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Daunt Books was founded in 1990 by former banker James Daunt with the purchase of a bookshop on Marylebone High Street. [1] It now focuses on first-hand titles (especially travel-related material). The Marylebone branch is housed in a former Edwardian bookshop with long oak galleries, graceful skylights and William Morris prints.
Achilles James Daunt CBE (born 18 October 1963) is a British businessman. He is the founder of the Daunt Books chain, and since May 2011 has been managing director of the bookshop chain Waterstones. Since August 2019, Daunt has also been CEO of Barnes & Noble, the American bookstore chain. He is known as "the man who saved Waterstones".
Solidaridad book shop Philippines: Ermita district of Manila [1] [2] BooksActually Singapore: Tiong Bahru [3] [4] Fascination Books [5] South Africa: An Ceathrú Póilí United Kingdom: Belfast: Arthur Probsthain United Kingdom: London: Barter Books United Kingdom: Alnwick Station, Northumberland: Compendium Books United Kingdom: London: Daunt ...
Hatchards is an English bookshop claiming to be the oldest in the United Kingdom, founded on Piccadilly in 1797 by John Hatchard.After one move, it has been at the same location on Piccadilly next to Fortnum & Mason since 1801, and the two stores are also neighbours in St. Pancras railway station as of 2014.
[2] [3] Prior to his writing career, Porter managed the Chelsea branch of Daunt Books [4] and won the Bookseller of the Year Award in 2009. He was Editorial Director at Granta and Portobello Books until 2019, [5] where he edited award-winning novels The Luminaries [6] [7] and The Vegetarian. [8]
Daunt is the surname of the following people Achilles Daunt (1832–1878), Irish churchman; Ernest Daunt (1909–1966), Irish archdeacon; James Daunt (born in 1963), British businessman; John Daunt (1832–1886), British Victoria Cross recipient; John Daunt (golfer) (1865–1952), British golfer; Michael Daunt (1909–1991), British pilot test
The Meaning of Night is the debut novel by author Michael Cox.Cox's book is a 600-page crime thriller novel set in Victorian England.It was one of four books picked for the shortlist for the Costa Book Awards prize for the debut novel of 2006, [1] losing out to Stef Penney's The Tenderness of Wolves, which went on to win the overall award for best novel of 2006.
Going Solo is a book by Roald Dahl, first published by Jonathan Cape in London in 1986. It is a continuation of his autobiography describing his childhood, Boy and detailed his travel to Africa and exploits as a World War II pilot.