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Printing the Written Word: The Social History of Books, Circa 1450-1520

By: N/A

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Cornell University Press: Jan-92

Seller ID: 461329

ISBN: 080149902X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal: Nov-12

Seller ID: 449223

ISBN: 1579129102

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In this enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookshops and booksellers, 84 known authors pay tribute to the brick-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second homes.

In My Bookstore our greatest authors write about the pleasure, guidance, and support that their favorite bookstores and booksellers have given them over the years. The relationship between a writer and his or her local store and staff can last for years or even decades. Often it's the author's local store that supported him during the early days ...
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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Universe: Mar-10

Seller ID: 478833

ISBN: 789320398

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A History of Reading

By: Alberto Manguel

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Penguin Books: Oct-97

Seller ID: 429554

ISBN: 140166548

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Gentle Madness

By: Basbanes, Nicholas

Price: $5.00

Publisher: May-14

Seller ID: 493612

ISBN: 805061762

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World

By: Basbanes, Nicholas A.

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 376847

ISBN: 60593237

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy

By: Basbanes, Nicholas A.

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 376850

ISBN: 60514469

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People who Read Them

By: Batuman, Elif

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Nov-13

Seller ID: 493323

ISBN: 374532184

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

By: Bayard, Pierre

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Mar-11

Seller ID: 72246

ISBN: 1596914696

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

If civilized people are expected to have read all important works of literature, and thousands more books are published every year, what are we supposed to do in those awkward social situations in which we're forced to talk about books we haven't read? In this delightfully witty, provocative book, a huge hit in France that has drawn huge attention from critics around the world, literature professor and psychoanalyst Bayard argues that it's actually more important to know a book's role in our collective library than its details. Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde,...
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Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age

By: Birkerts, Sven

Price: $5.50

Publisher: May-11

Seller ID: 87680

ISBN: 449910091

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Vol. 2 Start Here Read Your Way Into Amazing Authors

By: Book Riot

Price: $4.00

Seller ID: 377416

ISBN: 1619277344

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Free For All

By: Borchert, Don

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 409357

ISBN: 753515016

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

By: Boxall, Peter

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Aug-11

Seller ID: 485545

ISBN: 789313707

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men's Prison

By: Brottman, Mikita

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 354949

ISBN: 62384341

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

King's English, The: Adventures of an Independent Bookseller

By: Burton, Betsy

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Gibbs Smith: March 2005

Seller ID: 449237

ISBN: 1586856871

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Betsy Burton, owner of The King's English bookstore in Salt Lake City, has been a bookseller for nearly thirty years, and a passionate book lover all her life. Her modestly sized, yet widely respected, shop has hosted authors such as E. L. Doctorow, Isabel Allende, John Updike, Margaret Atwood, and Sue Grafton, and she has built a reputation as a passionate purveyor of the written word in a world where stores like her's are a dying breed.
Burton now shares her story, including the amusing trials and triumphs of author visits, attempts at censorship, the modern business of bookselling, and...
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King's English, The: Adventures of an Independent Bookseller

By: Burton, Betsy

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Gibbs Smith: March 2005

Seller ID: 494608

ISBN: 1586856871

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Yellow-Lighted Bookshop

By: Buzbee, Lewis

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Jan-10

Seller ID: 409364

ISBN: 1555975100

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, a Book Sense selection, Lewis Buzbee celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore-the smell and touch of books, the joy of getting lost in the deep canyons of shelves, and the silent community of readers. He shares his passion for books, which began with ordering through the Weekly Reader in grade school. Woven throughout is a fascinating historical account of the bookseller trade-from the great Alexandria library to Sylvia Beach's famous Paris bookstore, Shakespeare & Co. Rich with anecdotes, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop is the p...
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Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics

By: Campbell, W. John

Price: $8.00

Seller ID: 374936

ISBN: 760748217

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics

By: Campbell, W. John

Price: $7.00

Seller ID: 400498

ISBN: 1586632043

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

This useful guide is the key to unlocking the secrets of 100 of the world's most enduring novels, plays, and epic poems. More than simply a collection of tasty plot summaries, The Book of Great Books is a treasure chest of information. Provided with each entry are a thumbnail historical background, the story's main themes and symbols, insights into the language and style of the work, critical perspectives, and a remarkable character diagram that clarifies the relationships among the characters. High comedy, foul murder, political intrigue, and the world's greatest love stories -- the pantheon ...
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Art of Prestige: The Formative Years at Knopf, 1915-1929 (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)

By: Clements, Amy Root

Price: $6.50

Seller ID: 409771

ISBN: 1625340931

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In the American book trade, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., and its inimitable logo featuring a borzoi wolfhound have come to signify the pinnacle of prestigious publishing. Launched in 1915 by a dynamic twenty-two-year-old and his refined fiancee, Blanche Wolf, the firm soon developed a reputation for excellence, quickly overcoming outsider status to forge a unique identity that has endured well past its founders' lifetimes. Capturing the little-known early history of Knopf, The Art of Prestige explores the origins of the company's rise to success during the Jazz Age, when Alfred and Blanche establ...
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