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All the Knowledge in the World is a history and celebration of those who created the most groundbreaking and remarkable publishing phenomenon of any age....

A delightfully inquisitive tour that explores the rich history and the subtle powers of fonts....

One of the first words we learn. Perhaps the best friend we'll have. An animal so much part of our lives that we speak to it like a child and spend small fortunes on its well-being and wardrobe....

How did these faithful animals come to assist us not only in hunting, but in bomb disposal and cancer detection - and ultimately become our closest companions? Dog's Best Friend examines how this bond developed over the centuries, and how it has transformed countless lives....

Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories....

In Miniature takes a big look at small things. It is a celebration of the obsessive, eccentric and meticulous and welcomes us into the world of collectors, modellers and fans....

Best-selling, award-winning writer Simon Garfield returns with an enthralling investigation of humans’ peculiar fascination with small things - and what small things tell us about our larger world....

In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project....

As a boy, Simon Garfield started collecting "errors" - rare stamps flawed by printing faults and absent colours. As an adult his childhood obsession became a full-blown mid-life crisis....

The classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years after its creation, Baskerville is a transitional design, poised between the first metal types and modern styles, notable for its combination of fat and thin letters....

One of the most beautiful handcrafted typefaces in the world (and the author's favourite), Albertus is also one of the most enduring....

Comic Sans is one of the most used and most reviled typefaces of the digital age....