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.
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Eine kurze Geschichte der Trunkenheit : Der Homo alcoholicus von der Steinzeit bis heute
The Etymologicon : A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Rhyme and Reason : A Short History of British Poetry from the #1 bestselling author of The Etymologicon
The Illustrated Etymologicon : A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
The Elements of Eloquence : Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
The Horologicon : A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
The Elements of Eloquence : How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase
Mark Forysth's Gemel Edition : The Etymologicon and The Horologicon ebook bundle
