{"product_id":"books-a-manifesto-or-how-to-build-a-library","title":"Books - A Manifesto: Or, How to Build a Library","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a book about books, about the power of reading, and about the strange nature of books as objects. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile the predicted decline in book publishing and book buying hasn't happened, the question of why we should read books at all is still a pressing one. Yet who can imagine a life without reading? Ever since he was a boy, Ian Patterson knew he wanted to have a library. This book sets out to trace the changing enthusiasms and shifting fortunes through which his library grew (and sometimes diminished); and by thinking back over the part books have played in his life, to make a case for the importance of books, reading and the crucial potential of literature - fiction, poetry, essays - in our lives if we know how to approach it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHOW TO BUILD A LIBRARY is about the rich pleasures and powers of reading and imagination, an account of some of the books that have meant most to Ian during his life, and a primer in how to make the most of what we read.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W\u0026N","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43981299941411,"sku":null,"price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/3607\/9395\/files\/71kpz4GN63L._SL1500.jpg?v=1790929976","url":"https:\/\/champaca.in\/products\/books-a-manifesto-or-how-to-build-a-library","provider":"Champaca Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}