Bookshelf

Synopsis

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Every shelf is different and every bookshelf tells a different story. One bookshelf can creak with character in a bohemian coffee shop and another can groan with gravitas in the Library of Congress. W riter and historian Lydia Pyne finds bookshelves to be holders not just of books but of so many other values, vibes, and verbs that can be contained and displayed in the buildings and rooms of contemporary human existence.