrets of the troubled life of a talented artist, destined to be hailed a neglected

When We Were Very Young (Milne A. A.)(Paperback / softback)

'They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice.'Curl up with A.A.Milne's classic book of poetry for children, When We Were Very Young. This is the first volume of rhymes written especially for children by Milne - as popular now as when they were first

Visit to Don Otavio (Bedford Sybille)(Paperback / softback)

Why Visit America (Baker Matthew)(Paperback / softback)

Granny Came to Visit (Husband Marion C.)(Paperback / softback)