{"title":"Jim Powell","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the captivating works of Jim Powell, a master of historical fiction and thrilling adventures. Explore tales woven with rich detail and compelling characters. Start your journey here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"breaking-of-eggs-book-jim-powell-9780753827765","title":"The Breaking of Eggs","description":"A panoramic debut about love and loss, THE BREAKING OF EGGS announces a major new talent.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49508302356753,"sku":"GOR002777436","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50116690968849,"sku":"CIN075382776XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50697231237393,"sku":"NGR9780753827765","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50878326702353,"sku":"GOR004287680","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51085960380689,"sku":"GOR002845731","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52703671255313,"sku":"GOR006839733","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/075382776X.jpg?v=1751434216"},{"product_id":"derrida-for-beginners-book-jim-powell-9781934389119","title":"Derrida for Beginners","description":"\u003cbr\u003e In 1966, Jacques Derrida gave a lecture at Johns Hopkins University that cast the entire history of Western Philosophy into doubt. The following year, Derrida published three brilliant but mystifying books that convinced the pollsters that he was the most important philosopher of the late 20th Century. Unfortunately, nobody was sure whether the intellectual movement that he spawned - Deconstruction - advanced philosophy or murdered it.\u003cbr\u003e The truth? - Derrida is one of those annoying geniuses you can take a class on, read half-a-dozen books by and still have no idea what he's talking about. Derrida's 'writing' - confusing doesn't begin to describe it (it's like he's pulling the rug out from under the rug that he pulled out from under philosophy.) But beneath the confusion, like the heartbeat of a bird in your hand, you can feel Derrida's electric genius. It draws you to it; you want to understand it. . . but it's so confusing.\u003cbr\u003e What you need, Ducky, is \u003ci\u003eDerrida For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e by James Powell!\u003cbr\u003e Jim Powell's \u003ci\u003eDerrida For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e is the clearest explanation of Derrida and deconstruction presently available in our solar system. Powell guides us through blindingly obscure texts like Of Grammatology (Derrida's deconstruction of Saussure, Lévi Strauss, and Rousseau), Différance\" (his essay on language and life), Dissemination (his dismantling of Plato, his rap on Mallarmé), and Derrida's other masterpieces (the mere titles can make strong men tremble in terror - Glas, Signéponge\/Signsponge, The Post Card, and Spectersof Marx.)\u003cbr\u003e Readers will learn the coolest Derridian buzzwords (e.g., intertextuality, binary oppositions, hymen, sous rature, arche-writing, phallogocentrism), the high-and-low lights of deconstruction's history (including the DeMan controvercy), and the various criticisms of Derrida and deconstruction, including Camille Paglia's objection that America, the rock-n-roll nation, isn't formal enough to need deconstruction.\u003cbr\u003e The master, however, begs to disagree:\u003cbr\u003e \"America is Deconstruction\" -Jacques Derrida\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49515513807121,"sku":"GOR005299827","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49736424063249,"sku":"NGR9781934389119","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50005898952977,"sku":"GOR005599898","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50175031836945,"sku":"CIN1934389110G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51536359293201,"sku":"CIN1934389110VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1934389110.jpg?v=1751429476"},{"product_id":"postmodernism-for-beginners-book-jim-powell-9781934389096","title":"Postmodernism for Beginners","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you are like most people, you're not sure what Postmodernism is. And if this were like most books on the subject, it probably wouldn't tell you.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBesides what a few grumpy critics claim, Postmodernism is not a bunch of meaningless intellectual mind games. On the contrary, it is a reaction to the most profound spiritual and philosophical crisis of our time - the failure of the Enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJim Powell takes the position that Postmodernism is a series of \"maps\" that help people find their way through a changing world. \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e features the thoughts of Foucault on power and knowledge, Jameson on mapping the postmodern, Baudrillard on the media, Harvey on time-space compression, Derrida on deconstruction and Deleuze and Guattari on rhizomes. The book also discusses postmodern artifacts such as Madonna, cyberpunk, Buddhist ecology, and teledildonics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49522632950033,"sku":"GOR004609347","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50051265626385,"sku":"NGR9781934389096","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51055312470289,"sku":"NIN9781934389096","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51423979012369,"sku":"CIN1934389099VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52107740250385,"sku":"CIN1934389099G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53490854723857,"sku":"GOR011502442","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1934389099.jpg?v=1751219157"},{"product_id":"breaking-of-eggs-book-jim-powell-9780297859697","title":"The Breaking of Eggs","description":"'You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs' The apologists of Josef Stalin Feliks Zhukovski, a Pole in Paris, is a hangover from another age - a man who chose politics over people and ideas over love. His life's work is a travel guide to the old Eastern bloc; his personal life a series of