Silver and Gold: The Autobiography of Norman Hartnell (Hartnell Norman)(Paperback)

Silver and Gold: The Autobiography of Norman Hartnell (Hartnell Norman)(Paperback)

Sir Norman Hartnell (1901-1979) was the star of London couture during the interwar years, gaining international fame as dressmaker to the British royal family. His autobiography, first published in 1955, tells the story of the creation of his couture house in 1923, his formal appointment as

Who's There - The Biography of William Hartnell (Carney Jessica)(Paperback / softback)

Mister Good Times (Jay Norman)(Paperback)

THE LIFE STORY OF THE LEGENDARY BRITISH DJ, NORMAN JAY MBE 'Full of the heart and spirit Norman Jay brings to his music, but it also offers a salutary account of growing up as part of the Windrush generation in London's Notting Hill, the violence and racism he faced, and his success' Observer

Jackdaw Cake: An Autobiography (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

Norman Lewis recounts the first half of his adventurous life with his dry, infectious, laconic wit. He takes us on a journey that transforms a stammering schoolboy into a worldly-wise multilingual sergeant in the Intelligence Corps, on the point of becoming a legendary travel writer. Covers his

My Turn: An Autobiography (Wisdom Norman)(Mass Market Paperbound)

Norman Wisdom, in his cloth cap and ill-fitting suit, is the living embodiment of the little man battling against the forces of authority and pomposity. His career in comedy has been the fulfilment of what Charlie Chaplin predicted - that Norman Wisdom would be the man to take his mantle. This work

Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest (Henty G. A.)(Paperback)

Return to the days of the Norman invasion of England and fight alongside a nobleman serving the last of England's Anglo-Saxon monarchs. Wulf of Steyning, a Saxon thane loyal to King Harold Godwinson, boldly captures a castle in the Welsh wars, risks his life to rescue his shipwrecked sovereign, and

The Poems of Norman MacCaig (MacCaig Norman)(Paperback)

By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book is the third edition of 'MacCaig's Collected Poems' and is edited by his son Ewen. With 778 poems, 100 of them previously

The Design of Future Things (Norman Don)(Paperback)

Donald A. Norman, a popular design consultant to car manufacturers, computer companies, and other industrial and design outfits, has seen the future and is worried. In this long-awaited follow-up to The Design of Everyday Things, he points out what's going wrong with the wave of products just

Morvern: A Highland Parish (MacLeod Norman)(Paperback)

A reissue of Norman MacLeod's nineteenth-century bestseller - but with a difference. The names and places which the author attemptedto conceal, because of the political correctness of the time, are

Voices of the Old Sea (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

After World War II, Norman Lewis returned to Spain and settled in the remote fishing village of Farol, on what is now Costa Brava. Voices of the Old Sea describes his three successive summers in that almost medieval community where life revolved around the seasonal sardine catches, Alcade's bar,

Power Of Positive Thinking (Peale Dr. Norman Vincent)(Paperback / softback)

The phenomenal and inspiring bestseller by the father of positive thinking. THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING is a practical, direct-action application of spiritual techniques to overcome defeat and win confidence, success and joy. Norman Vincent Peale, the father of positive thinking and one of the

The Many Days: Selected Poems of Norman MacCaig (MacCaig Norman)(Paperback)

One the centenary of his birth one hundred of Norman MacCaig's best poems are brought together, edited by Roderick Watson. MacCaig's fresh eye saw remarkable newness even in the everyday so each poem, although grouped in related subjects, is a tiny revelation, a new look at an old friend

CAE Gold Plus Teacher's Resource Book (Whitby Norman)(Paperback / softback)

Gold Plus is the updated edition of Gold, the trusted exam preparation course for adult and young adult learners. CAE Gold Plus corresponds to level C1 of the Common European

Norman the Snail - and The Climb (Henderson Simon)(Paperback / softback)

The first story to be released in the NORMAN THE SNAIL series describes the efforts of this determined little creature to reach the

The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering (Finkelstein Norman G.)(Paperback)

In his iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to a disturbing examination of recent Holocaust compensation settlements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's

The Helicopter Pilot's Manual, Volume 2: Powerplants, Instruments and Hydraulics (Bailey Norman)(Paperback)

This second volume of the Helicopter Pilot's Manual provides a natural follow-on to Norman Bailey's first manual. It also aims to instruct and help the would-be pilot to pass the PPL(H) and is concerned with the mechanical aspects of the

The Napoleonic Prison of Norman Cross (Chamberlain Paul)(Paperback)

Norman Cross was the site of the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of- war camp constructed during the Napoleonic Wars. Opened in 1797, it was more than just a prison: it was a town in itself, with houses, offices, butchers, bakers, a hospital, a school, a market and a banking system. It was an

1066: A New History of the Norman Conquest (Rex Peter)(Paperback)

A radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066. The Norman Conquest is the single most important event in English history. On this invasion and 'regime change' pivoted the second millennium of English history. This is well recognised, what is not is

The Castle in the Forest (Mailer Norman)(Paperback)

The final work of fiction from Norman Mailer, a defining voice of the postwar era, is also one of his most ambitious, taking as its subject the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man in possession of extraordinary secrets, follows Adolf from birth through adolescence and offers

Miami and the Siege of Chicago - An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968 (Mailer Norman)(Paperback / softback)

Europe - A History (Davies Norman)(Paperback / softback)

Europe - and the question of whether to stay in or leave - has dominated British politics for the last three years. Discover the most ambitious history of the continent ever undertaken. 'Any European or world citizen should read this... History that illuminates the present day' Big

Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason (Poser Norman S.)(Paperback)

In the first modern biography of Lord Mansfield (1705-1793), Norman Poser details the turbulent political life of eighteenth-century Britain's most powerful judge, serving as chief justice for an unprecedented thirty-two years. His legal decisions launched England on the path to abolishing slavery

Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present (Davies Norman)(Paperback)

The image of Poland has once again been impressed on European consciousness. Norman Davies provides a key to understanding the modern Polish crisis in this lucid and authoritative description of the nation's history. Beginning with the period since 1945, he travels back in time to highlight the

Discrete Mathematics (Biggs Norman L.)(Paperback)

The long-awaited second edition of Norman Bigg's best-selling Discrete Mathematics, includes new chapters on statements and proof, logical framework, natural numbers, and the integers, in addition to updated chapters from the previous edition. Carefully structured, coherent and comprehensive, each