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Seven Stairs

An Adventure of the Heart

By: Stuart Brent

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Paperback | 15 May 1989 | Edition Number 1

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Here in a new, updated edition is the famous story of an ex-GI named Stuart Brent who turned his passion for reading into a bookstore that became a mecca for book lovers across America. His exuberant memoir reveals the strategies and beliefs that made him one of the nation's most colorful and revered independent booksellers. Filled with personal anecdotes about celebrated authors, pioneering publishers and editors, and illustrious customers such as Katharine Hepburn and Ernest Hemingway, The Seven Stairs provides a rare window on the world of books. For everyone who believes in the power of literacy and the joy of reading, the story shines with conviction and inspiration. Book jacket.

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Preface	p. ix
And Nobody Came	p. 1
"Read Your Lease. Goodbye"	p. 5
How to Get Started in the Book Business	p. 15
Building the Seven Stairs	p. 29
The Day My Accountant Cried	p. 49
The Man with the Golden Couch	p. 58
Farewell to the Seven Stairs	p. 75
On the Avenue	p. 87
Bark Point	p. 110
Hope and I	p. 130
My Affair with the Monster	p. 141
Life in the Theatre	p. 169
Writing and Publishing	p. 179
Books and Brent	p. 195
Postscript--1973	p. 207
Postscript--1988	p. 225
One Hundred Best Books	p. 227
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