The Kindness of Strangers.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,5th imp.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject colour portrait illustrated dw/dj,with a circular,silvered WH Smith 'SIGNED edition' sticker to upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.There is a light score mark across the barcode on rear wrap - else FINE.Top+fore -edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's generally clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain tan endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,5th imp,1-373pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters which includes a postscript,24pp b/w+colour (majority) contemporary subject related photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp86/7,pp182/3 and pp278/9 respectively,an index; plus [unpaginated],half-title page,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,acknowledgements, and contents list/ table. Kate Adie,reporting from the world's danger zones,is so familiar to us that we feel we know her well.Raised in post-war Sunderland, where life was a 'sunny experience,full of meat-paste sandwiches and Sunday school',Kate has reported memorably and courageously from many of the world's trouble spots since she joined the BBC in 1969. 'The Kindness of Strangers' encompasses Adie's reporting from inter alia Northern Ireland, the Middle East, Tianamen Square and,of course,the Gulf War of 1991. It offers a compelling combination of vivid frontline accounts and evocative writing,laced with the nitty-gritty of everyday life travelling the world by cattle truck and armoured vehicle,without even a bath after a night of shell-fire.From the siege at the Iranian Embassy in 1980 to close encounters with bullets and bombs,the mayhem of desert warfare and the eccentricities of Royal tours,Kate has coolly kept us in touch through her reasoned and level reporting. Although fundamentally a private person,Kate Adie takes us behind the camera into the somewhat crazed world of broadcasting,where studios disintegrate during transmission,camera crews have been known to operate naked and a well-aimed potato can put paid to a reporter's best efforts. Kate is sharp and funny,and 'The Kindness of Strangers' is full of insights into the modern world of news,where reporting the facts is not as simple as it might seem.Kate Adie is the BBC`s Chief News Correspondent and the presenter of Radio Four's, 'From Our Own Correspondent'.She grew up in Sunderland,read Swedish at Newcastle University and was a member of the National Youth Theatre before embarking on a career initially in radio journalism. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **