These books are weapons of empathy - So says Robin Ince
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Dear friend of the shop, Robin Ince, recently finished a run of his show, 'Weapons of Empathy', a celebration of how books widen our worlds and expand our horizons.
As well as having written his own books, Robin made a fab list of books that have inspired him on his bookish journey which you can see below!
Linked Books
![Image for A Short History of Queer Women](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97808615/9780861542840.jpg)
- title
- A Short History of Queer Women
- author
- Loehr, Kirsty
![Image for Notes of a Native Son](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97802413/9780241334003.jpg)
- title
- Notes of a Native Son
- author
- Baldwin, James
![Image for Space Crone](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31wfdGlqGNL._SX324_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
- title
- Space Crone
- author
- K. Le Guin, Ursula
![Image for Talking to Women](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97809957/9780995716216.jpg)
- title
- Talking to Women
- author
- Dunn, Nell, Smith, Ali
![Image for Mrs Death Misses Death](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818388/9781838851224.jpg)
- title
- Mrs Death Misses Death
- author
- Godden, Salena
![Image for The Exploits of Moominpappa](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97802413/9780241344484.jpg)
- title
- The Exploits of Moominpappa
- author
- Jansson, Tove
![Image for Fair Play](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97809548/9780954899530.jpg)
- title
- Fair Play
- author
- Jansson, Tove
![Image for Illuminations](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815266/9781526643155.jpg)
- title
- Illuminations
- author
- Moore, Alan
![Image for Jerusalem](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97808616/9780861662784.jpg)
- title
- Jerusalem
- author
- Moore, Alan W
![Image for Begin Again : James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97815291/9781529114300.jpg)
- title
- Begin Again : James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today
- author
- Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
![Image for Voyage in the Dark](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97801411/9780141183954.jpg)
- title
- Voyage in the Dark
- author
- Rhys, Jean
![Image for Giovanni's Room](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97801410/9780141032948.jpg)
- title
- Giovanni's Room
- author
- Baldwin, James
![Image for Wide Sargasso Sea](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97802419/9780241951552.jpg)
- title
- Wide Sargasso Sea
- author
- Rhys, Jean
![Image for The Transgender Issue : An Argument for Justice](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97801419/9780141991801.jpg)
- title
- The Transgender Issue : An Argument for Justice
- author
- Faye, Shon
![Image for Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814197/9781419728556.jpg)
- title
- Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
- author
- Butler, Octavia, Jennings, John
![Image for Another Country](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97801411/9780141186375.jpg)
- title
- Another Country
- author
- Baldwin, James, Toibin, Colm
![Image for Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97802413/9780241342039.jpg)
- title
- Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
- author
- Baldwin, James
![Image for If Beale Street Could Talk](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97801401/9780140187977.jpg)
- title
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- author
- Baldwin, James
![Image for Dark Days](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97802413/9780241337547.jpg)
- title
- Dark Days
- author
- Baldwin, James
![Image for The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97802413/9780241339725.jpg)
- title
- The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
- author
- Lorde, Audre
![Image for Run Towards the Danger : Confrontations with a Body of Memory](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819146/9781914613296.jpg)
- title
- Run Towards the Danger : Confrontations with a Body of Memory
- author
- Polley, Sarah
![Image for Undrowned : Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals Emergent Strategy Series](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818493/9781849353977.jpg)
- title
- Undrowned : Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals Emergent Strategy Series
- author
- Gumbs, Alexis Pauline
![Image for Bibliomaniac : An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97818389/9781838957698.jpg)
- title
- Bibliomaniac : An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain
- author
- Robin Ince
![Image for The Importance of Being Interested : Adventures in Scientific Curiosity](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97817864/9781786492647.jpg)
- title
- The Importance of Being Interested : Adventures in Scientific Curiosity
- author
- Robin Ince
![Image for I'm a Joke and So Are You : Reflections on Humour and Humanity](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97818389/9781838959715.jpg)
- title
- I'm a Joke and So Are You : Reflections on Humour and Humanity
- author
- Ince, Robin, Lee, Stewart