The Bookshop

Released on by Evan Friss
preview-18

  • The Bookshop Book Detail

  • Author : Evan Friss
  • Release Date : 2024-08-06
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 417
  • ISBN 13 : 0593299930
  • File Size : 95,95 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

The Bookshop by Evan Friss PDF Summary

Book Description: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail category." —The New York Times "It is a delight to wander through the bookstores of American history in this warm, generous book." —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author and owner of Books Are Magic An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest community destinations Bookstores have always been unlike any other kind of store, shaping readers and writers, and influencing our tastes, thoughts, and politics. They nurture local communities while creating new ones of their own. Bookshops are powerful spaces, but they are also endangered ones. In The Bookshop, we see the stakes: what has been, and what might be lost. Evan Friss’s history of the bookshop draws on oral histories, archival collections, municipal records, diaries, letters, and interviews with leading booksellers to offer a fascinating look at this institution beloved by so many. The story begins with Benjamin Franklin’s first bookstore in Philadelphia and takes us to a range of booksellers including the Strand, Chicago’s Marshall Field & Company, the Gotham Book Mart, specialty stores like Oscar Wilde and Drum and Spear, sidewalk sellers of used books, Barnes & Noble, Amazon Books, and Parnassus. The Bookshop is also a history of the leading figures in American bookselling, often impassioned eccentrics, and a history of how books have been marketed and sold over the course of more than two centuries—including, for example, a 3,000-pound elephant who signed books at Marshall Field’s in 1944. The Bookshop is a love letter to bookstores, a charming chronicle for anyone who cherishes these sanctuaries of literature, and essential reading to understand how these vital institutions have shaped American life—and why we still need them.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Bookshop books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Franklin's Flying Bookshop

Franklin's Flying Bookshop

File Size : 18,18 MB
Total View : 2761 Views
DOWNLOAD

A magical story about a little girl and a dragon who dream up a plan to share their love of books and stories Franklin the dragon loves stories and loves readin

The Bookstore

The Bookstore

File Size : 12,12 MB
Total View : 1321 Views
DOWNLOAD

"Featuring a Gallery Readers group guide"--Page 4 of cover.

Franklin and Luna Go to the Moon

Franklin and Luna Go to the Moon

File Size : 68,68 MB
Total View : 649 Views
DOWNLOAD

Luna and her best friend, Franklin the dragon, love stories and want to visit all the places they've read about in books. But for all their reading they still d

A Great Improvisation

A Great Improvisation

File Size : 18,18 MB
Total View : 3294 Views
DOWNLOAD

Soon to be a streaming series ● In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achieve

Die Brug

Die Brug

File Size : 62,62 MB
Total View : 9603 Views
DOWNLOAD

Waarom gebeur wonderwerke en tweede kanse altyd gedurende Kerstyd? Die Brug, 'n splinternuwe roman deur die New York Times topverkoperskrywer Karen Kingsbury, v