2008, ISBN: 9788172234836

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom:: Bloodaxe Books Ltd. Very Good 2000. Softcover. Tite white Very Good shiny library discard stamped eps & no title pg. Usually mails within 12 hou… Altro …

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom:: Bloodaxe Books Ltd. Very Good 2000. Softcover. Tite white Very Good shiny library discard stamped eps & no title pg. Usually mails within 12 hours. ; 0.50 x 8.44 x 5.40; 192 pages; April 12, 2000 Reviewer: Amanda Tompkins from Eau Claire, WI Stewart Conn is absolutely amazing. His imagery leaves the reader with a lingering feeling of connection with everything that is presented. Conn presents us with a clear picture of life in Scotland, & gives us a mental tour of the places he has been & the experiences he has had. His poems are incredible! Booklist Conn's self-selected retrospective is as impressive a presentation of this substantial poet as will probably ever be made. Conn sorts some 35 years' worth of poems into seven untitled groups. Common subject matters are family life, traveling (especially in Scotland, Conn's homeland) , & painting & the other plastic arts. Friendship & human sympathy inform & characterize virtually every poem: it is hard to imagine a more appealing poetic persona than Conn's. Particular subjects memorably include Conn's great uncle, a sturdy farmer & World War I veteran; Renoir's The Luncheon of the Boating Party, the real-life models for whose figures Conn deftly conjures in a suite of interior monologues; Soweto in 1984; & scenes from Conn's Ayrshire childhood. Conn's elder colleague, the late Iain Crichton Smith, observed the "ghosts of rhymes" in Conn's poems. In tandem with the rhythms, though not scansions, of the stanzas (quatrains, sestets, etc. ) Conn habitually uses, those ghosts suggest Conn's winningly wise attitude toward the world: that it is beautiful & precious, but also rather frail, held together for humanity by acts of love. Ray Olson From Kirkus Reviews Thematically grouped poemssome new, others from the eight books published by Scottish poet Conn between 1967 & 1995 that make for satisfying reading. A lyric interest in nature, travel, & fine arts predominates here, narrated in a strong voice refreshingly sure of itself & its perceptionseven in the childhood meditations on Ayrshire farm life (I once came across a pack of stoats in the sunlight, / their eyes like jewels, the tips of their tails black / . . . . / Knowing what I do now, I wouldnt have stood there / watching, imagining them such dainty playthings) . At their most engaging, these poems present an interesting permutation of style: highly romantic, almost Burnsian, they stand in the tradition of the bards but are firmly grounded nevertheless in the realities of 20th-century life. In Marriage a Mountain Ridge, for example, Conn concludes that Later, victims of Time & Loss, / we will return & gaze there / and marvel at such heights / conquered, such blazing air. In Recovery the poet glimpses the intellects finery / and pulsing beneath, / those massive forces, / endurance and love. Much of the drama of Conns work consists in reportage (from what the models thought in posing for Renoirs The Luncheon of the Boating Party to scenes of travel in Europe & South Africa) that offers a vivid & rhythmic version of daily life. The poems in the last section tend to flatten out & grow closer to prose. Overall, however, these are the poems of a companionable, educated man whose world-vision is well worth sharing. -- © 2000 ., Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 2000, 3, HarperCollins Publishers India, 2008. Softcover. New. Commander Robert Bellamy of US Naval Intelligence is dispatched on a top secret mission. A weather balloon carrying sensitive military information has crashed in Switzerland. Bellamy must locate the ten witnesses to the incident so that they can be sworn to secrecy. But as he conducts his search Bellamy begins to suspect that he, too, is being hunted, by an unknown lethal force… that what he was told about the balloon was only one part of an almost unbelievable happening.. From Washington to Zurich, Rome and Paris, the story unfolds to reveal Bellamy`s past – why the women he loves the most cannot return his love, why his friends become his deadly enemies, and why the world must never learn the incredible secret hidden on the Swiss Alps… Printed Pages: 448., HarperCollins Publishers India, 2008, 6<

2014, ISBN: 9788172234836

Istanbul: EDAM, 2014 . Soft Cover. New. Paperback. 20,00 / 27,00 cm. In English. 24 p., EDAM, 2014, 6, Melbourne University Press, Australia, 2006. Softcover. Very Good Condition. … Altro …

Istanbul: EDAM, 2014 . Soft Cover. New. Paperback. 20,00 / 27,00 cm. In English. 24 p., EDAM, 2014, 6, Melbourne University Press, Australia, 2006. Softcover. Very Good Condition. This memoir by a leading Australian playwright casts a shrewd eye over Australian culture and politics. Michael Gurr has written, directed and acted. He's also been a political activist, for causes such as asylum seekers in Australia. He's worked with the Australian Labor Party as a speech writer. He has won a number of awards, including four state Literary Awards for Drama. The diary meshes the personal with the political-from the Dismissal in 1975, through the rise of economic rationalism, net culture, and globalisation to the transformed Australia of 2006. As a playwright and activist, Michael Gurr has been a close observer of Australian politics and culture for more than twenty years. Days Like These is his personal account of a writer's evolution against the backdrop of a changing nation- a clear-eyed, often darkly humorous riff on how the times have come to be out of joint. Michael Gurr is the recipient of four State Literary Awards for Drama in NSW and Victoria. His work has been produced Australia-wide and in the UK and the USA. He was speechwriter for Steve Bracks in the campaign that returned the ALP to power in Victoria in 1999. 285 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Autobiography::Memoir; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780522852820. Inventory No: 243945.. 9780522852820, Melbourne University Press, 2006, 3, HarperCollins Publishers India, 2008. Softcover. New. Commander Robert Bellamy of US Naval Intelligence is dispatched on a top secret mission. A weather balloon carrying sensitive military information has crashed in Switzerland. Bellamy must locate the ten witnesses to the incident so that they can be sworn to secrecy. But as he conducts his search Bellamy begins to suspect that he, too, is being hunted, by an unknown lethal force… that what he was told about the balloon was only one part of an almost unbelievable happening.. From Washington to Zurich, Rome and Paris, the story unfolds to reveal Bellamy`s past – why the women he loves the most cannot return his love, why his friends become his deadly enemies, and why the world must never learn the incredible secret hidden on the Swiss Alps… Printed Pages: 448., HarperCollins Publishers India, 2008, 6<

2014, ISBN: 9788172234836

Istanbul: EDAM, 2014 . Soft Cover. New. Paperback. 20,00 / 27,00 cm. In English. 24 p., EDAM, 2014, 6, HarperCollins Publishers India, 2008. Softcover. New. Commander Robert Bellamy o… Altro …

Istanbul: EDAM, 2014 . Soft Cover. New. Paperback. 20,00 / 27,00 cm. In English. 24 p., EDAM, 2014, 6, HarperCollins Publishers India, 2008. Softcover. New. Commander Robert Bellamy of US Naval Intelligence is dispatched on a top secret mission. A weather balloon carrying sensitive military information has crashed in Switzerland. Bellamy must locate the ten witnesses to the incident so that they can be sworn to secrecy. But as he conducts his search Bellamy begins to suspect that he, too, is being hunted, by an unknown lethal force… that what he was told about the balloon was only one part of an almost unbelievable happening.. From Washington to Zurich, Rome and Paris, the story unfolds to reveal Bellamy`s past – why the women he loves the most cannot return his love, why his friends become his deadly enemies, and why the world must never learn the incredible secret hidden on the Swiss Alps… Printed Pages: 448., HarperCollins Publishers India, 2008, 6<

2008, ISBN: 9788172234836

HarperCollins Publishers India, 2008. Softcover. New. Commander Robert Bellamy of US Naval Intelligence is dispatched on a top secret mission. A weather balloon carrying sensitive milit… Altro …

HarperCollins Publishers India, 2008. Softcover. New. Commander Robert Bellamy of US Naval Intelligence is dispatched on a top secret mission. A weather balloon carrying sensitive military information has crashed in Switzerland. Bellamy must locate the ten witnesses to the incident so that they can be sworn to secrecy. But as he conducts his search Bellamy begins to suspect that he, too, is being hunted, by an unknown lethal force… that what he was told about the balloon was only one part of an almost unbelievable happening.. From Washington to Zurich, Rome and Paris, the story unfolds to reveal Bellamy`s past – why the women he loves the most cannot return his love, why his friends become his deadly enemies, and why the world must never learn the incredible secret hidden on the Swiss Alps… Printed Pages: 448., HarperCollins Publishers India, 2008, 6<

ISBN: 9788172234836

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