Books for word lovers
Essays Two
Lydia Davis returns with a timeless collection of essays on literature and language.
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In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing
Reflections on reading and writing from the author of My Brilliant Friend.
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The Novel Project: A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Novel, Memoir or Biography
The no-drama novel writing method behind Graeme Simsion's global bestsellers
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
In 1901, the word 'Bondmaid' was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.
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Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers
An effervescent and excitingly revisionist history of bibliophilia, from a globally respected Shakespeare scholar
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Monogamy
Graham and Annie are a golden couple, and have been married for nearly thirty years. So when Graham suddenly dies, Annie becomes lost. But when she discovers that Graham had been unfaithful to her, she spirals into darkness.
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The Bookseller’s Tale
This is the curious story of our long love affair with books. Whether comfort reads or cult novels, we carry them with us, inhale the smell of their pages, scrawl in their margins, and protect them from book thieves and bathwater....
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The Lost Spells
Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but new in form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure, a new collection of 'spells' - acrostic poetry and artwork - by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie...
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Do You Read Me?
Lose yourself in the pages of this showcase of some of the most beautiful, innovative, and successful bookshops around the world.
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The Details: On Love, Death and Reading
A long and intimate relationship with reading has taught acclaimed writer Tegan Bennett Daylight that - in life as in books - the delight is in the details.
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The Madman’s Library
A stunning new volume from Edward Brooke-Hitching, revealing some of the strangest books ever written and produced.
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The Midnight Library
The touching, funny and heartwarming new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Stop Time and Reasons to Stay Alive
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The Gifts of Reading
Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, The Gifts of Reading forms inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of books and reading. ...
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The Library: A World History
The definitive worldwide architectural history of the library, with spectacular original photography by one of the finest architectural photographers at work today.
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On Beverley Farmer: Writers on Writers
Beverley Farmer's writing reflects on restlessness, desire and homecoming. In this brilliantly acute essay, fellow novelist and short-story writer Josephine Rowe finds a kindred spirit and argues for a celebration and reclamation...
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Great Diaries
Travel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages.
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The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
A gorgeously written, tender, and wise novel about love and forgiveness in 1960s Australia, in which a lonely farmer finds his life turned upside down by the arrival of a vibrant librarian.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Gloriously honest, enchanting and funny, this is a moving tale of post-war friendship, love and books, a captivating and completely irresistible novel of enormous depth and heart.
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Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language
Part diatribe, part cool reflection on the state of Australia's public language, Don Watson's Death Sentence is scathing, funny and brilliant.
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Books that Saved My Life: Reading for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure
A profound, funny and uplifting collection of reminiscences about a life in books, now available in a smaller, competitively priced format.
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The Library Book
The bestselling author of Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief reopens the unsolved mystery of one of the most catastrophic library fires in history and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution - our libraries.
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Raising Readers: How to Nurture a Child’s Love of Books
When can you start reading to your child? How do you find that special book to inspire a reluctant reader? How can you tell if a book is age appropriate? What can you do to keep your tween reading into their adolescent years?...
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The Writer’s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands
A team of distinguished and internationally acclaimed writers and illustrators share their personal insights into the maps they love, the maps they use and the maps that set them dreaming.
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