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He studied at both Oxford and Cambridge, where he was a fellow of Emmanuel College.
( Let us suppose for a moment that paper were to disappea...)
Let us suppose for a moment that paper were to disappear. Would anything be lost? Everything would be lost. Paper surrounds us. Not only as books, letters and diaries, but as beer mats and birth certificates, board games and business cards, fireworks and flypaper, photographs and playing cards, tickets and tea bags. We are paper people. But the age of paper is coming to an end. E-books regularly outsell physical books. E-tickets replace the paper variety. Archives are digitized. The world we know was made from paper, and yet everywhere we look, paper is beginning to disappear. As we enter a world beyond paper, Ian Sansom explores the paradoxes of the greatest of man-made materials and shows how some kinds of paper, and the ghosts and shadows of paper, will always be with us. Paper: An Elegy is a history of paper in all its forms and functions. Both a cultural study and a series of personal reflections on the meaning of paper, this book is a timely meditation on the very paper it is printed on.
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(Reminiscent of Garrison Keiller's Lake Wobegon Days, Ian ...)
Reminiscent of Garrison Keiller's Lake Wobegon Days, Ian Sansom's Ring Road is a warm, humane, and sharply observed tale of small town life. Big Davey Jones is coming home. He's been gone almost 20 years now, but nobody's forgotten him. Davey's a local hero, his miracle birth as the seventh son of a seventh son brought fame to this little town and they've been grateful ever since. But Davey's home town has changed much in the intervening years. The traditional family business like Billy Finlay's Auto-Supplies and Calton's Bakery and Tea Rooms have been replaced with 'Exciting New Housing Developments!' and even a nightclub called 'Paradise Lost'. The locals haven't changed much though. Bob Savory who always had it in him, has made a million with his company Sandwich Classics, and he's branching out now, with an Irish themed restaurant on the ring road. Francie McGinn, the divorced minister at The People's Fellowship, is still trying to convert the town through his Fish-and-Chip Biblical Quiz Nights and his Good Friday Carvery & Gospel Night. And Sammy, the town's best plumber, is depressed as ever and looking for solace at the bottom of the whisky bottle.
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( Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Mo...)
Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Morley's guide to Norfolk is a story of bygone England: quaint villages, eccentric locals—and murder … It is 1937, and disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton is broke. So when he sees a mysterious advertisement for a job where "intelligence is essential," he eagerly applies. Thus begins Sefton's association with Professor Swanton Morley, an omnivorous intellect. Morley's latest project is a history of traditional England, with a guide to every county. They start in Norfolk, but when the vicar of Blakeney is found hanging from his church's bell rope, Morley and Sefton find themselves drawn into a rather more fiendish plot. Did the reverend really take his own life, or is there something darker afoot? A must-read for fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Charles Todd, this novel includes plenty of murder, mystery, and mayhem to confound.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062320815/?tag=2022091-20
(2 Ian Sansoms books from A Mobile Library Mystery series....)
2 Ian Sansoms books from A Mobile Library Mystery series. The Case of the Missing Books & Mr. Dixon Disappears.
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( Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Mo...)
Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Morley’s guide to Devon is a story of bygone England; quaint villages, eccentric locals—and murder… Swanton Morely, the People’s Professor, sets off for Devon to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Morley’s daughter, Miriam, and his assistant, Stephen Sefton, pack up the Lagonda for a trip to the English Riviera. Morely has been invited to give the Founder’s Day speech at All Souls School in Rousdon. But when the trio arrive they discover that a boy has died in mysterious circumstances. Was it an accident or was it murder? Join Morely, Sefton, and Miriam on another adventure into the dark heart of 1940s England. A must-read for fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Charles Todd, there’ll be plenty of murder, mystery, and mayhem to confound.
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(HardCover. Pub Date :2013-09-12 Pages: 300 Language: Engl...)
HardCover. Pub Date :2013-09-12 Pages: 300 Language: English Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd Love Miss Marple Adore Holmes and Watson Professor Morley's guide to Norfolk is a story of bygone England; quaint villages. eccentric locals - and murder It! is 1937 and disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton is stony broke. So when he sees a mysterious advertisement for a job where 'intelligence is essential'. he applies.Thus begins Sefton's association with Professor Swanton Morley. an omnivorous intellect. Morley's latest project is a history of traditional England. with a guide to every county.They start in Norfolk. but when the vicar of Blakeney is found hanging from his church's bellrope. Morley and Sefton find themselves drawn into a rather more fiendish plot. Did the Reverend really take his own life. or was it - murderBeginning a thrilling new detective series. ...
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( Mr. Dixon a member of the Ulster Association of Magici...)
Mr. Dixon a member of the Ulster Association of Magicians, has gone missing—along with one hundred thousand pounds in cash. Israel Armstrong, bighearted and overly inquisitive, should stick to delivering library books to out-of-the-way readers and not get involved in the investigation. But of course, he can't help himself—which costs him his job and earns him a place of dishonor among the police's prime suspects. Can Israel clear his name and get his van back? Will the exhibition of old local photos he's been driving around County Antrim offer clues to Mr. D.'s whereabouts? And is a romance in the offing with winsome barmaid Rosie Hart? All will be revealed!
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( “Israel’s fish-out-of-water dilemmas and encounters wit...)
“Israel’s fish-out-of-water dilemmas and encounters with kooky locals will resonate with Alexander McCall Smith fans.” —Publishers Weekly Author Ian Sansom “clearly loves a good laugh” (Washington Post), as his delightful mystery series featuring rumpled, fish-out-of-water, Jewish vegetarian librarian Israel Armstrong indisputably proves. The Bad Book Affair is Israel’s fourth hilarious adventure as he tools around Ireland in a rattletrap bookmobile trying to solve the mystery of a missing teenage girl while trying to keep his mess of a personal life in order. Sansom’s Mobile Library Mystery series has made a big splash with critics on both sides of “the Pond.” The New York Times Book Review loves their “formidable reserves of insight and humor,” while the London Times calls Israel “ one of the most original and exciting amateur sleuths around.”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061452017/?tag=2022091-20
He studied at both Oxford and Cambridge, where he was a fellow of Emmanuel College.
He is a frequent contributor and critic for The Guardian and the London Review of Books. He is a professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick and teaches in its Writing Program.
( Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Mo...)
( Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Mo...)
(Reminiscent of Garrison Keiller's Lake Wobegon Days, Ian ...)
( “Israel’s fish-out-of-water dilemmas and encounters wit...)
( Let us suppose for a moment that paper were to disappea...)
(2 Ian Sansoms books from A Mobile Library Mystery series....)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
(HardCover. Pub Date :2013-09-12 Pages: 300 Language: Engl...)
( Mr. Dixon a member of the Ulster Association of Magici...)