{"product_id":"the-bookseller-peter-briscoe-9780963489883","title":"The Bookseller: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive stories about professors, students, librarians, booksellers, and early scientific explorers-all living literately, on journeys of the mind. The first story, \"One of Our Stars,\" is about a professor so engrossed in difficult studies that even a blatant sexual invitation (accepted) merely distracts him. He concentrates with the mental force of a chess grandmaster, a zen roshi, or a musical virtuoso. The next story about a female college student is set in a Colombian jungle. The third story portrays a once formidable professor coming to terms with retirement, old age, and approaching death. The fourth (title) story, novella length, takes place in an Ecuadorian library that is experiencing rampant theft. A place where some men steal books while others wonder why they bother. A literary, intellectual mystery that explores the library as a profound idea while the world rushes into a digital, post-literate future. The fifth story explores the evolving status of a beautiful young female scholar who each year attends a Latin American Librarians Conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Briscoe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0963489887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780963489883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palo Verde Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Peter Briscoe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043493277951,"sku":"9780963489883","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99701413-b4ba-4c02-bf3a-6d6935bb342e.jpg?v=1684967464","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bookseller-peter-briscoe-9780963489883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}