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A Castle in Spain by Matthew Parris
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Walking in the Pyrenees one spring morning Matthew Parris stumbled upon a magnificent ruined mansion standing on the edge of a line of huge cliffs. Later he was to discover that parts of the house dated back to the 14th century though it had not been completed until 1559; and that it had survived two ma ...Show more
Fracture - Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma by Matthew Parris
$23.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A Times Biography of the YearAda Lovelace. Frederick Douglass. Vladimir Lenin. Marie Curie. Frieda Kahlo. Carl Jung. Tupac Shakur. All geniuses who changed the world in ways that still influence our lives today. And all men and women who experienced, in childhood, trauma so severe that it should have br ...Show more
Fracture: Trauma, Success and the Origins of Greatness by Matthew Parris
$35.00 AUD
Category: Historical
Matthew Parris, presenter of Great Lives on BBC Radio 4, explores the surprising connection between trauma and greatness through vivid case histories. Ada Lovelace. Frederick Douglass. Vladimir Lenin. Marie Curie. Frida Kahlo. Carl Jung. Tupac Shakur. All geniuses who changed the world in ways that stil ...Show more
Parting Shots by Matthew Parris
$22.95 AUD
Category: General
Up till 2006 a British Ambassador leaving his post was encouraged to write what was known as a valedictory despatch, to be circulated to a small number of influential people in government. This was the parting shot, an opportunity to offer a personal and frank view of the host country, the manners and m ...Show more
Scorn: The Wittiest and Wickedest Insults in Human History by Matthew Parris
$25.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
'Authors are easy to get on with - if you're fond of children.' Michael Joseph, publisher 'May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits' Arab curse 'I married beneath me - all women do.' Nancy Asquith 'Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the f ...Show more
Scorn: The Wittiest and Wickedest Insults in Human History by Matthew Parris
$23.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do. Or three days, like last time.' - Camilla Long on Nigel Farage'You're as ugly as a salad.' - Bulgarian insult'I'm going to beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.' - Muhammed AliThere's no pleasure like a perfectly-turned ...Show more
The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase: Stories from the Diplomatic Bag by Matthew Parris
$30.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson bring together some of the funniest despatches from British Ambassadors abroad, in this sequel to their acclaimed Parting Shots. Based on a new BBC Radio 4 series, it features some classic stories, from the horse given to John Major by the authorities in Turkmenistan whi ...Show more
The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase: Stories from the Diplomatic Bag by Matthew Parris
$25.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase is a hilarious new collection of diplomatic tales by Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson Heard the one about the Spanish Ambassador who arrived in the scorching Saharan desert fully suited and with a mysteriously enormous suitcase? Or the horse they gave Prime Minister Joh ...Show more
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