In contrast to his earlier bestseller TAKEN ON TRUST, this amusing new book shows another side to the man who was a hostage in Beirut for five years. Yet it retains his carefully written prose and powers of description. In Lagos Terry Waite had to stop an official motorcade in order to lean out of the Archbishop's car to be sick. In Scotland, ...
For the first year of his solitary confinement in Beirut, Terry Waite was given nothing to read. During those days, not only did he write his autobiography in his head, but he also attempted to remember all the books, poems and prayers he had read during his life. Eventually his guards mellowed and he was given books. He received a wide variety ...
This autobiography describes the hours before and after Terry Waite was taken hostage in January 1987 in Beirut. Waite analyzes his thoughts and feelings immediately prior to captivity - what was the nature of his role as envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury? What was his relationship with the Americans and Colonel Oliver North? The book looks ...
The story of Terry Waite, an Anglican churchman and hostage negotiator who was captured and held captive for 1,763 days in Beirut, Lebanon. Waite conceived this autobiography in his head while he was in solitary confinement, and committed it to paper after his release.
Best known as a lecturer, a hostage negotiator, and as a Beirut hostage himself, Terry Waite here collects and comments on excerpts from his favorite books read during his confinement, the ones he remembers from his past, and the ones he wished he had been given. Line drawings.
In contrast to his earlier bestseller "Taken on Trust", this amusing book shows another side to the man who was a hostage in Beirut for five years. Yet it retains his carefully written prose and powers of description. For instance, whilst in Scotland, Waite was recognized on the street by a passer by, but the Archbishop, dressed in open-neck shirt ...
For the first year of his solitary confinement in Beirut, Terry Waite was given nothing to read. During those days, not only did he write his autobiography in his head, but he also attempted to remember all the books, poems and prayers he had read during his life. Eventually his guards mellowed and he was given books. He received a wide variety ...
An epidemic has been growing over the past ten years. What had started out as a simple game has grown into a social dilemma. Video games without pause buttons are played worldwide by easily over ten million gamers. Their hold on gamers has led to suicides, homicides, and dying of malnutrition in the worst-case scenarios. In the better instances, ...
Poems both experimental and innovative, ...clear shining gems, ...blank verse that pierces straight to the heart, ...I defy anyone to read and not be touched by the generation gap - Laurie John (Writer and BBC producer). In his poetry Kenneth's intellectual and emotional life unite and we are the fortunate beneficiaries - Terry Waite CBE (Church ...
Edition: FIRST EDITION (Signed By Author)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: DOUBLEDAY
Date Published: 1997
Description: N/A. Hardbound First American Edition published by DOUBLEDAY (new York) in 1997. 189 pages of clean, bright text with no dust jacket. With the exception of underlining the interior is unblemished. An inscription signed by the Author is located on the dedication page. The owner's nameplate appears on the front end paper. A full-color photograph of the Author prior to his capture is taped inside the front cover. Inside the covers and the end papers are medium green in color. The covers are ... read more
Description: b/w photos. book is in very good condition. -1/4 black cloth spine over pale grey paper board cover. News clipping taped on ffep with hand written notes across the top of page. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches jacket is in very good condition. 370 pgs. Deeply moving autobiography of how he survived 1763 days in capitivity, almost four years of which were in solitary conefinement. autobiography/ prisoner in captivity read more
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