Books about Books

Nancy Pearl / Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (Large Paperback)

What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of...

Nancy Pearl / More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (Large Paperback)

The response to Nancy Pearl's surprise bestseller Book Lust was astounding: the Seattle librarian and winner of the 2004 Women's National Book Award even became the model for the now-famous...

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...

Rachel Simon / The Writer's Survival Guide (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...

Richard Ovenden / Burning The Books : A History of Knowledge Under Attack

The director of the famed Bodleian Libraries at Oxford narrates the global history of the willful destruction--and surprising survival--of recorded knowledge over the past three millennia.Libraries...

Richard Skinner / Writing a Novel : Bring Your Ideas To Life The Faber Academy Way

 Writing A Novel is not a set of rules and regulations. It is an atlas, a guide to finding your own way over the treacherous passes of your first novel.Pulling together his years of experience...

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...

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...

Stephen May / Get Started in Creative Writing

The perfect source for practical answers, reassurance, and inspiration for all would-be poets, short story writers, novelists, children's writers, playwrights, screenwriters, journalists, and...

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...

Waterstone's Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Large Paperback)

A guide to the best writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror in print. From the classic scientific romances of H.G. Wells to the postmodern futures of William Gibson's novels, from the...

Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2020 (Large Paperback)

Packed with practical advice, guidance and inspiration about all aspects of the writing process, this Yearbook is the essential resource on how to get published.It will guide authors and illustrators...