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  • Bangkok
    Alec Waugh
    A fluent and affectionate portrait not only of the city of Bangkok, known to the Thais as ’the city of angels’, but also of the dynasty and culture that created it. Cutting through confusion and veiled mystery, Waugh unravels the plots, coups, wars, assassinations, invasions and counter-coups of two hundred years of history as if they were this evening’s gossip. This descriptio...
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    25,72 €

  • Myself When Young
    Alec Waugh
    'Myself When Young: Confessions' is Alec Waugh’s insightful and engaging memoir, offering a glimpse into his formative years and the dawn of his literary life in the 20th century. As an autobiography, this work provides a candid reflection on Waugh’s experiences, thoughts, and development as a writer.Through personal anecdotes and introspective essays, Waugh recounts the moment...
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    20,05 €

  • Myself When Young Confessions
    Alec Waugh
    Myself When Young: Confessions offers a reflective exploration of youth, capturing the author’s experience navigating the intricacies of adulthood, creativity, and societal expectations in early 20th-century London. Through introspection and personal narrative, the memoir touches on the complexity of friendships, the transient nature of social life, and the challenges faced by ...
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    13,82 €

  • Public School Life
    Alec Waugh
    Public School Life: Boys, Parents, Masters, est un livre classique et a été considéré comme important tout au long de l’histoire de l’humanité. Afin que ce livre ne soit jamais oublié, chez Alpha Editions, nous avons fait des efforts pour le préserver en le rééditant dans un format moderne pour les générations présentes et futures. Tout ce livre a été reformaté, retapé et conçu...
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    17,90 €

  • Public School Life
    Alec Waugh
    NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERSPublic School Life: Boys, Parents, MastersThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Refor...
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    12,41 €

  • The Prisoners of Mainz
    Alec Waugh
    The Prisoners of Mainz, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned c...
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    18,82 €

  • Ich selbst als Kind - Geständnisse
    Alec Waugh
    Dieses klassische Buch wurde ursprünglich vor Jahrzehnten unter dem Titel ''Myself When Young Confessions''. Es wurde jetzt von Writat für seine französischsprachigen Leser in die französische Sprache übersetzt. Bei Writat liegt uns die Bewahrung des literarischen Erbes der Vergangenheit am Herzen. Wir haben dieses Buch ins Französische übersetzt, damit heutige und zukünftige G...
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    18,13 €

  • Moi-même quand je suis jeune, confessions
    Alec Waugh
    Ce livre classique a été initialement publié il y a plusieurs décennies sous le titre ''Myself When Young Confessions''. Il a maintenant été traduit par Writat en langue française pour ses lecteurs francophones. Chez Writat, nous sommes passionnés par la préservation du patrimoine littéraire du passé. Nous avons traduit ce livre en français afin que les générations présentes et...
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    17,90 €

  • Myself When Young
    Alec Waugh
    Myself When Young: Confessions, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of s...
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    17,73 €

  • The Lonely Unicorn A Novel
    Alec Waugh
    'The Lonely Unicorn: A Novel' by Alec Waugh is a captivating tale that blends elements of fantasy and adventure with profound insights into the human condition. Set in a whimsical world where mythical creatures roam, Waugh’s novel follows the journey of a solitary unicorn in search of belonging and purpose. Through vivid prose and evocative storytelling, Waugh transports reader...
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    15,98 €

  • Roland Whately
    Alec Waugh
    Roland Whately: A Novel, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of sc...
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    27,34 €

  • The Loom of Youth
    Alec Waugh
    The Loom of Youth, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for both current and future generations. This complete book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not scans of the authors’ origi...
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    28,57 €

  • The Lonely Unicorn
    Alec Waugh
    The Lonely Unicorn: A Novel, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for both current and future generations. This complete book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not scans of the auth...
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    27,85 €

  • Roland Whately
    Alec Waugh
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    24,81 €

  • A Family of Islands
    Alec Waugh
    What Columbus started in 1492 was finished in 1898, when the red and gold flag was lowered at Havana to mark the end of four centuries of Spanish dominance in the Caribbean. For two and a half centuries after the Pope divided the world between Spain and Portugal, the navies of Britain, France, Spain and occasionally the Netherlands fought in the Caribbean. Most of the islands c...
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    23,88 €

  • Love in These Days
    Alec Waugh
    First published in 1926, this story explores love in these days, days past, and what is likely to come. ...
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    21,77 €

  • Guy Renton
    Alec Waugh
    Austria. February 1925. It was always to remain a special date for Guy Renton. There his chance meeting with the young and beautiful, but married, Mrs Renee Burton, precipitated the first crisis in his life. Hitherto he had been sure of himself temperamentally and emotionally: the 1914-18 war over, he had concentrated on his love of rugby, eventually being ’capped’ fo...
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    22,87 €

