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Nick James Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Writer. Former Editor of Sight & Sound.

12 books
Book Cover for: French Cinema: A Student's Guide, Phil Powrie

French Cinema: A Student's Guide

Phil Powrie
Nick JamesNick James

Sad to hear that Keith Reader, a regular contributor on French cinema to @SightSoundmag at one time, has died unexpectedly. A diligent and thoroughgoing enthusiast, he will be missed. RIP

Paperback, 2002

$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dubliners, James Joyce

Dubliners

James Joyce
Nick JamesNick James

4 Broken April, Ismail Kadare; 5 Dubliners, James Joyce; 6 Erasure, Percival Everett; 7 Field Work, Seamus Heaney; 8 Innocent Blood, P. D. James; 9 A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam; 10 Trieste, Dasa Drndic...

Paperback, 1993

$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Erasure, Percival Everett

Erasure

Percival Everett
Nick JamesNick James

4 Broken April, Ismail Kadare; 5 Dubliners, James Joyce; 6 Erasure, Percival Everett; 7 Field Work, Seamus Heaney; 8 Innocent Blood, P. D. James; 9 A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam; 10 Trieste, Dasa Drndic...

Paperback, 2011

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam

A Passage North

Anuk Arudpragasam
Nick JamesNick James

4 Broken April, Ismail Kadare; 5 Dubliners, James Joyce; 6 Erasure, Percival Everett; 7 Field Work, Seamus Heaney; 8 Innocent Blood, P. D. James; 9 A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam; 10 Trieste, Dasa Drndic...

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dubliners, James Joyce

Dubliners

James Joyce
Nick JamesNick James

4 Broken April, Ismail Kadare; 5 Dubliners, James Joyce; 6 Erasure, Percival Everett; 7 Field Work, Seamus Heaney; 8 Innocent Blood, P. D. James; 9 A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam; 10 Trieste, Dasa Drndic...

Paperback, 2017

$18.67$9.34 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Middle Danube to the Iron Gates, Patrick Leigh Fermor

Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Middle Danube to the Iron Gates

Patrick Leigh Fermor
Nick JamesNick James

I read many wonderful books in 2022. Following on are my favourite ten in alphabetical order: 1 The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, William Dalrymple; 2 Berta Isla, Xavier Marías; 3 Between the Woods and the Water, Patrick Leigh Fermor...

Paperback, 2005

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century, Jean-Luc Godard

Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century

Jean-Luc Godard
Nick JamesNick James

This image was one of the things that made international cinema seem like the coolest place to be when I was young. I had the privilege to interview the supposedly difficult Jean-Luc Godard and to me he was sweet and avuncular. A king to mourn. RIP https://t.co/72aD3ed04j

Hardcover, 2000

$150.00$125.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Trieste, Dasa Drndic

Trieste

Dasa Drndic
Nick JamesNick James

4 Broken April, Ismail Kadare; 5 Dubliners, James Joyce; 6 Erasure, Percival Everett; 7 Field Work, Seamus Heaney; 8 Innocent Blood, P. D. James; 9 A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam; 10 Trieste, Dasa Drndic...

Paperback, 2015

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Pound Era, Hugh Kenner

The Pound Era

Hugh Kenner
Nick JamesNick James

@johnstonglenn And, unless my eyes deceive, you haven’t yet got Hugh Kenner’s brilliant The Pound Era.

Paperback, 1973

$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rogue Male, Geoffrey Household

Rogue Male

Geoffrey Household
Nick JamesNick James

@DrMatthewSweet Come to think of it the title was probably taken from Fritz Lang's version of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male, which was also called Manhunt.

Paperback, 2007

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book