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1	Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist Containing more than 100 original essays organized by quotations, James illuminates, rescues, or occasionally destroys the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the 20th century. 110 photographs. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.89! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Unreliable memoirs more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist 'I was born in 1939. The other big event of that year was the outbreak of the Second World War, but for the moment, that did not affect me'. In the first instalment of Clive James' memoirs, we meet the young Clive, dressed in short trousers, and wrestling with the demands of school, various relatives and the occasional snake, in the suburbs of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Clive: inside the record business more books like this by Clive Davis, James Willwerth add to wishlist see all copies from $7.46! first editions
4	Falling towards England : unreliable memoirs II more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist 'When we got off the ship in Southampton in that allegedly mild January of 1962 I had nothing to declare at customs except goose-pimples under my white nylon drip-dry shirt.' In the first volume of "Unreliable Memoirs", we said farewell to our hero as he set sail from Sydney Harbor, bound for London, fame and fortune. Finding the first of these ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.93! \| first editions
5	May Week Was in June more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist 'Arriving in Cambridge on my first day as an undergraduate, I could see nothing except a cold white October mist. At the age of twenty-four I was a complete failure, with nothing to show for my life except a few poems nobody wanted to publish in book form.' "Falling Toward England" - the second volume of Clive James' "Unreliable Memoirs " - was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.88! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Always unreliable : memoirs more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist Clive James' sharp, brilliant and outrageously funny memoirs together in one volume In UNRELIABLE MEMOIRS we meet a very young Clive James. One dressed in shorts. His hilarious adventures growing up in post-war Sydney are deliciously recounted in this, the first volume of his memoirs. Next our hero sets sail for London where he hopes to find ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $14.44!
7	White Death Abridged CD more books like this by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos, James Naughton (Read by) add to wishlist Following a harrowing sea rescue, Kurt Austin and his team investigate the Oceanus Corporation, ostensibly a global fish-farming concern, but in reality an evil multinational with designs on unauthorized genetic resequencing and, naturally, world domination. see all copies from $5.86! new only from $99.00!
8	Even as we speak : new essays 1993-2001 more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist Effervescent, energetic and eclectic. this is one of the late Twentieth Century's finest minds (and bellies) on show. Even As We Speak is an illuminating and hilarious collection of essays by one o' Picador's most beloved authors. He focusses on Australian poetry on television today: on the rise and fall of various icons: on the question of the ... see all copies from $2.52! new only from $11.00! \| first editions
9	Fly in My Eye: An Anthology of Unparalleled Confusion more books like this by Clive Barker (Illustrator), John Shirley, James B Lovell add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00! first editions
10	Brilliant creatures by Clive James add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.94! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Crystal Bucket: Television Criticism from the Observer, 1976-79 more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
12	Opal Sunset: Selected Poems, 1958-2008 more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist Inspired, through his vast reading, by the poetic voices of the past, yet always speaking in a voice unmistakably his own, Clive James ineffably combines humor and great tragedy (but never solemnity) to create poems that are at once traditional yet engagingly fresh. With this coruscating work, James, swimming through cultural debris both high and ... see all copies from $7.95! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13	The Man from Japan more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist A hilarious send-up of East-West relations from a celebrated British talk-show host/writer. An ambitious Japanese intellectual moves to London, but acquiring a "cosmopolitan ease" becomes difficult when he falls for a punked-out vamp and instigates a brawl that produces the headline "Jap Rambo Goes Bananas". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions
14	Fame in the 20th Century more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist The rise of the media in the 20th century changed the nature of fame: before, people had been famous for what they had done, in this century many have become famous just for who they are. Film footage and modern fame began together, and what began as a flood has become a torrent: hundreds of thousands of images that have shaped reality and perhaps ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Fundamentals of Modeling and Analyzing Engineering Systems more books like this by Philip D Cha, James J Rosenberg, Clive L Dym add to wishlist System modeling and analysis is a standard activity in every engineering discipline. This text offers a broad-based introduction to engineering systems, incorporating material from mechanical, electrical, aerospace, and chemical engineering. The overall theme that distinguishes the text from others is its unified treatment of disparate physical ... see all copies from $78.82! new only from $87.11!
16	Visions before midnight : television criticism from the Observer, 1972-76 more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! first editions
17 view cover	As of This Writing: The Essential Essays, 1968-2002 more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist Clive James's witty essays cover a wide range, from the poetry of Auden to the novels of Judith Krantz to the films of Fellini. see all copies from $5.21! new only from $21.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	Charles Charming's challenges on the pathway to the Throne : a royal poem in rhyming couplets more books like this by Clive James, Marc add to wishlist see all copies from $2.50! first editions \| SVS
19	Glued to the Box: Television Criticism from the Observer, 1979-82 more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20 view cover	From the Land of Shadows more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	Reliable essays : the best of Clive James more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist The best essays of Clive James, culled from 30 years of prose. There are essays on Margaret Thatcher, Seamus Heaney, George Orwell and Philip Larkin, essays on the meaning of Australia and on what it means to be a TV critic, and his "Postcard from Rome". see all copies from $2.53! new only from $10.90!
22 view cover	Snakecharmers in Texas : [essays 1980-87] by Clive James add to wishlist In this latest collection of essays, Clive James tackles burning issues and shining personalities from Barry Humphries to Barry Manilow and Michael Jackson to Michael Foot. He discusses the nuances of Kung Fu cinema, the lyrical footwork of Torvill and Dean and the charms of the Statue of Liberty. Among Clive James' many books are "Unreliable ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Inside Babylon: The Caribbean Diaspora in Britain more books like this by Professor Winston James (Editor), Clive Harris (Editor) add to wishlist This collection aims to reflect the varied experience of the Caribbean diaspora in Britain. The contributors set out to show how employers and police, psychiatrists and welfare services help to channel black people into residential and occupational ghettoes. They also show how within and against such oppressive conditions, black people in Britain ... see all copies from $20.92! new only from $40.87! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	At the Pillars of Hercules more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist First published in 1979, this collection focuses on the literature and politics of the 1970s. Clive James's discussions range from the legacy of Auden and Larkin, to Gore Vidal and Lord Longford. Topics include poetry, aestheticism and history. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.48! \| first editions
25 view cover	Falling Towards England more books like this by Clive James add to wishlist When London began to swing in the early sixties Clive James was there. He was also broke. Arriving in London from Sydney, he resolved to engage himself in low-paid menial work by day and compose poetical masterpieces by night. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions

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