There was no sign of a television anywhere in the cottage, only shelves of books.
The intimate lobby showcases shelves of books amid modern light fixtures and a flickering fireplace where guests can gather for impromptu meetings.
When Portland skies begin to look moody and gray, duck into this multi-level bookstore to peruse the shelves of new and used books.
"The Brontes grew up used to seeing their father's books on the shelves of the parsonage, " says Andrew McCarthy, director of the Bronte Parsonage Museum in the family's former home in Haworth, West Yorkshire.
But along the way Topkis, an ebullient former stage actress, felt frustrated, as consolidation within the publishing industry drove some of her favorite books off the shelves.
Mr. McMurtry plans to keep close to 100, 000 books on the shelves of Booked Up, which will remain open.
Not so in Mountain View, California, where Doug Stocks has been replacing stolen books on the shelves of Printers Inc for 18 years.
The new library is set to open in August with 10, 000 engineering books on the shelves a decrease of more than 85 percent from the old library.
Surrounded by seven shelves of holy books, Yaakov, the family patriarch, told me that God had caused the crash and spared our lives.
As the first few books on the subject start to hit the shelves though, it is becoming clear that the role of tech and social media will be remembered as a prominent part of the story as well.
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Shelves packed with swatch books and bolts of wool line the cramped space.
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Books are hounded from the shelves, replaced by row upon row of silver discs in plastic cases.
So nowadays the shelves in the business section of your local bookstore groan with self-help-style books offering advice about getting back to basics, regaining focus and growing organically.
And more than 50 boxes of "good quality" books were donated to stock the library's shelves.
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On the first floor, an old-fashioned drawing room is lined with sagging shelves holding her extensive collection of books novels, biographies, poetry and a roaring fire beckons.
Books of every conceivable subject were stacked from nearly floor to ceiling in shelves around the main dining room where the guests had dinner.
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Pass any newsstand or bookshop in the country and you will spot heaving shelves packed with hundreds of colourful local and international publications, sitting amid Manga comic books, novels and reference titles.
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