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The Truth about Publishing
"It is by books that mind speaks to mind, by books the world's intelligence grows, books are the tree of knowledge." -C. Kegan Paul, a British nineteenth century publisher The Truth About Publishing (1926) by Sir Stanley Unwin is a classic about book publishing as a business and an art. Although written during early twentieth century, when publishing was quite different from now, it offers an insight in publishing at that time infused with Unwin's view that books are not mere commodities. In Unwin's words, his objective was not to teach publishing, but to give information to those outside the business, particularly to all devoted to literature, whether writers or readers. This book offers an engaging glimpse into publishing for students of history, publishers and others interested in the world of publishing.
Truth about a Publisher
Sir Stanley Unwin's best-known book was The Truth About Publishing. It was first published in 1926 and held sway as a sort of vade-mecum of the trade for decades afterwards. However as Sir Stanley admits in his preface to this book, inspired by Arnold Bennett's Truth About an Author, the book he first wanted to write was The Truth About a Publisher. In the end that had to wait, not being finally published until 1960. As the title suggests this is the autobiographical companion to the earlier work. It is a full and successful story: from the creation of George Allen and Unwin ('my life work' as Sir Stanley describes it) to his crucial work for the Publishers Association, the International Publishers Association and the British Council. The book is full of fascinating stories of authors, publishers and books in the first half of the twentieth-century.
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Absent Without Leave
'Absent Without Leave' follows three wide-eyed 21-year-olds from their enlistment at the Sydney showground in 1940 to disembarking in the Middle East before being plunged into jungle warfare in the Asia Pacific. Private Stanley Livingston and his two best mates, Roy Lonsdale and Gordon Oxman, would by the end of the war be brothers-in-law as well as brothers in arms. Over the course of the war, these three young men would be court-martialled four times for abandoning their training units. They were not cowards, running from responsibility, rather they were deeply committed family men who ran to the service of their families.
The Rise of Merchant Banking
This is the first serious history of merchant banking, based on the archives of the leading houses and the records of their activities throughout the world. It combines scholarly insight with readability, and offers a totally new assessment of the origins of one of the most dynamic sectors of the City of London money market, of the British economy as a whole and of a major aspect of the growth of international business. Dr Chapman has researched new material from the archives of Rothschilds, Barings, Kleinwort Benson and other leading houses together with a wide range of archives and published work in Europe, America and South Africa to trace the roots of British enterprise in financing international trade, exporting capital, floating companies, arbitrage, and other activities of the merchant banks. While mindful of the subtleties of international financial connections, this book assumes no previous acquaintance with the jargon of banking, economics and sociology. It will therefore prove equally interesting to students of history, business and finance, and offers a 'good read' to anyone interested in the City of London and the international economy.
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Britische Buchverlage im Spannungsfeld von intellektueller Selbstandigkeit, wirtschaftlichem Interesse und patriotischer Verpflichtung im Vorfeld und wahrend des Zweiten Weltkriegs In Zeiten des Krieges gerat verlegerische Praxis unvermeidbar ins Spannungsfeld politischer, ideologischer und okonomischer Auseinandersetzungen. Die Studie zeigt am Beispiel des britischen Verlagsbuchhandels, in welcher Weise sich vor und wahrend des Zweiten Weltkriegs die Einstellungsmuster und Werteordnungen der Verleger gewandelt haben und in welch enger, oft problematischer Beziehung damals die Produktion von Buchern und Zeitschriften zu Staat und Gesellschaft stand. Indem neben der Rolle der Verleger auch Programmplanung und Publikationspraxis ausgewahlter Verlage genauen Analysen unterzogen werden, schliesst die Untersuchung eine Forschungslucke nicht nur der internationalen Verlagsgeschichtsschreibung, sondern auch der Geschichte Grossbritanniens im 20. Jahrhundert: Die Ergebnisse dokumentieren die besonderen Umstande, unter denen das Buch zum Medium des kollektiven Gedachtnisses einer Nation wird.
Holloway
In July 2005, Robert Macfarlane and Roger Deakin travelled to explore the holloways of South Dorset's sandstone. They found their way into a landscape of shadows, spectres and great strangeness. Six years later, after Deakin's early death, Macfarlane returned to the holloway with the artist Stanley Donwood and writer Dan Richards. This book is about those journeys and that landscape.
Castle of Dreams
Growing up together in a mysterious castle in northern Queensland, Rose and Vivien Blake are very close sisters. But during the Second World War their relationship becomes strained when they each fall in love with the same dashing but enigmatic American soldier. Rose's daughter, Linda, has long sensed a secret in her mother's past, but Rose has always resisted Linda's questions, preferring to focus on the present. Years later Rose's granddaughter, Stella, also becomes fascinated by the shroud of secrecy surrounding her grandmother's life. Intent on unravelling the truth, she visits the now-ruined castle where Rose and Vivien grew up to see if she can find out more. Captivating and compelling, Castle of Dreams is about love, secrets, lies - and the perils of delving into the past...
