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Bookseller's Stories

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Bookseller's Stories
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In the constellation of British booksellers - not only booksellers but also writers, from the Scotsman Sean Bythell with his famous The Bookshop to the hereditary bookseller Samuel Johnson, who tells the story of London's oldest chain, Foyles - there is another star: Martin Latham, store manager of book giant Waterstones in Canterbury, who has devoted more than 35 years to his favorite business. His story is a fusion of book culture history and bookseller memoir. A historian by training, he writes both about the emotional and psychological experiences of readers, library visitors and bookshop customers, and about the cornerstones of people's interactions with books in different eras (from Gutenberg's time to our digital age) and against the backdrop of different historical events, including the Reformation, the French Revolution and the Second World War. Experience a portrait of the "man of reading" as told by Leitham, packed with names and quotes, inviting titles, interesting facts and situations, and important generalizations. "Bookstacks are a reflection of our undiscovered selves." (Martin Latham)
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