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The man who picked up Penguin Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson enjoys this Life of Allen Lane, the bully who changed the face of British publishing
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AS A YOUNG publisher, Allen Lane once sought the opinions of two
fortune-tellers. One was discouraging: ``There is little to indicate
that you should go into business for yourself.'' But Miss Kate
Murray, of Golders Green, was rather more perceptive: ``You have a
fine intuitive mind, even if you need the stimulations of another
person's mind and character to do your work.'' Warm-hearted and
affectionate, she thought, but not passionate and rather liable to be
over-anxious about his love affairs. ``I do not think you will ever
get very stout ... but be very careful to limit the alcohol.''
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Books: The man who was Penguin Allen Lane didn't just invent the paperback book; he also created the first automated warehouse. Oh, the irony! Can Penguin obliterate last year's distribution woes with its jazzy 70th birthday celebrations? Mark Bostridge reports
; ...paperbacks, selected by its founder Allen Lane and priced at sixpence a copy, were...Bristol (18-21 May), the city of Allen Lane's birth. The V&A's display of some...Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005 (Allen Lane pounds 16.99), in which the graphic...
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The quiet genius who soon had us all picking up Penguins; Centenary ALLEN LANE, publisher.
; Byline: KEITH WATERHOUSE ALLEN LANE did not invent the paperback, any...ago passed its sell-by date. Sir Allen Lane, as he was to become, was never himself...reasoned the young but already shrewd Allen Lane, there most be a market for good...
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Master and Commander.(The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815 by Allen Lane)(Brief Article)
; ...the Commonwealth and the end of the Napoleonic Wars, The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815 (Allen Lane) has been awarded the British Academy's annual prize for books in the humanities and social sciences that will also appeal...
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Friday Book: The resurrection of Oliver Cromwell Roundhead Reputations: the English civil wars and the passions of posterity by Blair Worden (Allen Lane, pounds 20)
; ...barnstorming albums inspired by their idols. Roundhead Reputations always fascinates, but the book feels at war with itself. Allen Lane has marketed it as popular history (no footnotes, just a "bibliographical survey"). Yet the first third consists of a...
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Books: Blighted by love and longevity Berlioz: Servitude and Greatness 1832-1869 by David Cairns Allen Lane pounds 25
; ...biography of Hector Berlioz has been a long time coming. The first volume, The Making of an Artist 1803-1832 (now reissued by Allen Lane in a revised uniform edition) originally appeared a decade ago, leaving its hero at the age of 29 and poised on the threshold...
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THE SOLDIERS' TALE: Bearing Witness to Modern War, by Allen Lane; Penguin Press (318 pages, $24.95).(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
; ...been there. As Samuel Hynes says in his often brilliant new book, ``The Soldiers' Tale: Bearing Witness to Modern War'' (Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, 318 pp., $24.95), only the soldiers can know what it was like: ``These places are like nothing we...
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Lane promotes Allen.(Lane Home Furnishings promotes Kelly Chenault Allen )(Brief article)
; ...promoted to fashion merchandise manager for Lane Home Furnishings, according to Gentry Long, vice president of upholstery. Allen joined Lane in 2004 as associate merchandise manager...and correlate recliners. Before joining Lane, Allen was the visual merchandise manager...
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ANTIQUITY Travelling Heroes: Greek and Their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer by Robin Lane Fox ALLEN LANE/PENGUIN, pounds 25, 440 pp Did the Greek myths really originate with a group of Dark Age adventurers? wonders Richard Miles
; ...beast among academic books. Not for Robin Lane Fox the narrow path of specialisation...leading a wide range of readers along it. Lane Fox is ambitious for and demanding of his...here that beset so much 'popular' history. Lane Fox believes that his readers are capable...
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Aleister Crowley, mixologist ; Louts, sinners and eccentrics have roamed London's West End since time immemorial, and the Royal brats falling out of Boujis are simply the latest, palest imitators of centuries of bad behaviour ++ West End Chronicles ++ By Ed Ginert Allen Lane [pound]25
; So you're at a grand party in a Park Lane mansion and get a bit tipsy. Seducing a beautiful woman, you tiptoe to a bedroom with her. In the morning, by way of thanks, you...
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Books: Last night's performance was a riot Garrick by Ian McIntyre Allen Lane pounds 25
; ...playwrights like Goldsmith, and Sheridan who succeeded him at Drury Lane and, unlike his thrifty predecessor, fiddled the books to maintain...French roots when he invited some Gallic performers to Drury Lane at the height of Anglo-French tensions. But largely Garrick's...
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