Here at World of Books we have oodles of great fiction that will have you set for Summer, tick off a few titles on your ‘to-read’ list; but how exactly do you choose which book is going to be next?
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Before we dive in here, it’s probably best to acknowledge that this post isn’t being written from an entirely neutral perspective. World of Books only sells second hand books, therefore an element of bias can’t be ruled out. However, even with that disclaimer, there’s still plenty to say in favour of used over new.
If you’re reading this now, there’s a fair chance that you have a reasonable love of books. Maybe you have a sizable collection, perhaps only a few select titles, you might even have gone to the dark side and started building your own digital library on an e-reader (only kidding). Books are a part of our identity, entertaining and educating us in equal measure.
Author Interviews
“Regrets are pointless. One simply has to resolve to do better”, Military author Patrick Bishop talks to World of Books.com
Patrick Bishop
Patrick Bishop was born in London and went to Wimbledon College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Before joining the Telegraph he worked on the Evening Standard, the Observer and the Sunday Times and in television as a reporter on Channel Four News. Alongside John Witherow, Patrick wrote a history of the Falkands War based on their own experiences, later also writing in partnership with Eamon Mallie about the Provisional IRA, which was praised as the first authoritative account of the modern IRA.
Author Interviews
Michael Morpurgo: “Animals, like children, aren’t in a position of power as we are as adults, and it is our duty to care for them”
Michael Morpurgo (OBE 2006, MBE, Children’s Laureate 2003-2005), was born 5th October 1943 in Hertfordshire. By the age of two Michael had been evacuated to Cumberland, only later moving back to London, and then to Essex. His book, The Butterfly Lion, suggests his unhappy experiences at one of the boarding schools he attended in these earlier years. At one stage Michael trained for the British Army at Sandhurst.