Mark Forsyth – author of ‘The Etymologicon’ – reveals in this essay, specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week, the most valuable thing about a really good bookshop. Along the way he considers the wisdom of Donald Rumsfeld, naughty French photographs, why Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy would never have met online, and why only a bookshop can give you that precious thing – what you never knew you were looking for.
The Unknown Unknown
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Description
Mark Forsyth – author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon – reveals in this essay, specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week, the most valuable thing about a really good bookshop.
Along the way he considers the wisdom of Donald Rumsfeld, naughty French photographs, why Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy would never have met online, and why only a bookshop can give you that precious thing – what you never knew you were looking for.
Additional information
Weight | 1 kg |
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Dimensions | 5 × 5 × 1 cm |
Book_author | Forsyth, Mark |
Publisher | Icon Books |
Imprint | Icon Books |
Cover | Paperback |
Pages | 23 |
Language | English |
Edition | |
Dewey | 381.45002 (edition:23) |
Readership | College – higher education / Code: F |