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World of Books is taking part in the London to Brighton Bike Ride in aid of the British Heart Foundation

We have a fantastic team of people (called the WOB Riders!) entering the London to Brighton Bike Ride in aid of the British Heart Foundation. We are actually taking part in two rides, the first is a 60 Mile, night ride taking place on the 26th / 27th of May 2012: the second is a 54 Mile, [...]

World of Books: Developing the future of employees

West Sussex based World of Books, now in its fourth year of trading has rapidly become the leading seller of used books in the UK and Europe, celebrated National Apprenticeships Week (6-10 February) by reflecting on the impact that investing in their people can have on business performance. The company was, setup by book lovers [...]

What do you want for Christmas?

How many times do you ask the question: “What do you want for for Christmas?” And get the reply: “Nothing.” It’s not a lot of good, is it? If you actually got them nothing, they’d be upset. So it’s that time of year again: we all have to start thinking about what we might buy [...]

Author of the Week: Robert Louis Stevenson

Very few authors can claim to have written a piece of work that had such a broad influence on culture that it redefined a genre of literature. But Robert Louis Stevenson can. And, in fact, he managed it twice. Stevenson wrote both Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, two books [...]

Our author of the week: Bram Stoker

Halloween has only just passed, and hoards of children and adults alike took to the streets in their best vampire costumes. Some will have been inspired by the sparkly heroes of Twilight, but anyone who loves real vampires should only have one man to thank for the fearsome creatures’ dominance in horror stories: Bram Stoker. [...]

Special World of Books.com offer, Buy 2 Books Get 1 Free! Merry Christmas!

Just click here to take advantage of this amazing Christmas offer!

The first ever Man Booker prize winner

The winner 2011′s Man Booker Prize was announced this week as Julian Barnes for The Sense of an Ending. For all of its controversies (click here to read the article) the Man Booker is still one of the book industry’s most important awards, and just making the long-list can see a book’s sales sky-rocket. If [...]

William Shakespeare: In defence of a national treasure

Later this month, German-born film director Ronald Emmerich will release his latest and most controversial offering: Anonymous, a historical drama which brings the authorship of William Shakespeare’s plays into question. There’s plenty of books on the subject too: try Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare by James Shapiro. This is not a new theory, but the [...]

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