Books & Mortar Section 14 Sit back and savor a

Sit back and savor a superb collection of more than sixty poems by a wide range of talented writers

high-spirited girl who arrives instead

The creaky smuggler’s inn is always quiet during this season

Norway Lemming

They’re taboo

Books & Mortar Section 14 Sit back and savor aA visual feast celebrating the alluring power of bookstores68 paintings by illustrator Gibbs M. Smith. The local bookstore, a place of wonder, refuge, and rejuvenation for book lovers the world over. Books & Mortar is a celebration of these literary strongholds. Sixty eight oil paintings capture these storefronts at a moment in time, and pair the artwork with anecdotes about the shops and reflections on bookselling by many of the owners themselves. A