Fragile Things in the Bookshop

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

- Neil Gaiman, Coraline

Leviathan in the Bookshop

David Baldacci Books

"When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity." - C.L.R. James

Seaplanes in the Bookshop

The Calculus Affair by Hergé

"It is a generally received opinion that there are too many books in the world already. I cannot, however, subscribe to any Institution that proposes to alter this state of affairs, because I find no consensus of opinion as to which are the superfluous books." - Mary Kingsley