Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting and Living with Books
By: Michael Dirda
3.50
Format: 92 pages, Hardcover
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1. Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
By: George MacDonald Fraser
4.05
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
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"It's a great thing, prayer. Nobody answers, but at least it stops you from thinking."-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
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"Now, look you here, Sekundar," says I, but he came up straight like a little bantam and cut me off. "Sir Alexander. if you please," says he icily, as though I’d never seen him with his breeches down,…"-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
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4.03
Format: 513 pages, Paperback
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By: John Dunning
4.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
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4. The Bookman's Promise (Cliff Janeway, #3)
By: John Dunning
4.02
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5. Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting and Living with Books
By: Michael Dirda
3.50
Format: 92 pages, Hardcover
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6. The Pillow Book
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Format: 163 pages, Paperback
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7. Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
By: Paul Collins
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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8. And Furthermore
By: Judi Dench
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Hardcover
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9. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
By: Allison Hoover Bartlett
3.87
Format: 288 pages,
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3.89
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11. The Sign of the Book (Cliff Janeway, #4)
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3.62
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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3.62
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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13. Curiosities of Literature
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3.44
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
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14. Showstopper (Peter Diamond #21)
By: Peter Lovesey
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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15. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
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16. 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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3.91
Format: 146 pages, Hardcover
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3.80
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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19. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
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3.96
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The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that h… read more
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20. All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia
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3.65
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21. In Praise of Good Bookstores
By: Jeff Deutsch
3.42
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular … read more
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