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How to Live. What To Do.: In search of ourselves in life and literature by Josh Cohen
RRP: £9.99£7.11What can Alice in Wonderland teach us about childhood? Could reading Conversations with Friends guide us through first love? Does Esther Greenwood's glittering success and subsequent collapse in The Bell Jar help us understand ambition? And, finally,... -
Lecture by Mary Cappello
RRP: £11.99£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945492426Author Mary CappelloFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Transit BooksPublisher Transit Books -
To Write as if Already Dead by Kate Zambreno
RRP: £14.99£12.15To Write As If Already Dead circles around Kate Zambreno's failed attempts to write a study of Herve Guibert's To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life. In this diaristic, transgressive work, the first in a cycle written in the years preceding his death,... -
The Drama Handbook: A Guide to Reading Plays by John Lennard 9780198700708
RRP: £37.49£31.25This book is a compact guide to reading plays, and to the art and techniques of drama. Ranging from classical Greece to modern Drama and performance, but with particular emphasis on the playwrights (including Shakespeare) who are most widely taught and... -
Reality and Other Stories: Exploring the life we long for through the tales we tell by Matt Lillicrap
RRP: £6.99£5.13Stories shape us and give us meaning - but is it coincidence that the same seven basic plots repeat over time and across the world? What if stories not only reveal something about human psychology, but also give us clues to the meaning of the reality... -
What to Read Next: How to Make Books Part of Your Life Stig Abell 9781529337242
RRP: £10.99£7.40For a whole year on his train to work, Stig Abell read books from across genres and time periods. Then he wrote about them, and their impact on our culture and his own life.The result is a work of many things: a brisk guide to the canon of Western... -
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life Anne Bogel 9780801072925
RRP: £12.99£9.37For so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time--it's a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we can't imagine life without them. ... -
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Instructor Jonathan Gottschall 9780544002340
RRP: £15.99£11.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544002340Author Instructor Jonathan GottschallFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)... -
On Reading by Marcel Proust 9781843916161
RRP: £12.95£8.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843916161Author Marcel ProustFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Hesperus Press LtdPublisher Hesperus Press LtdWeight(grams) 160gDimensions(mm) 195mm *... -
How the Just So Stories Were Made: The Brilliance and Tragedy Behind Kipling's Celebrated Tales for Little Children by John Batchelor
RRP: £19.99£10.38A fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard Kipling's world-famous children's classic"In this concise and remarkable book . . . Batchelor guides us expertly . . . drawing on multiple sources and making intriguing... -
The Global Novel: Writing the World in the 21st Century by Adam Kirsch 9780997722901
RRP: £9.99£6.75What will 21st century fiction look like? Acclaimed literary critic Adam Kirsch examines some of our most beloved writers, including Haruki Murakami, Elena Ferrante, Roberto Bolano, and Margaret Atwood, to better understand literature in the age of... -
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux
RRP: £21.99£18.55Soon after its publication on 30 September 1868, Little Women became an enormous international bestseller. When Anne Boyd Rioux read it in her twenties, it had a powerful effect on her and through teaching it, she has seen its effect on many others. In... -
The Poetry of Thought: From Hellenism to Celan George Steiner (Churchill College, Camridge) 9780811221856
RRP: £12.99£11.46With his hallmark discernment, George Steiner presents in The Poetry of Thought his magnum opus, staking out his claim for the essential oneness of great thought and great style. Steiner spans the entire history of Western philosophy as it entwines with... -
This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books Joan Anim-Addo 9781529414592
RRP: £16.99£11.54'A vital and timely introduction to some of the best books I've ever read. Perfectly curated and filled with brilliant literature'Nikesh Shukla'The ultimate introduction to post-colonial literature for those who want to understand the classics and the... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book by James Raven 9780198702986
RRP: £36.99£27.33In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative... -
English Paleography and Manuscript Culture, 1500-1800 by Kathryn James
RRP: £30.00£26.45An engaging, accessible introduction to reading and understanding early modern English manuscripts This engaging book provides an essential introduction to the manuscript in early modern England. From birth to death, parish record to probate inventory,... -
Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America by Merve Emre
RRP: £24.00£23.03Literature departments are staffed by, and tend to be focused on turning out, "good" readers attentive to nuance, aware of history, interested in literary texts as self-contained works. But the vast majority of readers are, to use Merve Emre's... -
Great Literary Friendships by Janet Phillips
RRP: £16.99£13.29Close friendships are a heart-warming feature of many of our best-loved works of fiction. From Jane Eyre and Helen Burns' poignant schoolgirl relationship to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn's adventures on the Mississippi, fictional friends have... -
Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age by Ann M. Blair
RRP: £22.00£21.22The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of "information overload," yet this experience is not unique to modern times. In fact, says Ann M. Blair in this intriguing book, the... -
The American Canon: Literary Genius from Emerson to Pynchon by Prof. Harold Bloom 9781598536409