failures. Unfortunately for Feliks, it's 1991. Communism has collapsed, East Germany isn't the economic miracle he wants it to be, and at 61, his travel-writing days are numbered. Feliks makes the shock decision to sell his guide to an American firm, and sets in motion a life-changing chain of events. He will meet a brother he hasn't seen in fifty years, learn the horrifying truth about the mother he thought abandoned him, and get a second chance with a long-lost love. But after fifty years of misunderstandings and delusions, can he start his life afresh? From the boulevards of Paris to the ghettos of wartime Poland, via Midwest America and the Berlin Wall, THE BREAKING OF EGGS chronicles the extraordinary journey of a lonely man who discovers it needn't have been so. As thought-provoking as it is moving, the novel casts an unflinching gaze on the human cost of a century of wars, in a voice that never loses its humour or uplifting power.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49534677385489,"sku":"GOR001726437","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49637312200977,"sku":"GOR004127084","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49648448536849,"sku":"GOR012567432","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0297859692.jpg?v=1751389838"},{"product_id":"fdr-s-folly-book-jim-powell-9781400054770","title":"FDR's Folly","description":"Admirers of FDR credit his New Deal with restoring the American economy after the disastrous contraction of 1929--33. Truth to tell-as Powell demonstrates without a shadow of a doubt-the New Deal hampered recovery from the contraction, prolonged and added to unemployment, and set the stage for ever more intrusive and costly government. Powell's analysis is thoroughly documented, relying on an impressive variety of popular and academic literature both contemporary and historical.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMilton Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e, Nobel Laureate, Hoover Institution \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is a critical and often forgotten difference between disaster and tragedy. Disasters happen to us all, no matter what we do. Tragedies are brought upon ourselves by hubris. The Depression of the 1930s would have been a brief disaster if it hadn't been for the national tragedy of the New Deal. Jim Powell has proven this.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eP.J. O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eParliament of Whores\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEat the Rich\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe material laid out in this book desperately needs to be available to a much wider audience than the ranks of professional economists and economic historians, if policy confusion similar to the New Deal is to be avoided in the future.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eJames M. Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e, Nobel Laureate, George Mason University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI found Jim Powell's book fascinating. I think he has written an important story, one that definitely needs telling.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eThomas Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Dealers' War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim Powell is one tough-minded historian, willing to let the chips fall where they may. That's a rare quality these days, hence more valuable than ever. He lets the history do the talking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-David Landes\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim Powell draws together voluminous economic research on the effects of all of Roosevelt's major policies. Along the way, Powell gives fascinating thumbnail sketches of the major players. The result is a devastating indictment, compellingly told. Those who think that government intervention helped get the U.S. economy out of the depression should read this book.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eDavid R. Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Joy of Freedom\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Great Depression and the New Deal. For generations, the collective American consciousness has believed that the former ruined the country and the latter saved it. Endless praise has been heaped upon President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for masterfully reining in the Depression's destructive effects and propping up the \u003cbr\u003ecountry on his New Deal platform. In fact, FDR has achieved mythical status in American history and is considered to be, along with Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln, one of the greatest presidents of all time. But would the Great Depression have been so catastrophic had the New Deal never been implemented? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eFDR's Folly\u003c\/b\u003e, historian Jim Powell argues that it was in fact the New Deal itself, with its shortsighted programs, that deepened the Great Depression, swelled the federal government, and prevented the country from turning around quickly. You'll discover in alarming detail how FDR's federal programs hurt America more than helped it, with effects we still feel today, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- How Social Security actually increased unemployment\u003cbr\u003e- How higher taxes undermined good businesses\u003cbr\u003e- How new labor laws threw people out of work\u003cbr\u003e- And much more \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis groundbreaking book pulls back the shroud of awe and the cloak of time enveloping FDR to prove convincingly how flawed his economic policies actually were, despite his good intentions and the astounding intellect of his circle of advisers. In today's turbulent domestic and global environment, eerily similar to that of the 1930s, it's more important than ever before to uncover and understand the truth of our history, lest we be doomed to repeat it.