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  • The Face Pressed Against a Window

    The Bookseller Who Built Waterstones

    Tim Waterstone is one of Britain's most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstone's empire that started with one small 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 that allowed Waterstone's to dominate the bookselling business throughout the country. Tim explores ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In for a Penny, In for a Pound

    A penniless publisher teetering on the brink: Hugh Emerson runs a small, prestigious publishing house. But literature doesn't pay the bills, and now his bestselling author is the subject of a salacious story in the gutter press. A newspaper dynasty struggling to survive: Ned Macaulay, heir to a newspaper fortune and Hugh's best friend, steps in to help. But Ned has problems of his own. The family ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Face Pressed Against a Window

    A Memoir

    Chosen as one of the Daily Mail's Memoirs of the YearTim Waterstone is one of Britain's most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstone's empire that started with one small 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 that allowed Waterstone's to dominate the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Swimming Against the Stream

    Creating Your Business and Making Your Life

    Waterstone's was DTI awarded as one of the three most financially successful business start-ups of the 1980s and, culturally, may be considered to have changed the complexion and scale of bookselling in the British isles and Europe. This massive success is in no small way due to Tim Waterstone's excellent business practices and belief that business can work for the good of the community. In this ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Face Pressed Against a Window

    A Memoir

    Narrated by Tim Waterstone ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 8 min

    Candid and moving, The Face Pressed Against a Window charts the life of one of our most celebrated business leaders.Tim Waterstone is one of Britain's most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstone's empire that started with one small bookshop in 1982. In this charming and evocative memoir, he recalls the childhood experiences that led him to become an entrepreneur and outlines the ... Read more

    $23.04 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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