2002, ISBN: 9780582025035

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Madison Books, 1990, 1990. Hard Cover. Nearfine/Nearfine. 1st Hardbound. ISBN: 0-8191-7679-6. Clean copy in price-clipped DJ.. Hardcover., Madison Books, 1990, 1990, Fourth Estate Ltd, 20… Plus…

Madison Books, 1990, 1990. Hard Cover. Nearfine/Nearfine. 1st Hardbound. ISBN: 0-8191-7679-6. Clean copy in price-clipped DJ.. Hardcover., Madison Books, 1990, 1990, Fourth Estate Ltd, 2002. Paperback. Good. Signed by Author. Signed by Author Paperback in good condition, little signs of being read, signed by the author. Review Itinerant philosopher Christopher Ross' debut book Tunnel Visions a deftly observant sideways glance at human nature when in transit or, more often, not sprung from 16 months working as a Station Assistant for London Underground. Or Platform 6, northbound Victoria Line, at Oxford Circus station, to be precise. A series of notes from the Underground, it provides a placatory centre of calm and rationale in our increasingly eddying lives as Ross, previously a corporate lawyer, oriental carpet smuggler and Japanese soap actor, takes the McJob to find a personal space in which to ruminate. After the surreal procedures of the training school, he is allocated his own patch, of which he grows quickly proprietorial. In a collection of precise tableaux, he neither leans upon nor ignores the inevitable anecdotal luggage that accumulates, but relates it with philosophical detachment and, when necessary, an engaged moral probity. He observes the archetypal gaits of his commuters, sings harmonies with a busking act, witnesses the spit and polish applied for a visit by John Prescott, and a man emerge from a train tunnel after being told at the previous station that it would be quicker to walk. Green grapes, he learns, are more deadly than banana skins, though not as lethal as suicidal "one-unders" (or "track pizza", in unforgiving New York parlance). A captured mosquito turns out to be unknown in Britain, an ugly, beswaddled baby turns out to be a monkey, and a dog on a lead a domesticated fox. Nothing is what it seems, but only if you look. Like the best travel literature, Tunnel Visions chooses internal rather than external landscapes, and describes them with a steady calm eye. From the autopilot of the Victoria Line trains to the sheep-like, but never sheepish, autopilot of his gaggles of passengers, the wisdom, and man-hours, Ross invests in this woefully under-resourced utility rewards with the best view from the other side of the Tube tracks since John Wain's novel The Smaller Sky, now sadly out-of-print. In the end the pessimism ground Ross down, but the Oxford Circus' loss was literature's gain, with this terrific, humane, utterly original legacy.--David Vincent Review 'This is one of the most original and surprising books that I have read for years: a reflection on city life by an unusual mind that proves just how extraordinary the ordinary can be.' Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail, (Critics Choice) 'Ross has produced a truly brilliant book.' Gary Younge, Guardian 'Very funny . . . a parable of our times.' Iain Sinclair, Daily Telegraph ' . . this unique, utterly original little philosophical tome. This is pop philosophy in its best sense: a kind of subterranean Sophie's World, but more adult, darker-edged, its modest wisdom harder won.' Literary Review. - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, , non-fiction books delivered world wide. Excess postage may be required for books over 1 kg in weight outside the EU. ISBN 1-84115-567-5 1841155675., Fourth Estate Ltd, 2002, Longman, 1989. Paperback. Good. Paperback internally good but creasing to covers. Owners initials on first page. Third edition. Contents include changes in UK economic structure; company accounts as a source of financial information; objectives and behaviour of large and small firms; mergers; oligopoly; multinationals; nationalisation and privatisation; pricing; IT; consumption; investment; expenditure; taxation; monetary control; inflation; policy; unions; exchange rates; protectionism. Illustrated with tables and diagrams., Longman, 1989<

1989, ISBN: 9780582025035

Longman, 1989. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a sto… Plus…

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1989, ISBN: 0582025036

[EAN: 9780582025035], Gebraucht, [PU: Longman], ECONOMICS, Business & Economics|Economics|General, This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condi… Plus…

[EAN: 9780582025035], Gebraucht, [PU: Longman], ECONOMICS, Business & Economics|Economics|General, This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy.<

1989, ISBN: 9780582025035

Longman, 1989. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy., Longman, 1989

ISBN: 9780582025035

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