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49535553601809,"sku":"GOR002033256","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49940081049873,"sku":"CIN140005477XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50149636145425,"sku":"GOR003741031","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50449096147217,"sku":"CIN140005477XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51024416211217,"sku":"NIN9781400054770","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51729852563729,"sku":"CIN140005477XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52615055311121,"sku":"NLS9781400054770","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/140005477X.jpg?v=1751145840"},{"product_id":"things-we-nearly-knew-book-jim-powell-9781509842421","title":"Things We Nearly Knew","description":"The haunting new novel by the acclaimed author of The Breaking of Eggs and Trading Futures.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49550026637585,"sku":"GOR008894438","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51726381613329,"sku":"GOR014379600","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51825135878417,"sku":"GOR011498245","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52951473357073,"sku":"GOR009462280","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/150984242X.jpg?v=1751116988"},{"product_id":"trading-futures-book-jim-powell-9781509806430","title":"Trading Futures","description":"'With his gallows humour and observational wit, Jim Powell gives us a vivid portrait of a man in meltdown.' Daily Mail  When I was small, my mother showed me how to grow a carrot from a carrot. She filled a jam jar with water, cut the top off a carrot, ran a cocktail stick horizontally through the stub and suspended it over the jar, just touching the water. In time, roots sprouted, and when they were long enough and strong enough, the plant was translated to the garden and new carrots grew. This was one of the many exciting ways in which I was prepared for adult life.  This is Matthew Oxenhay at sixty: a stranger to his wife, an embarrassment to his children, and failed former contender for the top job at his City firm. Seizing on his birthday party as an opportunity to deliver some rather crushing home truths to his assembled loved ones, it seems as though Matthew might have hit rock bottom. The truth, however, is that he has some way to go yet . . .   With forensic precision and mordant wit, Matthew unpicks the threads that bind him: a comfortable home in the suburbs, a career spent trading futures and a life that bears little resemblance to the one he imagined for himself at twenty. When he unexpectedly bumps into Anna (the one who got away), the stage is set for an epic unravelling.  Darkly funny, Trading Futures forces us to confront how change, like death, is an inevitable fact of life: feared by most, it can transform or overwhelm us. This is a brilliantly observed novel, for fans of works such as John Lanchester's Mr Phillips and On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan.  It also featured as Radio 4's Book at Bedtime.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49559831281937,"sku":"GOR008084673","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49640211579153,"sku":"GOR012982456","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49734910607633,"sku":"NGR9781509806430","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51032003379473,"sku":"NIN9781509806430","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51664208789777,"sku":"GOR008694910","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1509806431.jpg?v=1751372852"},{"product_id":"eastern-philosphy-for-beginners-book-jim-powell-9781934389072","title":"Eastern Philosphy for Beginners","description":"\u003cbr\u003e The spiritual rewards and intellectual challenges of Eastern Philosophy are revealed in this visually stunning book, illustrated by Joe Lee and with 19th Century engravings.\u003cbr\u003e Eastern Philosophy is not an intellectual pursuit, but one that involves one's entire being. Much of it is so deeply entwined with the non-intellectual art of meditation, that the two are impossible to separate. In this accessible survey of the major philosophies of India, China, Tibet, and Japan, Jim Powell draws upon his knowledge of Sanskrit and Chinese, as well as decades of meditation. Whether tackling Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Dogen, the Dali Lama or Pantajal - Powell's insights are deeplyilluminating. All the major philosophies of India, China, Tibet and Japan are explained and everyone - from beginner to expert - will find \u003ci\u003eEastern Philosophy For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e a beautiful and insightful overview.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49576363360529,"sku":"GOR007821914","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49736841036049,"sku":"NGR9781934389072","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50174600675601,"sku":"CIN1934389072VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51331366027537,"sku":"CIN1934389072A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51424011190545,"sku":"CIN1934389072G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51523774251281,"sku":"GOR003996636","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1934389072.jpg?v=1751219156"},{"product_id":"trading-futures-book-jim-powell-9781509806423","title":"Trading Futures","description":"'With his gallows humour and observational wit, Jim Powell gives us a vivid portrait of a man in meltdown.' Daily Mail  When I was small, my mother showed me how to grow a carrot from a carrot. She filled a jam jar with water, cut the top off a carrot, ran a cocktail stick horizontally through the stub and suspended it over the jar, just touching the water. In time, roots sprouted, and when they were long enough and strong enough, the plant was translated to the garden and new carrots grew. This was one of the many exciting ways in which I was prepared for adult life.  This is Matthew Oxenhay at sixty: a stranger to his wife, an embarrassment to his children, and failed former contender for the top job at his City firm. Seizing on his birthday party as an opportunity to deliver some rather crushing home truths to his assembled loved ones, it seems as though Matthew might have hit rock bottom. The truth, however, is that he has some way to go yet . . .   With forensic precision and mordant wit, Matthew unpicks the threads that bind him: a comfortable home in the suburbs, a career spent trading futures and a life that bears little resemblance to the one he imagined for himself at twenty. When he unexpectedly bumps into Anna (the one who got away), the stage is set for an epic unravelling.  Darkly funny, Trading Futures forces us to confront how change, like death, is an inevitable fact of life: feared by most, it can transform or overwhelm us. This is a brilliantly observed novel, for fans of works such as John Lanchester's Mr Phillips and On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan.  It also featured as Radio 4's Book at Bedtime.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49594826883345,"sku":"GOR007212315","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49651121422609,"sku":"GOR012502000","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1509806423.jpg?v=1751306873"},{"product_id":"things-we-nearly-knew-book-jim-powell-9781509842438","title":"Things We Nearly Knew","description":"How much do we know about the people we love? And would you want to know the truth?  'An engrossing read' Sunday Times  There’s a bar at the crossroads on the way out of town. Or the way in, depending on whether you’re coming or going. Marcie and her husband have run it for years. After thirty years of marriage, there aren’t many secrets left between them. Couples often say that, don’t they? But it’s not always true.  Arlene appeared in the bar one day, hoping that she’d find a man called Jack. Franky came back to town soon after, hoping that people might have forgotten the mess he’d left behind him the first time around. Franky’s problem had always been women. Women and money. What Arlene’s problem is isn’t clear. It’s obvious she has a history, but who doesn’t?  As Arlene gets closer to finding Jack – her father? her lover? – the bar becomes the scene of a great unravelling. In Jim Powell's Things We Nearly Knew, secrets buried a lifetime ago are dragged into the light.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49613678346513,"sku":"GOR009765755","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49657514426641,"sku":"GOR011387402","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53202784420113,"sku":"GOR014805015","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1509842438.jpg?v=1751054351"},{"product_id":"eastern-philosophy-for-beginners-book-jim-powell-9780863162824","title":"Eastern Philosophy for Beginners","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49624847417617,"sku":"GOR002737410","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49634802368785,"sku":"GOR005640755","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49989047550225,"sku":"CIN0863162827G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52627838828817,"sku":"CIN0863162827A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53460722057489,"sku":"CIN0863162827VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0863162827.jpg?v=1751233978"},{"product_id":"poetry-of-sappho-book-jim-powell-9780195326727","title":"The Poetry of Sappho","description":"Today, thousands of years after her birth, in lands remote from her native island of Lesbos and in languages that did not exist when she wrote her poetry in Aeolic Greek, Sappho remains an important name among lovers of poetry and poets alike. Celebrated throughout antiquity as the supreme Greek poet of love and of the personal lyric, noted especially for her limpid fusion of formal poise, lucid insight, and incandescent passion, today her poetry is also prized for its uniquely vivid participation in a living paganism. Collected in an edition of nine scrolls by scholars in the second century BC, Sappho's poetry largely disappeared when the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople in 1204. All that remained was one poem and a handful of quoted passages. A century ago papyrus fragments recovered in Egypt added a half dozen important texts to Sappho's surviving works. In 2004 a new complete poem was deciphered and published. By far the most significant discovery in a hundred years, it offers a new and tellingly different example of Sappho's poetic art and reveals another side of the poet, thinking about aging and about the transmission of culture from one generation to the next. Jim Powell's translations represent a unique combination of poetic mastery in English verse and a deep schlolarly engagement with Sappho's ancient Greek. They are incomparably faithful to the literal sense of the Greek poems and, simultaneously, to their forms, preserving the original meters and stanzas while exactly replicating the dramatic action of their sequences of disclosure and the passionate momentum of their sentences. Powell's translations have often been anthologized and selected for use in textbooks, winning recognition among discerning readers as far the best versions in English.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49665695514897,"sku":"GOR008003954","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50954441195793,"sku":"CIN0195326725VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52349426434321,"sku":"NLS9780195326727","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52759049502993,"sku":"CIN0195326725A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0195326725.jpg?v=1750875847"},{"product_id":"fdr-s-folly-book-jim-powell-9780761501657","title":"FDR's Folly","description":"Admirers of FDR credit his New Deal with restoring the American economy after the disastrous contraction of 1929--33. Truth to tell-as Powell demonstrates without a shadow of a doubt-the New Deal hampered recovery from the contraction, prolonged and added to unemployment, and set the stage for ever more intrusive and costly government. Powell's analysis is thoroughly documented, relying on an impressive variety of popular and academic literature both contemporary and historical.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMilton Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e, Nobel Laureate, Hoover Institution \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is a critical and often forgotten difference between disaster and tragedy. Disasters happen to us all, no matter what we do. Tragedies are brought upon ourselves by hubris. The Depression of the 1930s would have been a brief disaster if it hadn't been for the national tragedy of the New Deal. Jim Powell has proven this.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eP.J. O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eParliament of Whores\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEat the Rich\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe material laid out in this book desperately needs to be available to a much wider audience than the ranks of professional economists and economic historians, if policy confusion similar to the New Deal is to be avoided in the future.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eJames M. Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e, Nobel Laureate, George Mason University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI found Jim Powell's book fascinating. I think he has written an important story, one that definitely needs telling.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eThomas Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Dealers' War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim Powell is one tough-minded historian, willing to let the chips fall where they may. That's a rare quality these days, hence more valuable than ever. He lets the history do the talking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-David Landes\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim Powell draws together voluminous economic research on the effects of all of Roosevelt's major policies. Along the way, Powell gives fascinating thumbnail sketches of the major players. The result is a devastating indictment, compellingly told. Those who think that government intervention helped get the U.S. economy out of the depression should read this book.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eDavid R. Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Joy of Freedom\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Great Depression and the New Deal. For generations, the collective American consciousness has believed that the former ruined the country and the latter saved it. Endless praise has been heaped upon President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for masterfully reining in the Depression's destructive effects and propping up the \u003cbr\u003ecountry on his New Deal platform. In fact, FDR has achieved mythical status in American history and is considered to be, along with Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln, one of the greatest presidents of all time. But would the Great Depression have been so catastrophic had the New Deal never been implemented? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eFDR's Folly\u003c\/b\u003e, historian Jim Powell argues that it was in fact the New Deal itself, with its shortsighted programs, that deepened the Great Depression, swelled the federal government, and prevented the country from turning around quickly. You'll discover in alarming detail how FDR's federal programs hurt America more than helped it, with effects we still feel today, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- How Social Security actually increased unemployment\u003cbr\u003e- How higher taxes undermined good businesses\u003cbr\u003e- How new labor laws threw people out of work\u003cbr\u003e- And much more \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis groundbreaking book pulls back the shroud of awe and the cloak of time enveloping FDR to prove convincingly how flawed his economic policies actually were, despite his good intentions and the astounding intellect of his circle of advisers. In today's turbulent domestic and global environment, eerily similar to that of the 1930s, it's more important than ever before to uncover and understand the truth of our history, lest we be doomed to repeat it.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49872905863441,"sku":"GOR010830716","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":50129592123665,"sku":"CIN0761501657LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50140235137297,"sku":"CIN0761501657G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50913987887377,"sku":"CIN0761501657VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51721385017617,"sku":"CIN0761501657A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0761501657.jpg?v=1750744805"},{"product_id":"bully-boy-book-jim-powell-9780307237224","title":"Bully Boy","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49974061531409,"sku":"CIN0307237222G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51321023299857,"sku":"CIN0307237222VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":51612427059473,"sku":"CIN0307237222LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0307237222.jpg?v=1750738948"},{"product_id":"wilson-s-war-book-jim-powell-9781400082360","title":"Wilson's War","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50025596911889,"sku":"CIN1400082366A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50714789773585,"sku":"CIN1400082366G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51331541696785,"sku":"CIN1400082366VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1400082366.jpg?v=1751304905"},{"product_id":"the-breaking-of-eggs-rare-book-jim-powell-1683830918geo","title":"The Breaking of Eggs","description":"2010. First Edition. 342 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Signed by the author with dedication to Henri on title page. Pages and binding are","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50078168580369,"sku":"1683830918GEO","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1683830918GEO_1.jpg?v=1722896877"},{"product_id":"triumph-of-liberty-book-jim-powell-9780684859675","title":"The Triumph of Liberty","description":"This volume contains the stories of men and women who have overcome great obstacles to give freedom to the world. Through the lives of 65 people, these stories cover the struggle to abolish slavery, stop wars, and overthrow tyrants, as well as the fight for human rights, religious toleration, individualism, the liberation of women and other such freedoms. The entries are based on biographies, diaries and interviews with scholars to provide an instructive narrative.