Seven Stairs: An Adventure of the Heart

by Stuart Brent

Overview

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.

The Seven Stairs is Stuart Brent's exuberant memoir reveals the strategies and beliefs that made him one of the nation's most colorful and revered independent booksellers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780671673949
Publisher:	Touchstone
Publication date:	05/15/1989
Series:	Touchstone Book Series
Edition description:	Touchstone ed.
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Stuart Brent is a Simon & Schuster author as well as an ex-GI and bookstore owner.

Table of Contents

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