TIMEKEEPERS by Simon Garfield ( 9781782113218 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

TIMEKEEPERS
HOW THE WORLD BECAME OBSESSED WITH TIME

By:

Simon Garfield

Format:

Paperback

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£10.99

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£8.02

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£2.97

ISBN 10:

1782113215

ISBN 13:

9781782113218

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Publisher:

CANONGATE BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

6 July, 2017

Edition:

Main

Pages:

368

Description:

A witty and entertaining journey through time from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map

Synopsis:

Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. The Beatles learn to be brilliant in an hour and a half. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic wishes ignored. A US Senator begins a speech that will last for 25 hours. The horrors of war are frozen at the click of a camera. A woman designs a ten-hour clock and reinvents the calendar. Roger Bannister lives out the same four minutes over a lifetime. And a prince attempts to stop time in its tracks. Timekeepers is a book about our obsession with time and our desire to measure it, control it, sell it, film it, perform it, immortalise it and make it meaningful. It has two simple intentions: to tell some illuminating stories, and to ask whether we have all gone completely nuts.

Illustrations:

Integrated black and white photos and drawings throughout

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Imprint:

Canongate Books Ltd

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