The Black Swan in the Bookshop

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to "I hate to read new books," and I hollered "Comrade!" to whoever owned it before me." - Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road

 

The Secret of Secrets in the Bookshop

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

"Time is a river...and books are boats. Many volumes start down that stream, only to be wrecked and lost beyond recall in its sands. Only a few, a very few, endure the testings of time and live to bless the ages following." - Dan Brown