  • The Sugar Islands
    Alec Waugh
    Alec Waugh first saw the West Indies on a trip round the world in 1926 when his ship called in at Guadeloupe. Fifteen months later he returned for a long stay at Martinique; it was the beginning of a lifelong interest in these fascinating islands that were to provide him with the material for many books and articles. In The Sugar Islands, a book to be dipped into at leisure, Mr...
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    22,89 €

  • The Loom of Youth
    Alec Waugh
    This semi-autobiographical work tells the story of Gordon Caruthers’ schooldays at the English public school, Fenhurst. From his confusion and isolation, through rebellious school escapades and relationships with fellow students, Alec Waugh reveals his own deep criticism of a system forcing pupils to conform to flawed ideals, and the inevitable consequences of thrusting th...
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    21,80 €

  • Where the Clocks Chime Twice
    Alec Waugh
    Part sentimental journey revisiting old well-loved scenes of former travels, and part search for new, out-of-the-way lands, Alec Waugh’s travel book tells of a journey half-way round the world. But in new or old places, the author’s sense of romance and adventure, his gift of combining past and present, his ability to create a mood and tell a story provide continuousl...
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    21,88 €

  • My Brother Evelyn & Other Profiles
    Alec Waugh
    Author, publisher, traveller, cricketer, lover of wine: Alec Waugh has been all these in the course of a life which has brought him a host of friends around the world. He is a warm person who knows a good friend when he sees one and is revered by all those with whom there has been mutual acceptance. This book contains his memories of many famous writers and some figures no long...
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    21,82 €

  • Unclouded Summer
    Alec Waugh
    The bright summer sun faded into the shimmering Mediterranean as the young American painter began what was to be the five most perfect hours of his lifetime. It would be more than just an affair, a passionate encounter, and yet it would come to nothing. It would be a period of total enchantment that would remain to haunt him for the rest of his life, affecting his career, his c...
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    20,80 €

  • A Year to Remember
    Alec Waugh
    One of the Bright Young Things in that brilliant and stimulating era between the wars, Alec Waugh remembers 1931 as being a year of firsts. It was the year he attended his first garden party, the year he made his first transatlantic phone call, the year he became a member of the MCC. But it was also a year that marked the end of one epoch and the beginning of another, far less ...
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    19,79 €

  • Nor Many Waters
    Alec Waugh
    Nor Many Waters first appeared in 1928. This novel is typical Alec Waugh in its charm and grace, and its shrewd perception of human emotions and profound exploration of human relationships. ...
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    18,61 €

  • The Fatal Gift
    Alec Waugh
    If you enjoyed the powerful atmosphere of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby you may just have an inkling of the smoothly professional efficacy of Alec Waugh’s The Fatal Gift. His novel breathes the values and attitudes of the early decades of the 20th century. Raymond Peronne has wealth, is bright, is devastatingly attractive to women: his fatal gift. Second son of a baro...
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    21,74 €

  • ’Sir!’ She Said
    Alec Waugh
    "The man who asks a woman what she wants deserves all that’s coming to him!" This was Melanie’s viewpoint and she always knew exactly what she wanted. Julia was different. She worked in a dress shop and she was often disturbed about her younger sister’s morals. Both head strong, their differing character traits meant that their parents didn’t know what to ma...
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    18,54 €

  • The Mule on the Minaret
    Alec Waugh
    Based on the author’s own experience as an officer in the British Intelligence and packed with the most closely observed detail of the people, places and costumes of the Levant, The Mule on the Minaret is a long, colourful, fascinating story of wartime intelligence centred on Beirut and Baghdad.It is the story, primarily, of Noel Reid, a professor of History and Philosophy...
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    29,35 €

  • So Lovers Dream
    Alec Waugh
    This is not the only one of Alec Waugh’s novels in which he has described the agonies of a couple who are desperately in love but cannot marry, for it is a situation that he has himself lived through. But it is in this novel that he has drawn most specifically upon experiences he has only alluded to in other books.His protagonist is Gordon Carruthers, who was also the hero...
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    21,80 €

  • The Balliols
    Alec Waugh
    This book tells the story of the Balliol family as they exist through the suffrage movement and the end of the Edwardian era to the Great War. The Balliol children are subject to the effects of the war - the harsh discipline and the subsequent laxness, the breakup of family loyalties, the post-war cynicism and, in the youngest child, the ultimate trend back to a sounder pattern...
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    29,32 €

  • Wheels Within Wheels
    Alec Waugh
    Events that take place in an obscure oil-surveyor’s camp in the French West Indies act as the link and the catalyst for three desperate groups of people thousands of miles apart - in London, New York and the picturesque old quarter of New Orleans. Upon often trivial acts depends matters of life and love and death, and as always Alec Waugh has distilled the drama and the tr...
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    20,80 €


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