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  • Once Upon a Tome : The misadventures of a rare bookseller by Oliver Darkshire 9781529177121

    Once Upon a Tome : The misadventures of a rare bookseller

    Peculiarly hilarious!' - William Gibson'Every page is a pleasure' - Lindsey FItzharris'Utterly charming' - Tom Holland'Laugh-out-loud' - Garth Nix'A must read' - Fergus Butler-Gallie'Brims with self-effacing charm' - Caitlin Doughty'Unfortunately I have mislaid the book in question' - Neil GaimanWelcome to Sotheran's, one of...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • A Bookshop of One's Own : How a Group of Women Set out to Change the World by Jane Cholmeley 9780008651046

    A Bookshop of One's Own : How a Group of Women Set out to Change the World

    The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement. An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024 What was it like to start a...
    £16.99 GBP
    £16.99 GBP
  • A Moveable Feast

    A Moveable Feast

    Hemingway's captivating memoir of living in Paris during the twenties. 'If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast'Hemingway's...
    £9.99 GBP
    £9.99 GBP
  • The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell 9781781258637

    The Diary of a Bookseller

    Love, Nina meets Black Books: a wry and hilarious account of life in Scotland's biggest second-hand bookshop and the band of eccentrics and book-obsessives who work there'The Diary Of A Bookseller is warm (unlike Bythell's freezing-cold shop) and funny, and deserves to become one...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • Notebook by Tom Cox 9781800181403

    Notebook

    Sure, sex is great, but have you ever cracked open a new notebook and written something on the first page with a really nice pen?The story behind Notebook starts with a minor crime: the theft of Tom Cox's rucksack from a Bristol pub in...
    £9.99 GBP
    £9.99 GBP
  • Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi 9780241246238

    Reading Lolita in Tehran

    Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice, gradually they come...
    £9.99 GBP
    £9.99 GBP
  • In the Margins. On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena Ferrante 9212960014634

    In the Margins. On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing

    "Elena Ferrante has established herself as the foremost writer in Italy - and the world." THE SUNDAY TIMESA delightful collection of original essays on reading and writing. From the internationally acclaimed author of My Brilliant Friend, The Lying Life of Adults, and The Lost...
    £13.99 GBP
    £13.99 GBP
  • Footnotes : A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers by Peter Fiennes 9781786077707

    Footnotes : A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers

    Footnotes: A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers invites you on a literary pilgrimage across the British Isles. Peter Fiennes retraces the paths of twelve revered writers from centuries past, allowing their words and worldviews to illuminate the modern landscape. From...
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    £10.99 GBP
  • My Dear Kabul : The incredible and courageous diary of an Afghan women's writing group during the Fall of Kabul by Untold Narratives CIC 9781399727983

    My Dear Kabul : The incredible and courageous diary of an Afghan women's writing group during the Fall of Kabul

    The incredible and courageous collective diary of an Afghan women's writing group during the Fall of Kabul in August 2021 'An intimate, courageous chronicle of life as it unfolds under Taliban rule'OBSERVER, *Book of the Day*'A hugely important book' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'A deeply moving collective...
    £20.00 GBP
    £20.00 GBP
  • Orwell : The New Life by D.J. Taylor 9781472132987

    Orwell : The New Life

    Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two dystopian masterpieces, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) have together sold over 40 million copies. Even now, he continues to...
    £14.99 GBP
    £14.99 GBP
  • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain : From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 9781526624246

    A Swim in a Pond in the Rain : From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPICKED BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, IRISH TIMES, SPECTATOR, TLS, NEW STATESMAN, MAIL ON SUNDAY, I PAPER, PROSPECT, REVEW31 AND EVENING STANDARD AS A BOOK OF 2021'A masterclass from a warm and engagingly enthusiastic companion' Guardian Summer Reading Picks...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • The Novel Cure : An A to Z of Literary Remedies by Ella Berthoud 9780857864215

