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On the BBC World Service last Friday, 7 Oct (2011), I was interviewed about a quaint and rather pathetic little phenomenon. It seems lots of people buy books they never read.

I don't mean books they mean to read one day but haven't got round to doing. We all do that. Or rather, those of us who buy books do.

I mean people who buy books to seem brighter than they are. More sophisticated. More intellig Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 10, 2011 14:21 • Tags: a-brief-history-of-time, a-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu, bbc, boston, danielle-steele, derrida, finnegans-wake, foucault, gutenberg-bible, harry-potter, helen-fielding, jackie-collins, lacan, lord-of-the-rings, marcuse, pride-and-prejudice, shakespeare-first-folio, the-critique-of-pure-reason, the-hobbit, the-spectator, tom-jones, world-service

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	The Art Of Oratory. Selected, Edited And Introduced By Charles Mosley 3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charles Dickens: A Celebration of His Life and Work 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Oratory 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lichfield in Retrospect by Charles Mosley (Goodreads Author), Patrick Lichfield (Photography) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debrett's Guide to Bereavement: Practical Guidance for Coping with the Loss of a Loved One liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debretts Guide Entertaining liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burke's Landed Gentry: 19th edition, vol.III: The Principality of Wales; vol.IV: The North West. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bulletin Book: 1 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daffodil Library 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars