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Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books by Georges Perec
RRP: £7.99£5.79'A problem of space first of all, then a problem of order'One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies and... -
Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread by Michiko Kakutani
RRP: £16.99£11.87**SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020** From renowned, Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic, Michiko Kakutani, comes an inspiring and gorgeously illustrated selection of the life-changing... -
Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach 9780803260979
RRP: £16.99£12.40"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... -
Henry Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists by Henry Eliot 9780241562727 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£1.92Who had birds called Death, Wigs and Spinach? How do you spell the noise of a door slamming? Whose working title was The Chronic Argonauts?Henry Eliot - author, editor and insatiable bookworm - has ransacked the libraries and archives of world... -
Henry Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists by Henry Eliot
RRP: £12.99£9.09Who had birds called Death, Wigs and Spinach? How do you spell the noise of a door slamming? Whose working title was The Chronic Argonauts?Henry Eliot - author, editor and insatiable bookworm - has ransacked the libraries and archives of world... -
A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry by Robert Hass
RRP: £10.99£7.25From the former U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner, an illuminating dissection of poetic form for students, enthusiasts, and newcomers alike A Little Book on Form brilliantly synthesizes Hass's formidable gifts as both a... -
Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature by Sarah Hart 9780008601089
RRP: £16.99£11.47'A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart's lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lovers alike will discover much they... -
Librorum Ridiculorum: Bizarre Books from a Rare Bookshop by Brian Lake
RRP: £10.99£7.25A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop. Books have the power to enrich the soul, to enliven the senses, to expand our horizons... and others are simply mad. This... -
Postprint: Books and Becoming Computational by N. Katherine Hayles
RRP: £22.00£17.36Since Gutenberg's time, every aspect of print has gradually changed. But the advent of computational media has exponentially increased the pace, transforming how books are composed, designed, edited, typeset, distributed, sold, and read. N. Katherine... -
Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: The heartwarming story that inspired a nation, now an international bestseller Alba Donati 9781399605489
RRP: £9.99£6.80HOW A BOOKSELLER INSPIRED A NATIONThe diary of a publicist-turned bookseller who left Florence to open a tiny bookshop on a Tuscan hill. 'Like Chocolat meets Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop, set in the Tuscan hills... A celebration of writing, words... -
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith
RRP: £10.99£7.77A far-ranging, invigorating and irrepressible collection of essays on literature, cinema, art - and everything in between - from the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Feel Free and Swing Time'Alarmingly good' Metro'Striding with... -
Critical Revolutionaries: Five Critics Who Changed the Way We Read by Terry Eagleton
RRP: £10.99£9.37Terry Eagleton looks back across sixty years to an extraordinary critical milieu that transformed the study of literature Before the First World War, traditional literary scholarship was isolated from society at large. In the years following, a younger... -
So We Read on: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures by Maureen Corrigan 9780316230063
RRP: £19.99£12.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316230063Author Maureen CorriganFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 206mm *... -
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich 9781523504459
RRP: £30.00£23.98"The ultimate literary bucket list." -The Washington Post "If there's a heaven just for readers, this is it." -O, The Oprah Magazine Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that's as... -
The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel 9780300151305
RRP: £14.99£13.03A celebration of reading, of libraries, and of the mysterious human desire to give order to the universe Inspired by the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire, in France, Alberto Manguel, the acclaimed writer on... -
The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers by Ayn Rand 9780452281547
RRP: £24.00£14.42In 1958, Ayn Rand, already the world-famous author of such bestselling books as Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, gave a private series of extemporaneous lectures in her own living room on the art of fiction. Tore Boeckmann and Leonard Peikoff for the... -
Only a Voice: Essays by George Scialabba 9781804292006
RRP: £20.00£16.43In Only a Voice, George Scialabba examines the chasm between modernity's promise of progress and the sobering reality of our present day through studies of the most influential public intellectuals of our time. In Scialabba's hands, literary criticism... -
The Literary Almanac: A year of seasonal reading Francesca Beauman 9781529412918
RRP: £14.99£8.54Discover over 300 seasonal book recommendations in the ultimate reading list for book lovers everywhere.-----'I will be giving this book to everyone I know' - Elizabeth Day'Francesca Beauman writes about the books she loves with irresistible passion,... -
Papyrus: THE MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER Irene Vallejo 9781529343960
RRP: £25.00£16.78The bestselling phenomenon - an enthralling 6,000-year journey through the history of books and readingA FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR'Outstanding, universal and unique' NEW YORK TIMES'A literary phenomenon.' TLS'Masterly... -
My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing by Carl Phillips 9780300274141
RRP: £9.99£8.59An invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture "Illuminating, deeply endearing essays."-Ron Charles, Washington Post "A lovely, loving letter to aspiring writers."-Diego Baez, Booklist ... -
Metamorphosis: A Life in Pieces by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst 9781529920796
RRP: £10.99£7.77A darkly comic and moving memoir on what it means to be human in a world where nothing is certain, from the award-winning Oxford professor.'A book that will stay with you for life'NATALIE HAYNES'The best book about multiple sclerosis'THE TIMESWe all have... -
The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet by Prof Jeff Jarvis
RRP: £20.00£15.32The Gutenberg Parenthesis traces the epoch of print from its fateful beginnings to our digital present - and draws out lessons for the age to come. The age of print is a grand exception in history. For five centuries it fostered what some call print... -
What Writers Read: 35 Writers on their Favourite Book Pandora Sykes 9781526657480
RRP: £12.99£9.09A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH In this love letter to reading, curated by Pandora Sykes in aid of the National Literacy Trust, bestselling and beloved writers share their favourite books: the ones they hold most dearly, that they return... -
Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading by Robert Christgau
RRP: £23.99£20.84In this generous collection of book reviews and literary essays, legendary Village Voice rock critic Robert Christgau showcases the passion that made him a critic-his love for the written word. Many selections address music, from blackface minstrelsy to... -
The Novel Cure: An A to Z of Literary Remedies by Ella Berthoud 9780857864215 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65Mumsnet '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... -
The Novel Cure: An A to Z of Literary Remedies by Ella Berthoud
RRP: £12.99£8.56Mumsnet '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... -
The Country House Library by Mark Purcell
RRP: £30.00£29.93Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete... -
The Four Loves (C. S. Lewis Signature Classic) by C. S. Lewis
RRP: £9.99£7.26C.S. Lewis's famous work on the nature of love divides love into four categories: Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity. The first three are loves which come naturally to the human race. Charity, however, the Gift-love of God, is divine in... -
Bowie's Books: The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life by John O'Connell
RRP: £9.99£7.11A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Brilliant. The unwritten Bowie book that needed writing' CAITLIN MORAN 'Splendid. Provides plenty of evidence of Bowie's restless, rummaging intelligence, and his pleasure in the fact that books allow readers to slip into... -
Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things: A Routledge Study Guide by Alex Tickell
RRP: £19.99£17.69On publication Arundhati Roy's first novel The God of Small Things (1997) rapidly became an international bestseller, winning the Booker Prize and creating a new space for Indian literature and culture within the arts, even as it courted controversy and... -
The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews by Adam Biles 9781805300038
RRP: £20.00£13.46Shakespeare and Company, Paris, is one of the world's most iconic and beautiful bookshops. Located on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame, it's long been a meeting place for anglophone writers and readers. In that tradition, determined for the... -
How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton
RRP: £11.99£10.15A literary master's entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasure What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full... -
100 Children's Books: that inspire our world by Colin Salter
RRP: £22.00£15.58An amazing guide to some of the most beloved, original, inspiring, hysterical, heart-warming, compelling, rude and downright scary books that have enchanted children the world over. In 100 Children's Books That... -
Book Girl by Sarah Clarkson 9781496425805
RRP: £14.99£11.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496425805Author Sarah ClarksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers -
Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion by Louise Willder
RRP: £14.99£10.95A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A small masterpiece. There is something funny, notable or awe-inspiring on every single page' Jenny Colgan, Spectator A joyful celebration of books - the perfect gift for bibliophiles, word lovers and anyone who's ever... -
Winter Journal by Paul Auster
RRP: £10.99£7.32'You think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person world to whom none of these things will ever happen, and then, one by one, they all begin to happen to you, in the same way they happen to everyone else... -
One True Sentence: Writers & Readers in Pursuit of Hemingway's Art by Mark Cirino
RRP: £19.99£13.56A selection of the greatest sentences by the master, Ernest Hemingway. Sentences that can take a reader's breath away and are not easily forgotten. Each sentence has been selected and examined by authors such as Elizabeth Strout, Sherman Alexie, Paula... -
Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
RRP: £9.99£7.11Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say... -
Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The TimesMost of what we say about books is really... -
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time by Will Durant 9780743235532
RRP: £14.99£9.36In this remarkable little book, Will Durant answers the questions that most people would have wanted to ask him - what are the conclusions he drew from the experience of a long lifetime; what eras, individuals, and achievements stand out as being the...