The Unknown Unknown

The Unknown Unknown

Author: Mark Forsyth

Publisher: Icon Books Ltd

Published: 2014-09-04

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 184831793X

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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.


The Merchant of Prato's Wife

The Merchant of Prato's Wife

Author: Ann Crabb

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2015-02-09

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0472119494

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The first full study of the life of Margherita Datini illuminates the role and social standing of wives in early modern Italian society


A Reluctant Icon

A Reluctant Icon

Author: James R. Hansen

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1557539707

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Artfully curated by James R. Hansen, A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong is a companion volume to Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind, collecting hundreds more letters Armstrong received after first stepping on the moon until his death in 2012. Providing context and commentary, Hansen has assembled the letters by the following themes: religion and belief; anger, disappointment, and disillusionment; quacks, conspiracy theorists, and ufologists; fellow astronauts and the world of flight; the corporate world; celebrities, stars, and notables; and last messages. Taken together, both collections provide fascinating insights into the world of an iconic hero who took that first giant leap onto lunar soil willingly and thereby stepped into the public eye with reluctance. Space enthusiasts, historians, and lovers of all things related to flight will not want to miss this book.