booksellers and bookselling

""There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred. There are even remedies--I mean books--that were written for one person only...A book is both medic and medicine at once. It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: that's how I sell books." Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened. After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and a lovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country's rivers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself. Internationally bestselling and filled with warmth and adventure, The Little Paris Bookshop is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives"--.

A renowned psycholinguist delves into the confession of a once-dear friend, a rare book collector who is incarcerated in a mental institution for killing his fianc?e, told to him in bits of novels, fables, and historical allusions.

Details the life and accomplishments of Jeff Bezos, innovative founder of Amazon.com, the world's largest online store.

When Yambo, a sixtyish rare-book dealer in Milan, loses his memory, he returns to his family home in the hopes of rediscovering his past, and relives the story of his family through old newspapers, photo albums, and journals.

Paris Minton, an African-American bookstore owner in 1950s Los Angeles, becomes caught up in a terrifying situation when he agrees to help his friend Fearless Jones track down a missing millionaire.

"Joseph Barkely gets more than he bargains for when he agrees to authenticate the original manuscript of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', and personally transport it to Romania"--Provided by publisher.

Due to the Great Recession, Clay Jannon is looking for work anywhere he can find it, and his luck and ability to climb a ladder as well as a monkey have landed him the night-shift at Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. After only a short while on the job, Clay realizes there is more to this store than meets the eye--even though what meets the eye is pretty incredible in itself. Several customers come in only to "check out" incredibly obscure books, as if it were a library. Thus Clay embarks on a sleuthing scheme to find out what is really going on.

A memoir in which the author, a former crime reporter, describes his experiences as a resident of Shakespeare & Co., a venerable Paris bookstore and writer's haven where he sought refuge after fleeing Canada in a panic due to threats from a thug he named in a book.