The Journey Not the Arrival Matters: An Autobiography of the Years 1939 to 1969The author's account of World War II, his wife's death, and his political and literary activities. "A splendid ending to one of the most remarkable literary achievements of our time" (New York Times Book Review). Index; photographs. |
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Looking through the list of my engagements I find that in the last years of the war my " work " in London , most of it political , consisted of the following : Labour Party : Secretary of the Advisory Committee on International ...
Looking through the list of my engagements I find that in the last years of the war my " work " in London , most of it political , consisted of the following : Labour Party : Secretary of the Advisory Committee on International ...
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Looking back at the age of eighty - eight over the fifty- seven years of my political work in England , knowing what I aimed at and the results , meditating on the history of Britain and the world since 1914 , I see clearly that I ...
Looking back at the age of eighty - eight over the fifty- seven years of my political work in England , knowing what I aimed at and the results , meditating on the history of Britain and the world since 1914 , I see clearly that I ...
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It is in the pit of my stomach as well as in the cooler regions of my brain that I feel and think about what I see happening in the human ant - heap around me , the historical and political events which seem to me to make the difference ...
It is in the pit of my stomach as well as in the cooler regions of my brain that I feel and think about what I see happening in the human ant - heap around me , the historical and political events which seem to me to make the difference ...
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Հաճախորդի կարծիքը - rowmyboat - LibraryThingAh, the somewhat less famous husband of Virginia! I've read volumes 1 and 5 of his autobiography, and loved them. Leonard Woolf was an extremely intelligent man and an excellent writer. His prose has ... Read full review
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