Something Wholesale [Audiobook] download free by Eric Newby
- Listen audiobook: Something Wholesale
- Author: Eric Newby
- Release date: 2010/5/24
- Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9780007367511
- Rating: 9.82 of 10
- Votes: 390
- Review by: Emory Hauser
- Review rating: 7.9 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/23
- Duration: 2H56M12S in 256 kbps (48 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-07
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, MPEG4, OGG, WAV, MP3, FLAC (compression RAR, AZW4, Z, ZIP, TZO, XZ, LZMA)
- Total pages original book: 240
- Includes a PDF summary of 26 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 18M54S (5.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of the modern comic travel book. However, less known are his adventures during the years he spent as an apprentice and commercial buyer in the improbable trade of women's fashion. From his repatriation as a prisoner of war in 1945 to his writing of the bestselling `A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' in 1956, Eric Newby's years as a commercial traveller in the world of haute couture were as full of adventure and oddity as any during his time as travel editor for the Observer. `Something Wholesale' is Newby's hilarious and wonderfully chaotic tale of the disorder that was his life as an apprentice to the family garment firm of Lane and Newby, including hilariously recounted escapades with sudden-onset wool allergies, waist-deep predicaments in tissue paper and the soul-destroying task of matching buttons. In addition to the charming chaos of his work in the family business, it is also a warm and loving portrait of his father, a delightfully eccentric gentleman who managed to spend more energy avoiding and actively participating in disasters than he did in preserving his business. With its quick wit, self-deprecating charm and splendidly fascinating detail, this is vintage Newby - only with a garment bag in place of a well-worn suitcase.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Travel Writing, Memoirs, Literary Studies: General, Guidebooks
- Download servers: 4Shared, EasyBytez, CmisSync, BitShare, Mediafire, Hotfile, Google Drive, FileNurse, Uploaded. Compressed in RAR, AZW4, Z, ZIP, TZO, XZ, LZMA
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 10.53 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x15mm
- Weight: 170g
- Printed by: HarperPress
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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