Overheard at the Bookstore

by Judith Henry and Xio Axelrod

"You'll never finish that here, why don't you just buy it." "I heard that this is a good one, and it's the thickest too!" Overheard at the Bookstore records the funny, ridiculous, and crazy things... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789305186
• ISBN13: 9780789305183
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

STOCKING STUFFER

This is a charming, funny, TINY book which, I think, would make a swell stocking stuffer for anyone on your Christmas list who loves books and bookshops.It is filled with pictures of men, women and children shopping for and reading books. Then, obviously, overheard snippets of conversations are placed as subtext for each picture. And most of them are very funny. The book, though, is very small and, therefore, after taking all of five minutes to glance through it once, you'll probably not need to pick it up again.I can only add my own personal experience at one of New York City's largest and most famous bookstores: Several years ago, when I asked for David Leavitt's new novel, "Arkansas" (pronounced, naturally, like the state) I was told they did not carry it, but did have a book by Leavitt called "R-Kansas."This, unfortunately, is a true story!

A "must" for people watchers in general

Judith Henry and her camera notices that people in bookstores are not only vocally inspired by what they see, but that their physical postures are often indicative "body language" commentaries. Overheard At The Bookstore is a fascinating and unique little volume of full page pictures and captioned quotations that will engage the reader's total attention from first page to last. Overheard At The Bookstore is a "must" for people watchers in general, and anyone who has ever loved browsing in a bookstore in particular!