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Publisher: Cornell University Press: Jan-92
Seller ID: 461329
ISBN: 080149902X
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Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal: Nov-12
Seller ID: 449223
ISBN: 1579129102
Binding: Hardcover
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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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Publisher: Universe: Mar-10
Seller ID: 478833
ISBN: 789320398
Binding: Hardcover
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By: Alberto Manguel
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Publisher: Penguin Books: Oct-97
Seller ID: 429554
ISBN: 140166548
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Publisher: May-14
Seller ID: 493612
ISBN: 805061762
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Seller ID: 376847
ISBN: 60593237
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Seller ID: 376850
ISBN: 60514469
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By: Batuman, Elif
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Publisher: Nov-13
Seller ID: 493323
ISBN: 374532184
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By: Bayard, Pierre
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Publisher: Mar-11
Seller ID: 72246
ISBN: 1596914696
Binding: Hardcover
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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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By: Birkerts, Sven
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Publisher: May-11
Seller ID: 87680
ISBN: 449910091
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By: Book Riot
Price: $4.00
Seller ID: 377416
ISBN: 1619277344
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By: Borchert, Don
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Seller ID: 409357
ISBN: 753515016
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By: Boxall, Peter
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Publisher: Aug-11
Seller ID: 485545
ISBN: 789313707
Binding: Hardcover
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By: Brottman, Mikita
Price: $6.00
Seller ID: 354949
ISBN: 62384341
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By: Burton, Betsy
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Publisher: Gibbs Smith: March 2005
Seller ID: 449237
ISBN: 1586856871
Binding: Hardcover
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By: Burton, Betsy
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Gibbs Smith: March 2005
Seller ID: 494608
ISBN: 1586856871
Binding: Hardcover
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By: Buzbee, Lewis
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Jan-10
Seller ID: 409364
ISBN: 1555975100
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Price: $8.00
Seller ID: 374936
ISBN: 760748217
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Seller ID: 400498
ISBN: 1586632043
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Seller ID: 409771
ISBN: 1625340931
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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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