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50097161928977,"sku":"CIN068485967XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51333340070161,"sku":"CIN068485967XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51434066936081,"sku":"GOR001896179","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53238892626193,"sku":"GOR009073288","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/068485967X.jpg?v=1751041422"},{"product_id":"dirt-matters-book-jim-powell-9781490801810","title":"Dirt Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery church has a unique culture that serves as the soil where its ministry occurs. A church's culture is the somewhat nebulous and complex blend of norms, beliefs, attitudes, traditions, and practices that define the congregation. The culture establishes the environment that often predetermines the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of God's Word within that body of believers. It influences a congregation's potential impact more than techniques, programs, or \u003cbr\u003epragmatic changes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirt Matters explains and illustrates the importance of church culture, connecting it to a simple analogy that anyone can understand. It also shares how it's possible to cultivate and nurture a healthier church environment that can put you and your congregation in a better position to bear fruit for God's glory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehttp: \/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BXPTuQjrIR0\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50235766898961,"sku":"CIN1490801812VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50386784190737,"sku":"CIN1490801812G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1490801812.jpg?v=1751086104"},{"product_id":"breaking-of-eggs-book-jim-powell-9780143117261","title":"The Breaking of Eggs","description":"\u003cb\u003eRead Jim Powell's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Breaking of Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the curmudgeonly Feliks Zhokovski, Polish by birth, Communist at heart, who at age 61 finds that just about everything he has based his life on is crumbling. Separated from him family as a child when the Nazis invaded Poland, Feliks is currently living in Paris and his life's work is a travel guide to the old Eastern bloc. But unfortunately for Feliks, it's 1991: the Berlin Wall has fallen, Communism has collapsed, East Germany isn't the economic miracle he wants it to be, and he's forced to confront the fact that his travel-writing days are numbered. His guide was a flourishing business, but the old pro-Communist descriptions won't do, for Western visitors will now be able to see for themselves. So he makes the (extremely difficult) decision to sell his guide to a big, capitalist American publisher. This sets in motion a chain of events that will reunite him with a brother living in Ohio that he hasn't seen in fifty years, reveal the truth about the mother he thought abandoned him and offer him a second chance with a long-lost love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEqual parts hilarious and moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Breaking of Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a man who closed himself off from everyone and everything years ago and now awakens to discover the world has changed dramatically and he must change with it. \u003ci\u003eThe Breaking of Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e also has the added bonus of being a crash course in 20th century European history, subtly told as a backdrop to Feliks' riveting personal story. Imagine \u003ci\u003eEverything is Illuminated\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Elegance of the Hedgehog\u003c\/i\u003e, then forget all the publishing clichés and discover this incredible new voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345010233617,"sku":"CIN0143117262G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50449319592209,"sku":"CIN0143117262VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143117262.jpg?v=1750875885"},{"product_id":"poetry-of-sappho-book-jim-powell-9780190937386","title":"The Poetry of Sappho","description":"\"The Sapphic impression of emotion poured out in unpremeditated speech is the product of sophisticated art. Such poetry confronts the translator with a formidable challenge.... Jim Powell is fully aware of the dangers, and speaks of the 'fluidity, ease, grace, and melodic variety' of Sappho's measures. Powell has tried to reproduce the effect. The resulting book is a brilliant success. Powell has shored her fragments against [Sappho's] ruins to give us a garland in which the flowers, though tattered, have not faded.\"--Bernard Knox, The New Republic  \"Graceful, fluent, lucid while respectful of mystery: Jim Powell's unsurpassed embodiment of Sappho in English has all the conviction of art.\"--Robert Pinsky  This new edition of The Poetry of Sappho translates all the surviving texts of Sappho that make consecutive poetic sense, including the newly discovered \"Brothers Ode,\" \"Cypris fragment,\" and other papyrus texts published in 2014. The translation is particularly intent on bringing over into English Sappho's formal mastery along with her sense. It includes summary discussions of Sappho's biography and the history of her texts, an essay on the formal character of her work and its tradition, and notes on the poems.