The Unknown Unknown
Author | : Mark Forsyth |
Publisher | : Icon Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 2014-09-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781848317932 |
ISBN-13 | : 184831793X |
Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Unknown Unknown written by Mark Forsyth and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.