Carey has been chief reviewer at the Sunday Times for over forty years. This new book is his own selection of his favourite books from the 1000+ that he has reviewed so far.
Sunday Best: 80 Great Books from a Lifetime of Reviews
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£20.00
Edition:Hardback978030026668927/09/2022From a Bookshelf nearby
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A monograph on the modernist graphic designer, as famous for his posters as his book jackets for the Hogarth Press, Faber & Faber, Gollanz, etc.
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The title could pass off as a short story by M.R. James or as one of the exploits of Robert Louis Stevenson's little-known, rather Ruritanian sleuth called Prince Florizel. It is in fact a d... read more
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From the Bible to Simon Schama, a huge investigation of how the writing of history influences the record of human experience, and therefore its development.
Making History: 2,500 Years of Shaping the Past
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Argues that the physical form of books makes them distinctive, and sometimes dangerous, quite as much as their content. (John Morgan’s recent, limited edition Usylessly, with its beautiful... read more
Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers
Hardback £20.00