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Simon Garfield

More than a decade on from the publication of the Sunday Times bestselling JUST MY TYPE, Simon Garfield presents a new series of beautifully designed pocket biographies of iconic typefaces

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Simon Garfield

More than a decade on from the publication of the Sunday Times bestselling JUST MY TYPE, Simon Garfield presents a new series of beautifully designed pocket biographies of iconic typefaces

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Simon Garfield

More than a decade on from the publication of the Sunday Times bestselling JUST MY TYPE, Simon Garfield presents a new series of beautifully designed pocket biographies of iconic typefaces

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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia

Simon Garfield

A gloriously illuminating history of the encyclopaedia (and how and why we have captured knowledge over the years) by the bestselling author of JUST MY TYPE and ON THE MAP

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All the Knowledge in the World

Simon Garfield

From the "deliriously clever" (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to…

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Simon Garfield

A compact and charming history of the classic Enlightenment font by the New York Times best-selling author of Just My Type.

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Simon Garfield

A compact and charming history of the beloved handcrafted font by the New York Times best-selling author of Just My Type.

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Simon Garfield

A compact and charming handsome history of the font we love to hate by the New York Times best-selling author of Just My Type.

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Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time

Simon Garfield

An entertaining and authoritative exploration of how and why time has come to rule our lives from the bestselling author of Just My Type

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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World

Simon Garfield

Garfield’s engaging story of William Perkin’s accidental discovery is an informative mix of science, history, and biography. -Boston Herald

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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

Simon Garfield

A delightfully inquisitive tour that explores the rich history and the subtlepowers of fonts. It is a must-read for the design conscious that will foreverchange the way readers look at…

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In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate The World

Simon Garfield

A delightful and peculiar exploration of the human instinct to make things small, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map.

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We are at War: The Diaries of Five Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times

Simon Garfield

Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none are more compelling than the personal diaries of those who lived through it. This title tells the story of…

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In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate The World

Simon Garfield

A delightful and illuminating exploration of the human instinct to make things small, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map

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MINI: The True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car

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The real story of the Mini, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this design classic.

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Mauve: How one man invented a colour that changed the world

Simon Garfield

The strange and wonderful story of how one colour changed the world, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map.

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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

Simon Garfield

‘A quirky and informative study of fonts’ Anthony Horowitz, Sunday Telegraph

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On The Map: Why the world looks the way it does

Simon Garfield

From Mappa Mundi to Google Maps - the bestselling Just My Type author turns his gaze to maps.

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The Wrestling

Simon Garfield,Simon Garfield

The hilarious, absurd and tragic story of British wrestling, told by one of the most talented non-fiction writers around.

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Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain

Simon Garfield

In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project. The idea was simple: ordinary people would record, in…

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Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time

Simon Garfield

A witty and entertaining journey through time from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map

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Dog’s Best Friend: The Story of an Unbreakable Bond

Simon Garfield

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Dog’s Best Friend: The Story of an Unbreakable Bond

Simon Garfield

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To the Letter: A Curious History of Correspondence

Simon Garfield

From Simon Garfield, the bestselling author of On the Map and Just my Type, comes a wonderful journey through the history of letter-writing and our relationship with the mail.

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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia

Simon Garfield

A gloriously illuminating history of the encyclopaedia (and how and why we have captured knowledge over the years) by the bestselling author of JUST MY TYPE and ON THE MAP

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In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate the World

Simon Garfield

Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Canongate Books Limited –Copyright page.

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On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks

Simon Garfield

Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of Just My Type reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map. From the early explorers’ maps and the awe-inspiring medieval Mappa Mundi to…

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Dog’s Best Friend: A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond

Simon Garfield

A wise, witty, alternative history of humanity exploring how our relationship with dogs has changed over the centuries - by the author of the bestselling JUST MY TYPE

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All the Knowledge in the World

Simon Garfield

A gloriously illuminating history of the encyclopaedia (and how and why we have captured knowledge over the years).

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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia

Simon Garfield

All the Knowledge in the World is a history and celebration of those who created the most ground-breaking and remarkable publishing phenomenon of any age. Simon Garfield, who "has a…

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All the Knowledge in the World

Simon Garfield

From the "deliriously clever" (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to…

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All the Knowledge in the World

Simon Garfield

From the "deliriously clever" (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to…

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In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate the World

Simon Garfield

A delightful and illuminating exploration of the human instinct to make things small, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map

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Dog’s Best Friend: The Story of an Unbreakable Bond

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The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS

Simon Garfield

A new edition of the award-winning, ground-breaking account of the early AIDS crisis in Britain.

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Dog’s Best Friend: The Story of an Unbreakable Bond

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Class of ‘37: 'A wonderful rear-view glimpse of [a] vanishing world’ - Simon Garfield

Hester Barron,Claire Langhamer

A newly rediscovered gem from the Mass Observation archive.

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My Dear Bessie: A Love Story in Letters

Chris Barker,Bessie Moore

The wartime correspondence which first warmed people’s hearts in Simon Garfield’s To the Letter, now available in a single volume for readers to follow their wonderful and life-changing journey.

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Class of ‘37: 'A wonderful rear-view glimpse of [a] vanishing world’ - Simon Garfield. Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize

Hester Barron,Claire Langhamer

A newly rediscovered gem from the Mass Observation archive.

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A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt

Jean Lucey Pratt

Virginia Woolf meets Caitlin Moran - the extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman’s life, edited and introduced by Simon Garfield

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A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt

Jean Lucey Pratt

Virginia Woolf meets Caitlin Moran - the extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman’s life, edited and introduced by Simon Garfield.

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Albertus

Baskerville

Comic Sans

All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia

All the Knowledge in the World

Baskerville

Albertus

Comic Sans

Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time

Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate The World

We are at War: The Diaries of Five Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times

In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate The World

MINI: The True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car

Mauve: How one man invented a colour that changed the world

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

On The Map: Why the world looks the way it does

The Wrestling

Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain

Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time

Dog’s Best Friend: The Story of an Unbreakable Bond

Dog’s Best Friend: The Story of an Unbreakable Bond

To the Letter: A Curious History of Correspondence

All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia

In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate the World

On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks

Dog’s Best Friend: A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond

All the Knowledge in the World

All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia

All the Knowledge in the World

All the Knowledge in the World

In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate the World

Dog’s Best Friend: The Story of an Unbreakable Bond

The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS

Dog’s Best Friend: The Story of an Unbreakable Bond

Dog’s Best Friend: The Story of an Unbreakable Bond

Class of ‘37: 'A wonderful rear-view glimpse of [a] vanishing world’ - Simon Garfield

My Dear Bessie: A Love Story in Letters

Class of ‘37: 'A wonderful rear-view glimpse of [a] vanishing world’ - Simon Garfield. Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize

A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt

A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt

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