RRP: £35.00£20.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598536409Author Harold BloomFormat HardbackPage Count 436Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams) 709gDimensions(mm)... -
Blurb Your Enthusiasm: A Cracking Compendium of Book Blurbs, Writing Tips, Literary Folklore and Publishing Secrets by Louise Willder 9780861546169
RRP: £9.99£7.11A 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... -
Christina Stead's The Man Who Loved Children: Bookmarked by Lucy Ferriss 9781632461544
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632461544Author Lucy FerrissFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Ig PublishingPublisher Ig Publishing -
Au Revoir, Tristesse: Lessons in Happiness from French Literature Viv Groskop 9781419742989
RRP: £17.99£11.49A lighthearted look at how to bring more humor, happiness, and joie de vivre into our lives through French literature Like many people the world over, Viv Groskop wishes she was a little more French. A writer, comedian, and journalist, Groskop... -
The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words by Tom Mole 9781783964581
RRP: £14.99£9.98`Probably the most compulsive text ever penned about what it means to handle and possess a book' - Christopher de Hamel, author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts; `A real treasure trove for book lovers' - Alexander McCall Smith; We love books. We... -
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs
RRP: £15.99£11.61Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs--but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full. Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading... -
Last Letter to a Reader by Gerald Murnane
RRP: £11.99£8.29In the first days of spring in his eighty-second year, Gerald Murnane - perhaps the greatest living writer of English prose - began a project that would round off his strange career as a novelist. He would read all of his books in turn and prepare a... -
The Pages by Hugo Hamilton 9780008451660
RRP: £14.99£9.70'A rich, strange book. Very truthful and moving' Tessa Hadley 'A terrific, engrossing novel' Roddy Doyle 'A masterpiece' Sebastian Barry The new novel about the transformative power of art,... -
On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction by Brian Boyd
RRP: £23.95£19.54A century and a half after the publication of Origin of Species, evolutionary thinking has expanded beyond the field of biology to include virtually all human-related subjects-anthropology, archeology, psychology, economics, religion, morality, politics,... -
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund
RRP: £17.50£11.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804171632Author Peter MendelsundFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer 9780393050943
RRP: £23.99£20.51Have you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting? In The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age,... -
The Western Lit Survival Kit: How to Read the Classics Without Fear by Sandra Newman 9780141044521
RRP: £9.99£7.11There they sit, the great tomes of classical literature, taunting you with their length and difficulty, as you ask: which books are the most important and why - and what's actually any good? Why does most writing about the classics have words like... -
The End of the End of the Earth by Jonathan Franzen 9780008299262
RRP: £9.99£6.64A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The Corrections In The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years,... -
Dialogues with / and Great Books: The Dynamics of Canon Formation by David Fishelov 9781845195182
RRP: £27.50£24.55What is the source of a book's perceived greatness and why do certain books become part of the accepted canon? This book presents a fresh perspective on these questions: against prevalent approaches, it explains a work's reputation in terms of its... -
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff 9780062442185
RRP: £14.99£12.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062442185Author Helene HanffFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 211mm *... -
Marking the Hours: English People and Their Prayers, 1240-1570 by Eamon Duffy
RRP: £22.50£19.35Personal prayer books and the jottings in their margins tell us about their owners and about life in late medieval and Reformation England In this richly illustrated book, religious historian Eamon Duffy discusses the Book of Hours, unquestionably the... -
The Anthropocene Unconscious: Climate Catastrophe in Contemporary Culture by Mark Bould
£13.22The art and literature of our time is pregnant with catastrophe, with weather and water, wildness and weirdness. The Anthropocene - the term given to this geological epoch in which humans, anthropos, are wreaking havoc on the earth - is to be found... -
The Book Lover's Joke Book Alex Johnson 9780712354516
RRP: £9.99£6.80The Book Lover's Joke Book is the funniest book about books you'll ever read. You'll find jokes about writers, agents, publishers, librarians, grammar, poetry, bookcases, and lightbulbs. There are rib-ticklers for typographers, crackers for critics, and... -
My Ideal Bookshelf by Thessaly La Force
RRP: £20.00£16.98The books that we choose to keep--let alone read--can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In MY IDEAL BOOKSHELF, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most-books that define their dreams and ambitions and... -
The Chapter: A Segmented History from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century by Nicholas Dames 9780691135199
RRP: £30.00£23.29A history of the chapter from its origins in antiquity to todayWhy do books have chapters? With this seemingly simple question, Nicholas Dames embarks on a literary journey spanning two millennia, revealing how an ancient editorial technique became a... -
A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist by Chris Paling
RRP: £16.99£3.51'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times6 April 2007Writing income for the year so far: minus GBP300'I feel that this might just be the year in which something happens. Then again it might not. But hope...