The Face Pressed Against a Window - A Memoir

Tim Waterstone read English at Cambridge University before moving to Calcutta to work for a broking firm. On returning to England, he worked at WHSmith for eight years, and went on to establish the bookselling chain Waterstones in 1982. In 2018 he was knighted for services to bookselling and charity.

Info autore

Tim Waterstone read English at Cambridge University before moving to Calcutta to work for a broking firm. On returning to England, he worked at W.H. Smith for eight years, and went on to establish the bookselling chain Waterstone's in 1982. He became the founder chairman of HMV media group in 1998, which he left in 2001. He is currently the chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University and a board member of Yale University Press, as well as being a novelist and business speaker.

Riassunto

An evocative and candid memoir that charts the key moments in the life of Britain's most successful bookseller.

Prefazione

An evocative and candid memoir that charts the key moments in the life of Britain's most successful bookseller.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sir Tim (Author) Waterstone, Tim Waterstone, Tim (Author) Waterstone
• Editore: Atlantic Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.09.2019
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 197 mm x 129 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 304 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Arte, letteratura > Biografie, autobiografie; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Ethnic Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Biography: general, Memoirs, Autobiography: literary, Autobiography: business and industry, Publishing and book trade