J.R. Ackerley
J.R. Ackerley's German shepherd Tulip was skittish, possessive, and wild, but he loved her deeply. This clear-eyed and wondering, humorous and moving book, described by Christopher Isherwood as one of the "greatest masterpieces of animal ... [... more]
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Isherwood on Writing: The Lectures in California
 Author: Christopher Isherwood Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912 EAN: 9780816646937 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0816646937 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: 2007-12-28 [... more]
CDN$27.04
Amazon CA |
Palimpsest A Memoir
From Amazon.com: A candid memoir of Vidal's first 40 years of life. His famous skills as a raconteur, his forthrightness, and his wicked wit are brilliantly at work in these recollections of a difficult family, talented friends, and interesting enemies. [... more]
CDN$22.50
Amazon CA |
The Night Listener
From Amazon.com: Many years ago, when the first volume of Tales of the City was going to press, Christopher Isherwood compared its author's narrative gifts to those of Charles Dickens. This has proven to be the blurb of a lifetime, an ever-renewable [... more]
CDN$17.50
Amazon CA |
The Song of God Bhagavad Gita
Beautiful Interpretation: This is not a translation of the Gita as much as an intepretation. Scholars will find much to irritate them here as direct translation was not Isherwood's aim, but rather an interpretation of the text in such a way that was best [... more]
CDN$11.41
Amazon CA |
Frankenstein: The True Story
Not the true story, but a GREAT story!: First off, let's correct the usual misapprehension about this film: it is NOT a faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel. In fact, it is far, far from it. (Don't critics ever actually READ any of the books that [... more]
CDN$20.82
Amazon CA |
The World of Goods: Towards an Anthropology of Consumption
An excellent discussion of consumption and culture.: Written in 1979 and revised recently in 1996, Douglas and Isherwood's classic breaks through our own love/hate relationship with consumption and the biased interpretations of history and the present to [... more]
CDN$46.83
Amazon CA |
Some Dance to Remember: A Memoir-Novel of San Francisco ...
Wonderful Pair in Poker Hand: 2 Queens: Andrew Holleran's Dancer from the Dance and Jack Fritscher's Some Dance to Remember. Two wonderful novels that read more real than fiction. Take a tour of 18th & Castro, Folsom south of Market: I provide gay [... more]
CDN$34.95
Amazon CA |
Isherwood
Author: Peter Parker Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 920 EAN: 9780330328265 Edition: 0 ISBN: 0330328263 Number Of Pages: 356 Publication Date: 2005-06-05 [... more]
CDN$32.95
Amazon CA |
Herbal Magick
Wonderful book and well put together: Im not a huge fan of Gerina Dunwich, however, this book is truly wonderful and very well put together book. A lot of good facts on herbs and a lot of very well interesting folklore. Ms. Dunwich has put together a [... more]
CDN$23.95
Amazon CA |
100 Years Of Vintage Farm Tractors: A Century of Tractor ...
An anthology of truly engaging and nostalgic stories: 100 Years Of Vintage Farm Tractors is an anthology of truly engaging and nostalgic stories dedicated to the tractor farming of yesteryear. Included are pieces by Justin Isherwood (horse vs. tractor [... more]
CDN$21.95
Amazon CA |
The Loved One
From Amazon.com: In olden days, as Cole Porter famously observed, a mere glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. So it's heartening to report that this 1965 black comedy still delivers on its billing as "the motion picture with [... more]
CDN$20.82
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