I received an email last night from Mexico City. Macmillan de Mexico published a book with the absolutely scintillating title "Basic Junior Active Context English". It might not win the prize for the oddest title but it must be one of the most boring. Weiterlesen
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Day four – The descent of the testes
There is a great tradition throughout the book world of sniggering over strange book titles. The title of this posting was a book published in the 1980s by Little, Brown and Company and combines accuracy, brevity and mystery. It will … Weiterlesen
Day three – Eat, Pray, Love
We had a traditional book fair Wednesday dinner at the much-loved Casanova restaurant. A tip. Ignore the menu and simply ask for the mushrooms followed by loup de mer simply baked in salt and creme caramel to finish. Around the … Weiterlesen
Day two – E-books
The guest of this year’s Fair is Turkey and the theme is e-books. Or is the theme Turkey and the guest an e-book? I know next to nothing about Turkey and not much more about e-books. There is a huge amount … Weiterlesen
Day one – actually my 171st Frankfurt book fair day
In the words of Irving Berlin: The snow is snowing, the wind is blowingBut I can weather the storm!What do I care how much it may storm?I’ve got my love to keep me warm. For the book trade we … Weiterlesen
