Шон Байтелл

"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms. Unfortunately, Shaun also has to contend with bizarre requests from people who don't understand what a shop is, home invasion...

?Щоденник книгаря? описує р?к ?з життя бук?н?стичної книгарн? в Шотланд?ї. Перед нами постають безлюдн? пагорби, к?лометри п?щаних пляж?в, мальовнич? гори й в?ктор?анськ? маєтки. Ми опиняємося в крамниц? ?з сотнею тисяч книжок, що ледве зводить к?нц? з к?нцями. Над нею нависає примара всюдисущого Amazon, який ще дужче розростається й вит?сняє маленьк? книгарн?. У всьому цьому маневрує Шон Байзелл,...

In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers to wrangles with his own staff, who include the ski-suit-wearing, bin-foraging Nicky. He takes us with him on buying trips to old estates and auction houses, recommends books (both lost classics and new discoveries), introduces us to th...

Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book-lover's paradise? Well, almost ... In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of...

Среди высоких гор и чистейших озер, пасторальных лугов с пасущимися овцами, рыцарских замков и заповедных вересковых полей, на просторах воспетой Робертом Бёрнсом и Вальтером Скоттом страны есть маленький городок с сельской биографией. В этом городке находится крупнейший в Шотландии книжный магазин, которым владеет человек с непростым характером. Он торгует в основном старыми книгами, как самыми о...

"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms. Unfortunately, Shaun also has to contend with bizarre requests from people who don't understand what a shop is, home invasion...

?Щоденник книгаря? описує р?к ?з життя бук?н?стичної книгарн? в Шотланд?ї. Перед нами постають безлюдн? пагорби, к?лометри п?щаних пляж?в, мальовнич? гори й в?ктор?анськ? маєтки. Ми опиняємося в крамниц? ?з сотнею тисяч книжок, що ледве зводить к?нц? з к?нцями. Над нею нависає примара всюдисущого Amazon, який ще дужче розростається й вит?сняє маленьк? книгарн?. У всьому цьому маневрує Шон Байзелл,...

In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers to wrangles with his own staff, who include the ski-suit-wearing, bin-foraging Nicky. He takes us with him on buying trips to old estates and auction houses, recommends books (both lost classics and new discoveries), introduces us to th...

Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book-lover's paradise? Well, almost ... In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of...