Books about Books

A.C Ward - 20th Century English Literature 1901-60 - PB

A revised 1966 reprinting - a study of notable English language writers in the first half of the 20th century( no American literature is included more or less)  Sunfade to spine. 

A.J. Jacobs / The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Large Paperback)

   Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), "The Know-It-All" chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the...

Angus Stevenson / New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors: The Essential A-Z Guide to the Written Word (Hardback)

The New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors is an essential A-Z guide for everyone who works with words. Drawing on the expertise and authority of Oxford dictionaries, it provides valuable...

Anthony Haynes / Writing Successful Textbooks (Large Paperback)

 Drawing on case studies from textbooks from school, college and professional markets this guide to textbook authorship shows prospective authors how research ideas for publication; plan and...

Azar Nafisi / Reading Lolita in Tehran

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Christopher Vogler / The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition (Large Paperback)

Provides new insights and observations from Vogler's pioneering work in mythic structure for writers.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Cynthia Dial / Travel Writing

Imagine travelling around the world...and getting paid to do it. As a travel writer, you're no longer a you must absorb the surroundings, note details and put your observations into context...

David Carrier / The Aesthetics of Comics (Large Paperback)

From Gary Larson’s The Far Side to George Herriman’s Krazy Kat , comic strips have two obvious defining features. They are visual narratives, using both words and pictures to tell...

Fred Bratman / Reader's Companion (Hardback)

A book lover's guide to the most important books in every field of knowledge. In this unique compendium, politicians, historians, movie stars, religious figures, and writers themselves give...

Fuel Publishing - BibliOdyssey : Amazing Archival Images From the Internet - HB - 2007

With just a few select books to date, the publisher and design company FUEL has already made a splash with such beautifully produced volumes as the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedias and Match Day...

Gabriel Zaid / So Many Books : Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance (Hardback)

In So Many Books, Gabriel Zaid offers his thoughts and observations on the literary condition: a highly original analysis of the predicament that readers, authors, publishers, booksellers,...

Geoffrey Nunberg / The Future of the Book (Large Paperback)

The death of the book has been duly announced, and with it the end of brick-and-mortar libraries, traditional publishers, linear narrative, authorship, and disciplinarity, along with the emergence of...

Henry Hitchings / How to Really Talk About Books You Haven't Read (Hardback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may...

Hubert L. Dreyfus / All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age (Large Paperback)

An inspirational book that is “a smart, sweeping run through the history of Western philosophy. Important for the way it illuminates life today and for the controversial advice it offers on how...

Jack Ketchum / Book of Souls (Large Paperback)

 Where does inspiration come from? What secrets lie at the heart of an author's stories and novels? What is written on the invisible ink between the lines of dialogue and description? Most...

James McConnachie / The Book of Love - In Search of the Kamasutra (Hardback)

 The Kamasutra" was written in northern India in the third century AD, when erotic culture lay at the heart of an exquisite civilization. "The Book of Love" is a unique portrait of this sensuous...

James Patterson, Matt Eversmann / The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians (Large Paperback)

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, inspiring true stories as told to the greatest storyteller of our time, James Patterson.To be a...

Julia McCutchen / Conscious Writing: Discover Your True Voice Through Mindfulness and More (Large Paperback)

‘Conscious Writing is a truly wonderful book that will sit next toWriting Down the Bones and other classics on writing, and will be well-used by me!’Robert Holden, author of Happiness NOW...

Julie Rugg & Lynda Murphy - A Book Addict's Treasury - HB -2006

The ideal gift for any book obsessive, A Book Addict's Treasury is an extensively researched anthology of more than 350 quotations and extracts from a wide selection of writers and thinkers - all on...

Laurie Frost / The Definitive Guide : Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials: The Original Trilogy (Coffee Table Book)

The extraordinary world of Philip Pullman's bestselling trilogy is explored in all the detail any fan of the books will ever need. With in-depth, chapter-referenced sections on characters, places,...

Lois Bridges / Open a World of Possible : Real Stories About the Joy and Power of Reading

This anthology of true-life stories by some of America's leading literacy advocates, authors and poets celebrates the joy and power of reading. Informed by the great pleasure that they derive...

