Books about Books

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...

Anne Bernays, Pamela Painter / What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers (Large Paperback)

What If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering the art of writing fiction. With more than...

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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Chris Dowrick / Reading to Stay Alive: Tolstoy, Hopkins and the Dilemma of Existence (Hardback)

 This book explores how literary reading can enable people considering suicide to stay alive. Written by an academic general practitioner with longstanding expertise in mental health, the book...

Colum McCann / Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice (Hardback)

From the author of Thirteen Ways of Looking and TransAtlantic , a compassionate series of letters to young writers embarking on their careers, which grew out of the weekly advice McCann posts on his...

J. Anthony Gaughan / More Book Reviews 1986-2023 (Hardback)

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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...

Jen Campbell / More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops (Hardback)

'Customer (holding up a book): "What’s this? The Secret Garden? Well, it’s not so secret now, is it, since they bloody well wrote a book about it!'"From "Did Harry Potter kill Hitler?" to...

Marcia Golub / I'd Rather Be Writing (Hardback)

Offers advice on the processes associated with professional writing, including how to find time, dealing with insurmountable obstacles, getting organized, and completing projects.     All...

Melvyn Bragg / 12 Books That Changed The World : How words and wisdom have shaped our lives (Large Paperback)

 In this digitised age of shared information, it is easy to take for granted the power of the printed word. Here Melvyn Bragg presents a vivid reminder of the book as agent of social, political...

Peter Finn / Zhivago Affair : The Kremlin, the CIA and the battle over a forbidden book.

1956. Boris Pasternak presses a manuscript into the hands of an Italian publishing scout with these words: ‘This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world.’ Pasternak...