Books written by Ian Bell

  • Dreams of Exile: Robert Louis Stevenson

    The eldest of the brood, the second laird and R.L.S.'s great grandfather, studied philosophy at Leyden before marryingthe wellconnected Cecilia Elphinstone. One of the lesser intellectual lights of hisbright day, ...

  • Time Out of Mind: The Lives of Bob Dylan

    The descriptions of an unseen hand, of trembling and ofbeing 'knocked down' are from an interview conducted by Karen Hughes inDayton, Ohio, on 21 May 1980 during Dylan's third gospel tour. The Hughes piece was published in New Zealand's ...

  • The Dominican Republic

    The Dominican Republic

  • Time Out of Mind: The Lives of Bob Dylan

    It is a tale of redemption, of an act of creative will against the odds, and of a writer who refused to fade away. Time Out of Mind is the story of the latest, perhaps the last, of the many Bob Dylans.

  • Supporting Agency Awareness 1991-1994: Final Report

    Supporting Agency Awareness 1991-1994: Final Report

  • Once Upon a Time

    In a 1978 Playboy interview, the question was asked, yet again: 'By the time you arrived in New York, you'd changed your name from Robert Zimmerman to Bob Dylan. Was it because of Dylan Thomas?' Answer: No, I haven't read that much of ...

  • Maths for the Building Trades

    It can be used as a learning programme on its own or in conjunction with the textbooks associated with their chosen trade. The book assumes only a minimum level of mathematical knowledge and thoroughly covers the basic rules.

  • Once Upon a Time: The Lives of Bob Dylan

    The first volume in this “knotty, beguiling, contrary” account of the American music legend “could be the most vital Dylan biography yet” (The Guardian).

  • Maths for the Building Trades

    ... construction, the height and number of rises in a staircase and the areas of floors and panelling. Bricklayers: the number of bricks, the amounts and proportions of sand and cement required. The setting out of building lines, arches and ...