Michael Hauge / Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read (Large Paperback)

Your career can be made in 60 seconds - if you make the right pitch! Master the Elevator Pitch, even when you've got less than 60 seconds. Get your screenplay or Novel read by the major power of...

Michelle Brachet / Little Book of Sherlock Holmes (Hardback)

Created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes is now a world-renowned fictional detective who first appeared in print in 1867. Famous for his astute logical...

Nancy Smith/ The Fiction Writer's Handbook (Large Paperback)

A guide and reference book for everyone who wants to write a novel or short stories. The author teaches creative writing and writes novels, short stories and magazine articles.   This book is...

Neil Ewart / The Writer and the Reader: A Book of Literary Quotations (Hardback)

An absorbing anthology of quotations from great writers from the past 2,500 years, on books and reading, on writing, and criticism and talent. Authors quoted are Jonathan Swift, William Shakespeare,...

Perry Nodelman / The Hidden Adult: Defining Children's Literature (Large Paperback)

What exactly is a children’s book? How is children’s literature defined as a genre? A leading scholar presents close readings of six classic stories to answer these questions and offer a...

Pierre Bayard / How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read (Hardback)

In this mischievous book, literature professor Bayard contends that, in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book but the one who...

Robert A. Mohr / How to Write: Tools for the Craft (Large Paperback)

This manual provides writing instruction in simple terms with examples and exercises on how to build writing structures for anyone who needs to compose well-crafted sentences, paragraphs, essays and...

Robert B. Downs - Books That Changed the World - PB ( Originally 1956)

Originally published 1956. this is a discussion of 16 notable books from history which had a profound impact on science, history and human debelopment ( for bad or good) The range runs from...

Robert W. Bly / Getting Your Book Published: Inside Secrets of a Successful Author (Large Paperback)

 It's fun to write but it's even more fun to be paid to write. In this book written by one of America's most succussfully published non-fiction authors, Robert Bly reveals his step-by-step...

Robin Ince / Robin Ince's Bad Book Club: One Man's Quest to Uncover the Books That Taste Forgot

Is hideous prose and ghastly poetry more fabulous than great literature? Determined to find out, award-winning comedian Robin Ince has spent most of the 21st century rummaging through charity shops,...

Robin Whiteman / The Cadfael Companion: The World of Brother Cadfael (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers...

Rona Randall / Writing Popular Fiction (Large Paperback)

Popular fiction includes romance, thrillers and fantasy but this book covers how to write all types of popular fiction. The guide explains how to start out, how to avoid pitfalls in writing and how...

Sara K. Day / Reading Like a Girl - Narrative Intimacy in Contemporary American Young Adult Literature(Large Paperback)

By examining the novels of critically and commercially successful authors such as Sarah Dessen ("Someone Like You"), Stephenie Meyer (the "Twilight" series), and Laurie Halse Anderson ("Speak"),...

Scarlett Thomas / Monkeys with Typewriters - (How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of StoriesLarge Paperback)

  A manual for reading and writing better, from the acclaimed author of The End of Mr. Y and Our Tragic Universe  Exploring how fiction works, this...

Sean McMahon, Jo O'Donoghue / The Mercier Companion to Irish Literature (Large Paperback)

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Shaun Bythell / The Diary of a Bookseller

 Love, Nina meets Black Books: a wry and hilarious account of life in Scotland's biggest second-hand bookshop and the band of eccentrics and book-obsessives who work there'The Diary Of A...

Steve MacDonogh / Open Book: One Publisher's War (Large Paperback)

A tell all from the publisher at Brandon who spent his career testing governments in these islands with books about sensitive government issues.     All of our books are second hand, and...

Susan Osborne / Bloomsbury Essential Guide to Reading Groups (Large Paperback)

Bloomsbury Good Reading Guides How to Set up and Run A Successful Reading Group; In the last few years, the reading group phenomenon has swept the country and more and more people are becoming...

Van Allen Bradley - Gold in Your Attic ( 1958) & More Gold in Your Attic ( 1962)( 2 x Vintage HB ) USA

Van Allen Bradley was the Literary Editor ( & vintage and collectible books expert) with the Chicago Daily News .  These two books were intended for the regular book collector, not...