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50451365921041,"sku":"CIN0190937386VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50761571172625,"sku":"CIN0190937386G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50999674962193,"sku":"NIN9780190937386","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0190937386.jpg?v=1750779759"},{"product_id":"deconstruction-for-beginners-book-jim-powell-9781934389263","title":"Deconstruction for Beginners","description":"\u003cbr\u003e Deconstruction is so labyrinthine (and rumored to be fatal) that it's become the monster that murdered philosophy. When Jacques Derrida, the father of deconstruction, uses buzz-words such as phallogocentrism\" and \"transcendental signified,\" humanities students and aspiring philosophers may get weak in the knees.\u003cbr\u003e Following up on the success of \u003ci\u003eDerrida For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e, Jim Powell's \u003ci\u003eDeconstruction For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e is an irreverent romp through deconstructive domains. Though Powell offers lucid explanations of the most important deconstructive ideas and texts, he also dive into lesser known works. One of these, \u003ci\u003eThe Right to Look\u003c\/i\u003e, finds Derrida offering his thoughts on a photo-novella consisting of images of women making love with each other. Powell then goes on to explore how deconstruction, like an unruly mistress, has escaped Derrida, especially in the realm of architecture. Then, based on Derrida's assertion that deconstruction happens differently in different cultures, Powell examines how - through Buddhism and Taoism - deconstruction took place in ancient India, Japan, and China.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50786974138641,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50786975514897,"sku":"CIN1934389269G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52505535086865,"sku":"GOR004684311","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53405756293393,"sku":"GOR012522128","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1934389269.jpg?v=1751156721"},{"product_id":"greatest-emancipations-book-jim-powell-9780230605923","title":"Greatest Emancipations","description":"For thousands of years, slavery went unchallenged in principle. Then in a single century, slavery was abolished and more than seven million slaves were freed. Greatest Emancipation tells this amazing story, focusing on Haiti, the British Caribbean, the United States, Cuba and Brazil, which accounted for the vast majority of slaves in the west. Jim Powell offers some surprising insights and shows that while the abolition of slavery was essential to any free society, it wasn't the sole determing factor, since some societies that abolished slavery later embraced dictatorships. Jim Powell reveals the process and tremendous influence that slavery's eradication had on individual societies in the west.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50840539398417,"sku":"GOR009239077","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50874708164881,"sku":"CIN0230605923VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51292341141777,"sku":"CIN0230605923G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53677278593297,"sku":"GOR004104078","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0230605923.jpg?v=1750738514"},{"product_id":"dirt-matters-book-jim-powell-9781490801827","title":"Dirt Matters","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51029691466001,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51029694447889,"sku":"NIN9781490801827","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52347849343249,"sku":"NLS9781490801827","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1490801820.jpg?v=1751020847"},{"product_id":"arriscar-e-viver-book-jim-powell-9788581300054","title":"Arriscar e viver","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51286337880337,"sku":"NIN9788581300054","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52332385075473,"sku":"NLS9788581300054","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8581300057.jpg?v=1751223490"},{"product_id":"arriving-where-we-started-book-jim-powell-9781917837026","title":"Arriving Where We Started","description":"While the Music Lasts is Jim Powell's fourth and most ambitious novel. Spanning four decades and moving between Britain, France and America, it is a timely chronicle of the generation that came of age in the post-war world. They championed freedom, blew the lid off convention and set out to change society - but did they?   Published in two volumes, this powerful story captures the zeitgeist of the extraordinary times through which this generation has lived.   The second volume, Arriving Where We Started, opens in New Mexico in 1988, with narrator Tony Gethyn visiting his traumatised Vietnam veteran friend, and later moving to New York. Reflecting the onset of globalisation, some friends from earlier years have moved to New York or visit it often. Among them is the novel's socially dysfunctional anti-hero, now a property tycoon bestriding the global financial markets. Also in New York is someone for whom Tony has long held a candle, first met as a barmaid in a Cambridge pub, now a broadsheet journalist.   By the time Tony returns England in 1992, some his friends there have climbed several rungs up the ladders of politics, law, global finance and the media; others have stalled or taken a fall.   We follow their triumphs and tragedies through the decade to 9\/11 and its reverberations and on to the economic meltdown of 2008.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51767757504785,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51767757570321,"sku":"NGR9781917837026","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781917837026.jpg?v=1751448826"},{"product_id":"starting-from-anywhere-book-jim-powell-9781917837088","title":"Starting from Anywhere","description":"WHILE THE MUSIC LASTS is Jim Powell's fourth and most ambitious novel.  Spanning four decades and moving between Britain, France and America, it is a timely chronicle of the generation that came of age in the post-war world. They championed freedom, blew the lid off convention and set out to change society - but did they?  Published in two volumes, this powerful story captures the zeitgeist of the  extraordinary times through which this generation has lived.  In the first volume, Starting from Anywhere, we follow the novel's compelling cast of characters, 'baby boomers' taking their first steps into adulthood, moving through 1960s idealism and on to the excesses of the 1980s. The narrator, Tony Gethyn, is the link between them all - from his school friend bound for Vietnam and university friends bound for Parliament and the City to the people who drift in and out of his advertising days in Soho, among them a Washington lobbyist, a Black Country entrepreneur, a Nigerian charity worker, a London tabloid journalist and her broadsheet counterpart in New York. Running through many of these lives, blighting some and unsettling others, is the novel's anti-hero, who represents the worst of 1980s culture.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51767757898001,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51767757963537,"sku":"NGR9781917837088","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781917837088.jpg?v=1751448841"},{"product_id":"starting-from-anywhere-book-jim-powell-9781917837002","title":"Starting from Anywhere","description":"WHILE THE MUSIC LASTSis Jim Powell's fourth and most ambitious novel. In the first volume,Starting from Anywhere, we follow the novel's compelling cast of characters, 'baby boomers' taking their first steps into adulthood, moving through 1960s idealism and on to the excesses of the 1980s.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51767760027921,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51767760060689,"sku":"NGR9781917837002","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52976299835665,"sku":"GOR014675745","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781917837002.jpg?v=1751448946"},{"product_id":"arriving-where-we-started-book-jim-powell-9781917837095","title":"Arriving Where We Started","description":"While the Music Lasts is Jim Powell's fourth and most ambitious novel. Spanning four decades and moving between Britain, France and America, it is a timely chronicle of the generation that came of age in the post-war world. They championed freedom, blew the lid off convention and set out to change society - but did they?   Published in two volumes, this powerful story captures the zeitgeist of the extraordinary times through which this generation has lived.   The second volume, Arriving Where We Started, opens in New Mexico in 1988, with narrator Tony Gethyn visiting his traumatised Vietnam veteran friend, and later moving to New York. Reflecting the onset of globalisation, some friends from earlier years have moved to New York or visit it often. Among them is the novel's socially dysfunctional anti-hero, now a property tycoon bestriding the global financial markets. Also in New York is someone for whom Tony has long held a candle, first met as a barmaid in a Cambridge pub, now a broadsheet journalist.   By the time Tony returns England in 1992, some his friends there have climbed several rungs up the ladders of politics, law, global finance and the media; others have stalled or taken a fall.   We follow their triumphs and tragedies through the decade to 9\/11 and its reverberations and on to the economic meltdown of 2008.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51767760814353,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51767760978193,"sku":"NGR9781917837095","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781917837095.jpg?v=1751448978"},{"product_id":"only-witness-book-jim-powell-9780996743891","title":"Only Witness","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52741123801361,"sku":"NIN9780996743891","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780996743891.jpg?v=1763486319"},{"product_id":"bad-wing-crow-book-jim-powell-9781937162153","title":"Bad Wing Crow","description":"\u003cp\u003eBad Wing Crow is a work of historical western fiction focusing on the life struggles and adventures of a young African American man, Samuel Tucker, and his family. It is a story of survival in the face of the extreme injustice and prejudice that prevailed in the Civil War and post Civil War eras. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn large measure, it's about retaining one's pride and humanity during these difficult times while, ultimately, seeking justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps as many as one third of the cowboys of the American West were of African descent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel Tucker's life roughly parallels that of such historical figures as Bass Reeves and Nat Love. Like them, he becomes uncommonly proficient with a gun, and he learns to be adaptable and patient and to not fight battles that can't be won, but he doesn't give up on his quest for justice. He also does his best to avoid sinking to the level of his adversaries, but this is a difficult challenge and reality dictates a degree of compromise on that score.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterpersonal relationships play a huge role in spite of Tucker's efforts to escape into a life of solitude. An unexpected romance sneaks into the picture as well, and becomes the catalyst that makes things start to happen real fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time he is ten years old, Sammy Tucker has seen his father hanged, his mother sold off at auction, and his hand cut off for touching a white girl. His wise and strong grandfather is the only family he has left. At the age of sixteen, in spite of the close relationship with his grandfather, he leaves Arkansas and heads west. His purpose is to escape the past, but he knows that one day he will return, and that he and his grandfather will settle the score with the three white men responsible for the hardships his family has endured. In the course of his journey, he earns a name and a reputation, falls in love, and picks up some valuable friends and allies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52756272808209,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756273332497,"sku":"NIN9781937162153","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781937162153.jpg?v=1763575752"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-jim-powell.oembed?page=2","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}