Jerusalem Commands in the Bookshop

Jerusalem Commands by Michael Moorcock

"Writing is not brave, it’s the opposite – it’s just something I’ve always wanted to do. Surgeons are brave. If there’s a hierarchy of bravery, writers are somewhere near the bottom." - Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet

 

The Demon-Haunted World in the Bookshop

The Demon-Haunted World Science As A Candle In The Dark by Carl Sagan

"Books changed all that. Books, purchasable at low cost, permit us to interrogate the past with high accuracy; to tap the wisdom of our species; to understand the point of view of others, and not just those in power; to contemplate — with the best teachers — the insights, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, drawn from the entire planet and from all of our history. They allow people long dead to talk inside our heads. Books can accompany us everywhere. Books are patient where we are slow to understand, allow us to go over the hard parts as many times as we wish, and are never critical of our lapses." - Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark