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The face pressed against a window : a memoir /

Tim Waterstone is one of Britain's most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstones empire that started with one bookshop in 1982. In this charming and evocative memoir, he recalls the childhood experiences that led him to become an entrepreneur and outlines the business philosophy tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waterstone, Tim, 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Atlantic Books, 2019.
Subjects:
Waterstone, Tim, > 1939-
Waterstone & Co. > History.
Businessmen > Great Britain > Biography.
Booksellers and bookselling > Great Britain > Biography.
Waterstone & Co.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Businessmen.
Great Britain.
Biography.
History.
Autobiographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue
  • Part one. Where the children of my childhood played
  • Part two. I do, ladies. I do. I 'ave a go
  • Epilogue. Miranda Beeching
  • The carriage clock.