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Shaun Bythell
Seven Kinds of People You Find in BookshopsIn twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop...In twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop, Wigtown, Shaun Bythell has met pretty much every kind of customer there is - from the charming, erudite and deep-pocketed to the eccentric, flatulen... -
Lindsey Hilsum
I Brought the War with Me : Stories and Poems from the Front LineI was standing outside an apartment block that ...I was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile. The words of a poem came to me when I could no longer find my own. In nearly four decades as a journalist covering ... -
Shaun Bythell
The Diary of a BooksellerShaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scot...Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set... -
Kathleen Hart
Devorgilla DaysThis is a story about uncovering the things tha...This is a story about uncovering the things that really matter, and discovering what makes us feel alive. It is a story about finding that inner strength and resilience, and never giving up hope. E... -
Shaun Bythell
Confessions of a BooksellerShaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in W...Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms.... -
Ricky Ross
Walking Back Home'For all these years I've told stories. Sometim...'For all these years I've told stories. Sometimes these days I also tell them on the radio. I've met some amazing people and their stories need told too. The first time Deacon Blue ever played Wemb... -
Jeremy Bowen
Signed copy of The Making of the Modern Middle East : A Personal HistoryJeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the B...Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the BBC, has been covering the Middle East since 1989 and is uniquely placed to explain its complex past and its troubled present. Here, Bowen offers you a... -
Shaun Bythell
Remainders of the Day : More Diaries from The Bookshop, WigtownThe Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll -...The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun ... -
D.J. Taylor
Orwell : The New LifeOver seventy years since his premature death, G...Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two dystopian masterpieces, Animal Farm (1945) and Ni... -
Catherine Coldstream
Cloistered : My Years as a NunDiscover Catherine Coldstream’s evocative accou...Discover Catherine Coldstream’s evocative account of life as a nun in the 1990s, and the dramatic events which led to her flight from the monastery. A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK After the shock o... -
David Baddiel
My Family : The MemoirA searingly honest, funny and moving family mem...A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idiosyncratic sex life, and his father’s dementia, to the same affectionate scrutiny. On the surface, ... -
Ariane Bankes
The Quality of Love : Twin Sisters at the Heart of the CenturyWhen her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes...When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives...
