{"product_id":"an-english-library-journey-john-bevis-9781785633089","title":"An English Library Journey: With Detours to Wales and Northern Ireland","description":"\u003cb\u003eJohn Bevis is a writer and book-lover on an eccentric quest: to obtain a membership card from every library authority in England.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a ten-year mission criss-crossing the country--from Solihull to Slough, from Cleveland to Cornwall--he enrolls at libraries of all shapes and sizes: monuments to Art Deco or Brutalism; a converted corset factory; one even shaped like a pork pie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the architectural eye of Pevsner and the eavesdropping ear of Bill Bryson, he engages us at every step with anecdotes and aper輹s about the role of the public library in our national life, while ruing its decline in the age of austerity. As interested in the people he finds as he is in the buildings and their history, he is a humane, witty, and erudite guide. The result is a book to be treasured by anyone who has ever used a library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Bevis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1785633082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781785633089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eye Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d","brand":"John Bevis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074865885439,"sku":"9781785633089","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65d6537f-3ca6-437a-b7b6-65eb31dbc69d.jpg?v=1685456228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-english-library-journey-john-bevis-9781785633089","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}