04706cam a2200553 4500 1171898648 TxAuBib 20240319120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780374600198 0374600198 B08R2KLMSL Amazon 1a24d57e-bad9-47e6-a090-24d2ac339c51 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5982155 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wassef, Nadia. Shelf Life [Libby] : Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. Book Industry. Nonfiction. Mediterranean. Egypt. feminism. cultural history. bibliophile. bibliomania. women biography. egyptian authors. Bookseller memoir. book business. Successful women in business. shelflife. bookstore clerks. african bookstores. women businesses. family bookshops. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1435kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Business. Multi-Cultural. Nonfiction. HTML:"As a bookseller, I loved Shelf Life for the chance to peer behind the curtain of Diwan, Nadia Wassef's Egyptian bookstore—the way that the personal is inextricable from the professional, the way that failure and success are often lovers, the relationship between neighborhoods and books and life. Nadia's story is for every business owner who has ever jumped without a net, and for every reader who has found solace in the aisles of a bookstore." —Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here "Shelf Life is such a unique memoir about career, life, love, friendship, motherhood, and the impossibility of succeeding at all of them at the same time. It is the story of Diwan, the first modern bookstore in Cairo, which was opened by three women, one of whom penned this book. As a bookstore owner I found this fascinating. As a reader I found it fascinating. Blunt, honest, funny." —Jenny Lawson, author of Broken (in the best possible way) The warm and winning story of opening a modern bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as a founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled between drivers; the steady crescendo of horns honking; the shouts of street vendors; the television sets and radios blaring from every sidewalk. Nadia Wassef knows this song by heart. In 2002, with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal, she founded Diwan, a fiercely independent bookstore. They were three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to lose. At the time, nothing like Diwan existed in Egypt. Culture was languishing under government mismanagement, and books were considered a luxury, not a necessity. Ten years later, Diwan had become a rousing success, with ten locations, 150 employees, and a fervent fan base. Frank, fresh, and very funny, Nadia Wassef's memoir tells the story of this journey. Its eclectic cast of characters features Diwan's impassioned regulars, like the demanding Dr. Medhat; Samir, the driver with CEO aspirations; meditative and mythical Nihal; silent but deadly Hind; dictatorial and exacting Nadia, a self-proclaimed bitch to work with—and the many people, mostly men, who said Diwan would never work. Shelf Life is a portrait of a country hurtling toward revolution, a feminist rallying cry, and an unapologetic crash course in running a business under the law of entropy. Above all, it is a celebration of the power of words to bring us home.. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-03-19 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1a24d57e-bad9-47e6-a090-24d2ac339c51&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1a24d57e-bad9-47e6-a090-24d2ac339c51&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1a24d57e-bad9-47e6-a090-24d2ac339c51&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)