Dust jacket notes:  "Ann Barr's and Peter York's light touch conceals what is basically the first examination of British upper-class mores, attitudes and dress codes.  In an area skimmed by a succession of etiquette books ranging from the frivolous to the pompous, this is the first book to look below the surface of a life that is going stronger than ever.  Sloane Rangers conform to an ancient and coherent system of behaviour, somewhat resembling that of the Japanese samurai.  Like the samurai they preserve a mediaeval framework largely intact.  But unlike them, the Sloane Rangers' roots have, until now, been hidden.  Here they are, revealed in all their strength and quirkiness.  Much of what Sloanes do is quaintly useless, xenophobic and snobbish, but the core is human and sound.  The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook 'defines', in the words of Peter York, 'a unique set of mental attitudes that acquire extra fascination in a computer world.'  Peter York is not a Sloane Ranger."

The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook: The First Guide to What Really Matters in Life

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Ann Barr

Peter York

Beverages & Wine

Ebury Press

<p>The Official Sloane Ranger Diary: The First Guide to the Sloane Year</p>

The Official Sloane Ranger Diary: The First Guide to the Sloane Year

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Supercritical Fluid Technology for Drug Product Development

Taylor&Francis

Dictators' Homes: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colourful Despots

Arts & Photography

Architecture

ATLANTIC BOOKS *

DOUGLAS COUPLAND

<p>Physical description; 271 p. : ill. ; 38 cm. Summary; "Arrested" is the biography of idiosyncratic London-based photographer and film director Jim Lee. Lee established a portfolio photographing bands such as the Kinks and the Who and later became in demand as a fashion photographer, notably working with "Vogue" editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Lee's earlier photographic work is included in a permanent collection at the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum. Born in 1945 to parents who were both MI5 operatives, Lee's life has followed anything but a conventional route. Dyslexia and an independent spirit saw Lee at the age of just seventeen emigrate to Australia where his passion for photography was kindled. Rescued from fighting in the Vietnam war by his parents' intervention, Lee returned to the UK and began to establish a portfolio photographing bands. As his reputation grew, Lee became in demand as a fashion photographer for magazines during the late sixties and seventies. He collaborated with some of the most influential fashion designers, including Yves St Laurent and Gianni Versace, and his work appeared in "Elle", "The Sunday Times Magazine", "Harpers &amp; Queen" and "The New York Times". Subjects; Lee, Jim. Fashion photography - Great Britain. Photographers - Great Britain - Biography. Motion picture producers and directors - Great Britain - Biography.</p>

Arrested. Peter York and Jim Lee

Ammonite Press

Book 9781916754126

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