    The Novel Cure : An A to Z of Literary Remedies

    Mumsnet 'Best Books for Christmas 2016''Ideal for anyone who has ever wondered what on earth to read next' SJ WATSON'Witty, engaging and informative. The sort of book you choose for a friend and end up wanting to keep' RACHEL JOYCEThis is a medical handbook...
    £12.99 GBP
    £12.99 GBP
  • Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach 9780803260979

    Shakespeare and Company

    "Miss Beach's book is intimate, not scholarly, and thus full of interesting information. Her reminiscences are literally an index of everybody in the twenties, and she knew them all."-Janet Flanner,�New YorkerSylvia Beach was intimately acquainted with the expatriate and visiting writers of the Lost...
    £16.99 GBP
    £16.99 GBP
  • Novelist as a Vocation : An exploration of a writer's life from the Sunday Times bestselling author by Haruki Murakami 9781529918359

    Novelist as a Vocation : An exploration of a writer's life from the Sunday Times bestselling author

    Words have power. Yet that power must be rooted in truth and justice. Words must never stand apart from those principles. 'You end this collection.vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again' GuardianReaders who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • The Book-Makers : A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives by Adam Smyth 9781847926296

    The Book-Makers : A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives

    A celebration of the printed book, told through the lives of 18 people who took it in radical new directions. 'This really is the loveliest of books' I'I cannot recommend it highly enough' SPECTATORThis is an extraordinary story of skill, craft, mess, cunning, triumph,...
    £25.00 GBP
    £25.00 GBP
  • A Writer's World by Jan Morris 9780571215256

    A Writer's World

    In a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant traveller - has produced a unique portrait of the twentieth century. Ranging from New York to Venice, Sydney to Berlin, and the Middle East...
    £14.99 GBP
    £14.99 GBP
  • The Haunted Wood : A History of Childhood Reading by Sam Leith 9780861548187

    The Haunted Wood : A History of Childhood Reading

    A MARVEL' PHILIP PULLMANCan you remember the first time you fell in love with a book?The stories we read as children matter. The best ones are indelible in our memories; reaching far beyond our childhoods, they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys...
    £30.00 GBP
    £30.00 GBP
  • Howards End is on the Landing : A year of reading from home by Susan Hill 9781846682667

    Howards End is on the Landing : A year of reading from home

    Early one autumn afternoon in pursuit of an elusive book on her shelves, Susan Hill encountered dozens of others that she had never read, or forgotten she owned, or wanted to read for a second time. The discovery inspired her to embark on a...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • The Year of Reading Dangerously : How Fifty Great Books Saved My Life by Andy Miller 9780007255764

    The Year of Reading Dangerously : How Fifty Great Books Saved My Life

    A working father whose life no longer feels like his own discovers the transforming powers of great (and downright terrible) literature in this laugh-out-loud memoir. Andy Miller had a job he quite liked, a family he loved and no time at all for reading....
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • The Past : 'Poetic, tender and full of wry humour. A delight.' - Sunday Mirror by Tessa Hadley 9780099597469

    The Past : 'Poetic, tender and full of wry humour. A delight.' - Sunday Mirror

    Rivalry, unruly desire and ugly secrets poison a family holiday in this gripping novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Free Love and Late in the Day. 'Few writers give me such consistent pleasure' Zadie SmithFour siblings meet up in their grandparents' old...
    £9.99 GBP
    £9.99 GBP
  • The Writer's Journey : In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats Volume 1 by Travis Elborough 9780711268722

    The Writer's Journey : In the Footsteps of the Literary Greats Volume 1

    Follow in the footsteps of some of the world�_Ts most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas. A� Some truly remarkable works of literature have been inspired by writers spending time away from their typical surroundings....
    £20.00 GBP
    £20.00 GBP
  • Experiments on Reality : The Last Essays by Tim Robinson 9780241987292

    Experiments on Reality : The Last Essays

    Experiments on Reality is a thought-provoking collection of essays that blends memoir and scientific inquiry. Tim Robinson, renowned for his intricate explorations of the Irish landscape, turns his incisive gaze inward, shining a light on his own life while delving into fascinating questions that...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP