Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill, and My Mother - Softcover

Schama, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062009877 ISBN 13: 9780062009876

Verlag: Ecco Pr, 2012

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Book by Schama Simon

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“Schama is a masterful stylist and storyteller.”
—Boston Globe

“A writer of gorgeous prose.”
—Washington Post

The ever erudite, always delightfully curious Simon Schama returns with Scribble, Scribble, Scribble, a wonderful compendium of thirty provocative, witty, enlightening, and stimulating essays previously published but collected in a single volume for the first time. One of our most distinguished historians and commentators, Schama, the acclaimed author of The American Future: A History, explores an amazing diversity of topics—from the political to the personal, from the earth-shaking to the mundane, from ice cream to Churchill to Hurricane Katrina and everything in-between. In Scribble, Scribble, Scribble, Simon Schama opens up his—and our—wide world to us.

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In this passionate and provocative collection, the brilliant Simon Schama reveals his lighter, more playful side as he brings his keen critical sensibility to a wide range of topics. Captivating and informative, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble captures Schama's wit and acute observations as he holds forth on everything from food and family to Winston Churchill, Martin Scorsese, and Richard Avedon, from Rubens to Rembrandt, from his travels in Brazil and Amsterdam to sailing on the Queen Mary 2.

Never predictable, always stimulating, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble is a treasure trove of surprises that highlight Schama's sense of humor, curiosity, and idiosyncrasies, allowing us to view the world, in all its diversity, through the eyes of one of its most intelligent, witty, and original inhabitants.

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• Verlag: Ecco Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062009877
• ISBN 13: 9780062009876
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 405