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The Bookshop Book

by Jen Campbell
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The Bookshop Book
The Bookshop Book

Ode to global, idiosyncratic bookshop havens.

If you find solace among bookshelves and the unique charm of independent bookstores fascinates you, "The Bookshop Book" would be a delightful addition to your collection. It's an exploration of the world's most extraordinary bookshops, offering heartwarming anecdotes and interviews that will rekindle your love for the printed word and the magical places that house them. This book is a journey, one that celebrates the enduring allure and cultural significance of bookshops around the globe.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Bookshop Book

by Jen Campbell
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ISBN: 9781472116666
Authors: Jen Campbell
Publisher: Constable
Date of Publication: 2014-10-02
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Travel
Related Topics: Travelogue, Reference, History
Goodreads rating: 4.11
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Description

Every bookshop has a story. We’re not talking about rooms that are just full of books. We’re talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses, and in old run-down train stations. Fold-out bookshops, undercover bookshops, this-is-the-best-place-I’ve-ever-been-to-bookshops. Meet Sarah and her Book Barge sailing across the sea to France; meet Sebastien, in Mongolia, who sells books to herders of the Altai mountains; meet the bookshop in Canada that’s invented the world’s first antiquarian book vending machine. And that’s just the beginning. From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop Book examines the history of books, talks to authors about their favourite places, and looks at over three hundred weirdly wonderful bookshops across six continents (sadly, we’ve yet to build a bookshop down in the South Pole). The Bookshop Book is a love letter to bookshops all around the world.
 

Ode to global, idiosyncratic bookshop havens.

If you find solace among bookshelves and the unique charm of independent bookstores fascinates you, "The Bookshop Book" would be a delightful addition to your collection. It's an exploration of the world's most extraordinary bookshops, offering heartwarming anecdotes and interviews that will rekindle your love for the printed word and the magical places that house them. This book is a journey, one that celebrates the enduring allure and cultural significance of bookshops around the globe.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.