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Britain by the Book by Oliver Tearle
Category: Travel
What caused Dickens to leap out of bed one night and walk 30 miles from London to Kent?How did a small town on the Welsh borders become the second-hand bookshop capital of the world?Why did a jellyfish persuade Evelyn Waugh to abandon his suicide attempt in North Wales? A multitude of curious questions ...Show more
The Secret Library - A Book Lover's Journey Through Curiosities of Literature by Oliver Tearle
Category: Reference
How much do you know about the Victorian novelist who outsold Dickens? Or the woman who became the first published poet in America? Do you know what connects Homer's Iliad to Aesop's Fables? The Secret Library explores these intriguing morsels of lesser-known history, along with the familiar literary ...Show more
The Secret Library : A Book Lovers Journey through Curiosities of History by Dr. Oliver Tearle
Category: Non-Fiction
A fascinating tour through the curious history of Western civilization told through its most emblematic invention - the book. As well as leafing through the well-known titles that have helped shape the world in which we live, Oliver Tearle also dusts off some of the more neglected items to be found hidd ...Show more
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