Лучшие книги Джен Кэмбл

О, скромное обаяние книжного магазина! Пыльные стопки подержанных томиков на эльфийском, мерцание бронзовых канделябров, сонный кот на прилавке и артистичный призрак Диккенса в отделе «Зарубежная проза»… Может показаться, что жизнь книготорговца — сплошная романтика! Отчасти так и есть. Но еще это тяжелый труд и множество безумных, выматывающих, каверзных, абсурдных…

Вы — чудак, не отлипающий от книги, пока она не дочитана? Пропускаете за чтением свои автобусные/трамвайные/вертолетные/орбитальные остановки? Вам дороги книжные магазины, в них вы отдыхаете, находите сокровища, влюбляетесь и общаетесь? Тогда эта книга — для вас и ваших друзей с чувством юмора. Все невероятные разговоры в этом сборнике — подлинные анекдоты из жизни,…

Nicht selten führen Buchhändler absurd-komische Kundengespräche. Dieses Buch gewährt einen lustigen und amüsanten Einblick in den Buchhandelsalltag und ist ein absolutes Muss für alle Fans von Zitatesammlungen und Humorbüchern. Kostprobe gefällig? "Haben Sie auch Pop-up Bücher zum Thema Aufklärung?“ Kunde (hält ein Jamie Oliver Kochbuch hoch): "Würde es Ihnen was ausmachen, wenn ich dieses Rezept fotokopiere?" "Haben Sie Taliban und Liebe?" (gemeint ist: Kabale und Liebe) "Ich suche das Buch Nazis in Dortmund!" (gemeint ist: Narziß und Goldmund)

We're not talking about rooms that are just full of books. We're talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses, and in old run-down train stations. Fold-out bookshops, undercover bookshops, this-is-the-best-place-I've-ever-been-to-bookshops. Meet Sarah and her Book Barge sailing across the sea to France; meet Sebastien, in Mongolia, who sells books to herders of the Altai mountains; meet the bookshop in Canada that's invented the world's first antiquarian book vending machine. And that's just the beginning.

From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop Book examines the history of books, talks to authors about their favourite places, and looks at over three hundred weirdly wonderful bookshops across six continents (sadly, we've yet to build a bookshop down in the South Pole). The Bookshop Book is a love letter to bookshops all around the world.

'These days, you can find anything you need at the click of a button. That's why I bought her heart online.' Spirits in jam jars, mini-apocalypses, animal hearts and side shows. A girl runs a coffin hotel on a remote island. A boy is worried his sister has two souls. A couple are rewriting the history of the world. And mermaids are on display at the local…

Franklin the dragon loves stories and loves reading stories to people too, but everyone is too scared to even talk to him. One day, he meets a girl named Luna who, rather than being afraid, is fascinated to meet Franklin, having recently read all about dragons in one of her books. They instantly become friends and talk nonstop about what they’ve read: books about…

This is an anthology about people who don’t fit in. These stories explore what it is to be an outsider, from some of the most exciting voices in short fiction. From lovers to loners, moonlighters to midnight walkers, these pages are haunted by more than ghosts: loss, lack of direction, insecurity and otherworldly hunger. But most importantly, it asks the…

Franklin and Luna are back again and this time it’s Franklin’s birthday! Luna and all the villagers are planning a surprise party. While the party is being set up, Luna takes Franklin book shopping, and Luna’s tortoise, Neil, finds a padlocked book of fairy tales and can’t help picking the lock. But when he peers inside, the book swallows him whole! Franklin and…

The Girl Aquarium explores the realm of rotten fairy tales, the possession of body and the definition of beauty. Weaving between whispered science and circus, these poems turn a cracked mirror on society and ask who gets to control the twisted tales hiding in the wings.

Luna’s best friend, Franklin, is a dragon. They love to read stories about everything from trampolining to deep-sea diving. One day, they are reading about where werewolves live and Franklin begins to wonder where he is from. He is 605 years old and has no idea where to find other dragons! Luna suggests that they go on an adventure to find his family. They Google…