Summer(1st Edition) Vintage Minis by LaurieLee Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2017 by Vintage Classics International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-78487-292-2, ISBN: 1-78487-292-X
"How do you remember the summers of your childhood? For Laurie Lee they were flower-crested, heady, endless days. Here is an evocation of summer like no other – a remote valley filled with the scent of hay, jazzing wasps, blackberries plucked and gobbled, and games played until the last drop of dusk. Lee’s joyful and stirring writing captures the very essence of England’s golden season. Selected from the book Cider with Rosie by Laurie L ..."
A Moment of War(Reprint) A Memoir of the Spanish Civil War by LaurieLee Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1998 by New Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-173-4, ISBN: 1-56584-173-5
"In December 1937, young Laurie Lee crossed the Pyrenees into Spain as a wartime volunteer from England, and in so doing walked straight into the bitter winter of the Spanish Civil War."
A Moment of War(Reprint) by LaurieLee Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2015 by Nonpareil Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56792-516-6, ISBN: 1-56792-516-2
"One of The New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the YearIn December 1937, young Laurie Lee crossed the Pyrenees into Spain as a wartime volunteer from England, and in so doing walked straight into a loyalist prison and the bitter conflict of the Spanish Civil War. In this gripping memoir, he returns to the scene of his wartime coming of age and portrays the death of a young man s idealism with sincerity and a total lack of pre ..."
Village Christmas(Updated) and other notes on the English year by LaurieLee Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2016 by Penguin Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-241-24367-1, ISBN: 0-241-24367-X
"From the author of Cider With Rosie, Village Christmas is a moving, lyrical portrait of England through the changing years and seasons. Laurie Lee left his childhood home in the Cotswolds when he was nineteen, but it remained with him throughout his life until, many years later, he returned for good. This collection brings to life the sights, sounds, landscapes and traditions of his home - from centuries-old May Day rituals to his own p ..."
Cider with Rosie(Updated) (Vintage classics) by LaurieLee Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2002 by Vintage Books / Random House Import ISBN-13: 978-0-09-928566-3, ISBN: 0-09-928566-5
"At all times wonderfully evocative and poignant, Cider With Rosie is a charming memoir of Laurie Lee's childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a world that is tangibly real and yet reminiscent of a now distant past.In this idyllic pastoral setting, unencumbered by the callous father who so quickly abandoned his family responsibilities, Laurie's adoring mother becomes the centre of his world as she struggles to raise a growing family aga ..."
Cider with Rosie(Updated) (Essential Penguin) by LaurieLee, John Ward Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1998 by Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-14-027872-9, ISBN: 0-14-027872-9
"At all times wonderfully evocative and poignant, Cider With Rosie is a charming memoir of Laurie Lee's childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a world that is tangibly real and yet reminiscent of a now distant past. In this idyllic pastoral setting, unencumbered by the callous father who so quickly abandoned his family responsibilities, Laurie's adoring mother becomes the centre of his world as she struggles to raise a growing family ag ..."
The illustrated cider with Rosie(1st Edition) by LaurieLee Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1993 by Studio Edns. Import ISBN-13: 978-1-85170-993-9, ISBN: 1-85170-993-2
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A Moment of War(Updated) by LaurieLee Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1992 by Penguin Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-015622-5, ISBN: 0-14-015622-4
"A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.\n"A Moment of War" is the magnificent conclusion to Laurie Lee's autobiographical trilogy begun in "Cider with Rosie" and "As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning". It was December 1937 when the young Laurie Lee crossed the Pyrenees and walked into the bitter winter of the Spanish Civil War. With ..."
A Moment of War(1st Edition) { FLAT SIGNED BY AUTHOR } by LaurieLee Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1991 by Viking Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-670-84019-9, ISBN: 0-670-84019-X
I Can't Stay Long(Updated) by Laurie. Lee Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1978 by P/B ISBN-13: 978-0-14-004327-3, ISBN: 0-14-004327-6
"The travel articles here, comprising a third of this collection of brief essays written in the last two or three decades, do not have the breadth, space and exhilaration of Lee's As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969). However, in these pre-tourism recollections of the Caribbean, Venice, Spain, Warsaw (Lee was a bemused guest there at an official function), etc., there are bright moments: Mexico's tequila is ""exalting without bei ..."
Down in the Valley(1st Edition) A Writer's Landscape by LaurieLee, David Parker Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2019 by Penguin Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-241-41167-4, ISBN: 0-241-41167-X
"'Living in our valley was like broad beans in a pod, so snug and enclosed and protective.'Laurie Lee left his childhood home in the Cotswolds when he was nineteen, but it remained with him throughout his life, until, many years later, he returned for good. In this never before published collection, Laurie Lee guides us through his home landscape around Slad in Gloucestershire, and the memories of his youth there. Down in the Valley brin ..."
The Autobiographical Trilogy Ser. The Autobiographical Trilogy : Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, and a Moment of War by LaurieLee 720 Pages, Published 2018 by Open Road Media ISBN-13: 978-1-5040-5391-4, ISBN: 1-5040-5391-5
"Beginning with the international bestselling, lyrical memoir of his childhood in the Cotswolds, Laurie Lee follows up with a fascinating travel narrative of crossing England and Spain on foot, and brings the story to a climax with a ..."
Just Finish the Race by LaurieLee Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2017 by LaurieLee ISBN-13: 978-0-692-90315-5, ISBN: 0-692-90315-1
""Laurie and Johnny Lee have shown tremendous strength and courage since a tragic car accident claimed the life of their son, Josh. Their ability to share the story of Josh's death while dealing with their own personal grief is awe-inspiring. Encouraging others to "Just Finish the Race" is shared with love, respect, humility, and brutal honesty and it encourages others to realize that they will have battles but they just have to fight to ..."
"He writes like an angel, and conveys the pride and vitality of the humblest Spanish life with unfailing sharpness, zest and humor. - The Sunday Times (UK)For Laurie Lee, as for much of the world, 1936 was the end of innocence. Lee recalls the first great journey of his young life, in which he walks through Spain and becomes entangled in the passionate, bloody struggle that was the Spanish Civil War. This memoir (a sequel to the beloved ..."
A Rose for Winter Travels in Andalusia by LaurieLee 116 Pages, Published 2014 by Open Road Media ISBN-13: 978-1-4976-4135-8, ISBN: 1-4976-4135-7
"Travels in Andalusia Laurie Lee. 5. Castillo. of. the. Sugar. Canes. We had come
down now to the warm south coast, to a small fishing village which I shall call
Castillo – though this is not its name. Many years ago, in the summer of 1936, I
had ..."
I Can't Stay Long by LaurieLee 223 Pages, Published 2014 by Open Road Media ISBN-13: 978-1-4976-4138-9, ISBN: 1-4976-4138-1
"The essential Laurie Lee, a collection of occasional writings full of his unique vision and irresistible charm All of the wit and wisdom and poetry that made Laurie Lee one of the most celebrated English writers of the twentieth century can ..."
Cider with Rosie (Nonpareil Book) by LaurieLee Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2014 by David R Godine ISBN-13: 978-1-56792-355-1, ISBN: 1-56792-355-0
"One of eight children, Laurie Lee was born in 1914, in Slad, Gloucestershire, then a remote corner of England. As his father was absent, the large family--five children from his father's first marriage and three from his second one was brought up by his capable mother. "We lived where he had left us; a relic of his provincial youth; a sprawling cumbersome, countrified brood too incongruous to carry with him; and I, for one, scarcely mis ..."
"'The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in the grass and caught there like a piece of sheep's wool, was the last I saw of my country home as I left it to discover the world' Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young ..."
The Firstborn A Reflection on Fatherhood by LaurieLee 35 Pages, Published 2014 by Open Road Media ISBN-13: 978-1-4976-4136-5, ISBN: 1-4976-4136-5
"A Reflection on Fatherhood Laurie Lee. not gradings in academic abstractions.
May she feel confident, wanted, ... These are hopes, of course, rather than exact
intentions. For who knows what my girl will be? She's only a few months old, and
a ..."