The Bookseller's Tale
By: Martin Latham
3.81
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale the…
Want to Read $ 9.99"When one realizes the tremendous evolution of one's being which occurs in a lifetime one is bound to as: ...did I learn my lesson here on earth?"-Martin Latham, The Bookseller's Tale
"When one realizes the tremendous evolution of one's being which occurs in a lifetime one is bound to as: ...did I learn my lesson here on earth?"-Martin Latham, The Bookseller's Tale
"When one realizes the tremendous evolution of one's being which occurs in a lifetime one is bound to as: ...did I learn my lesson here on earth?"-Martin Latham, The Bookseller's Tale
"When one realizes the tremendous evolution of one's being which occurs in a lifetime one is bound to as: ...did I learn my lesson here on earth?"-Martin Latham, The Bookseller's Tale
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1. Lydie
By: Zidrou , Jordi Lafebre , Albert Agut
4.09
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
LLEGA EL ESPERADO PRIMER ÁLBUM DE JORDI LAFEBRE, UN IMAGINATIVO DRAMA LLENO DE MAGIA ¿Quién dice… read more
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"After all, why bring somebody pain when it's so easy to bring joy instead?"-Zidrou, Lydie
2. The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
By: Shaun Bythell
3.72
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- books about books
"the immersive capacity of a good novel to transport you into a different world is unique to the written word."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"...people still cling to the notion that first editions are somehow imbued with a magical and financial value."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"I am putting a mental jigsaw together of what a hobbit looks like, based on a composite of every customer I have ever sold a copy to."-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
"A less than friendly email this morning... [from a booksop customer] After lunch I went to my parents' house to get my shotgun and shoot a kindle (broken screen, bought on eBay for £10)"-Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
3. The Purple Cloud
By: John Clute , M.P. Shiel
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
"If now a swell from the Deep has swept over this planetary ship of earth, and I, who alone chanced… read more
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4. The Bookshop Book
By: Jen Campbell
3.62
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Every bookshop has a story. We're not talking about rooms that are just full of books. We're talkin… read more
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5. Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
By: Cathy Rentzenbrink
4.20
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love. 'Reading has saved my life, ag… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- books about books
"It is both simple and profound to consider the vastness of human experience that sits on one small shelf of books"-Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
"Don’t allow anything to dent your reading pleasure. Don’t let anyone tell you that what you like isn’t proper, that what brings comfort and ease to your soul isn’t good enough."-Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
"The very way that fiction works – the process of conflict and resolution at the heart of every story – means that novels are full of people encountering challenging situations and, usually, surviving…"-Cathy Rentzenbrink, Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books
6. Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown (The Diary of a Bookseller, #3)
By: Shaun Bythell
4.11
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of she… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- books about books
7. Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
By: Alba Donati
3.50
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Under the Tuscan Sun meets Diary of a Bookseller in this charming memoir by an Italian poet recount… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- contemporary
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"A Lucignana non abbiamo regine ma fate si, molte."-Alba Donati, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
"How did I get the idea? Ideas don't just spring out of nothing - they smoulder, ferment, crowd our mind while we sleep. Ideas walk on their own two legs, follow their own parallel path in part of us …"-Alba Donati, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
"Cit. p.81 "I fiori come noi pensano, intuiscono la via più semplice, evitano percorsi difficili. e lottano, hanno spiriti rivoluzionari. ... Penso alla povera erba medica che ripone dentro leggere sp…"-Alba Donati, Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
8. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
By: Oliver Darkshire
3.97
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackvill… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- british literature
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- books about books
"Early one morning, which is to say about five minutes before noon..."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"It's my belief that anyone worth knowing enjoys spending time in a bookshop."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"There is something about geriatric men which attracts them to dangerous ladders."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
"Hell hath no fury, they say, like a man treated the same way as he treats women."-Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
9. The Gifts of Reading
By: Jennie Orchard
4.09
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With contributions by William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer,… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- writing
- books about books
10. Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour Of The Bookshops Of Britain
By: Robin Ince
3.84
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with P… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- british literature
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- books about books
"This is one of the wonders of books: the delight of being a species that can chronicle and preserve. I pick up a book from a shelf, and someone who is no more than ash or bone can still change me."-Robin Ince, Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour Of The Bookshops Of Britain
11. Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
By: Shaun Bythell
3.48
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A cantankerously funny view of books and the people who love them. It does take all kinds and throu… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- books about books
"It should go without saying that anyone who introduces themselves as 'a bit weird' is almost certainly not."-Shaun Bythell, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
"This group derives an alternate sort of gratification from the fact that their niche obsession somehow differentiates them from other people, mistakenly assuming that it makes them more interesting."-Shaun Bythell, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
"It's not as though there is anything wrong with being American, although perhaps in a land of immigrants the only way to differentiate yourself is to cling onto a piece of the land you left, even if …"-Shaun Bythell, Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
12. Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2)
By: Jo Callaghan
4.31
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock return in the provocative new thriller from the author of In the Blink … read more
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13. Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain
By: Andy Burnham
4.37
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
Picked as one of Waterstones' Non-Fiction 'Books You Need to Read in 2024' Gordon 'A path-bre… read more
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- nonfiction
- british literature
14. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)
By: Richard Coles
3.87
Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition
Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more
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- british literature
15. The Lost Rainforests of Britain
By: Guy Shrubsole
4.30
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- british literature
"This was the very heart of Wales' rainforest zone, where the oceanic climate conspires to make conditions perfect for the rich profusion of plant life that we'd spent the past week exploring. Yet her…"-Guy Shrubsole, The Lost Rainforests of Britain
16. A Biblioteca - Uma Segunda Casa
By: Manuel Carvalho Coutinho
3.90
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Quem lê quer ler. Mas como fazê-lo, sem poder de compra ou a possibilidade de contacto directo com … read more
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17. The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective: Secrets and Lies in the Golden Age of Crime
By: Susannah Stapleton
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Maud West ran her detective agency in London for more than thirty years, having started sleuthing o… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
18. What Artists Wear
By: Charlie Porter
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening and richly illustrated journey through the clothes worn by artists, and what they re… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
19. The Bookseller's Tale
By: Martin Latham
3.81
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale the… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- british literature
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- writing
- contemporary
- books about books
"When one realizes the tremendous evolution of one's being which occurs in a lifetime one is bound to as: ...did I learn my lesson here on earth?"-Martin Latham, The Bookseller's Tale
"I have found time and time again that people's childhood comfort book prefigures, to an almost comical degree which they cannot always see, their adult mission in life."-Martin Latham, The Bookseller's Tale
"I have seen this in thirty years of bookselling: customers stroking a book’s cover, peeking under the jacket, surreptitiously closing their eyes to smell the valley of pages - this sometimes accompan…"-Martin Latham, The Bookseller's Tale
"Where do we go in dreams if not to a universal library? Such a infinite library would be brain-lik, characterised by labyrinthine passages where firing synapses distantly crackle, mythic beings appea…"-Martin Latham, The Bookseller's Tale
20. Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
By: Richard Ovenden
3.72
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
The director of the famed Bodleian Libraries at Oxford narrates the global history of the willful d… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- books about books
21. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)
By: Richard Osman
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more
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