Polly Morland

The Society of Timid Souls

Or, How to be Brave

Buch

This book is a modern investigation of an ancient virtue, inspired by a group for stage-frightened musicians in 1940s Manhattan. Coinciding with the terrifying height of World War Two, it was called The Society of Timid Souls. Seventy years later, as fear about everything from terrorism to economic meltdown has become part of our daily lives, Polly Morland reconvenes the society, setting out to discover what it means to be brave in an age of anxiety.Her journey-and this book-is full of amazing people and surprising ideas. It explores how and why people are brave, from battlefield to hospital ward, circus tightrope to suburban street, disaster… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84668-514-9
EAN: 9781846685149
Produktnummer: 15630643
Verlag: Profile Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H19.7 cm x B13.0 cm x D2.1 cm 262 g
Auflage: Main
Gewicht: 262
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

During fifteen years as a documentary maker, Polly Morland worked as producer/director for the BBC and Channel Four, as well as for PBS and the Discovery Channel. Her first book, The Society of Timid Souls, won a Jerwood Award and was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.