Episode 7 : Meet David - Personal Development, Self Help, Sci Fi and more!
Blabbing with Booksellers - a Waterstones Brighton Podcast.Show Notes
This week Phil sat down with David, another Senior Bookseller from the store who is found mostly amongst our Non-Fiction work. It's a wonderful chat in which David opens up with vulnerability about his journey with Personal Development and Self-Help and how that informs not only his worldview, but also his interactions with customers in our store. Recommendations aplenty in this one so here's a list of which titles came up:
Rupert The Bear Annual https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-rupert-annual-2026/rupert-bear/farshore/9780008682262
Simple Electronics - Ladybird Books
Richard Dawkins - Selfish Gene https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-selfish-gene/richard-dawkins/9780198985389
Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-god-delusion/richard-dawkins/9781804997123
Anil Seth - Being You https://www.waterstones.com/book/being-you/professor-anil-seth/9780571337729
Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-alchemist/paulo-coelho/9780722532935
Richard N Bolles - What Color Is Your Parachute? https://www.waterstones.com/book/what-color-is-your-parachute-2023/richard-n-bolles/9781984861207
Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird https://www.waterstones.com/book/to-kill-a-mockingbird/harper-lee/9781784752637
John Williams - Stoner waterstones.com/books/search/term/stoner+williams
Ursula K Le Guin - The Word For The World https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-word-for-world/ursula-k-le-guin/sarah-shin/9781068591815
Jeff VanderMeer - Annihilation https://www.waterstones.com/book/annihilation/jeff-vandermeer/9780008139100
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