Bottle-browser Gifts

"'Adds body and fullness.' Maybe it's this conditioner and not my diet that's the problem."

Two women wearing identical dresses head toward exchange window at department store.

"Umm ... not sure what notes you'll detect on your palate, but it'll get you ripped."

Great British Eccentrics.

The practical psychopath

"Never mind, Harry. Just remember, the 'Saturday Review' loved it."

Myths and legends...

"Some fitting room. Nothing fits!"

"It's the only way I can justify buying so many shoes."

Bookstore. The Stock Market for Dummies. It's either an instructional guide or a history of recent economics.

Rugby Players and Supporters Essential Supplies

"Did you ask for the large print edition?"

Wine Talking

"'Best wishes'? That's it? That's all you got?!"

A sign outside a bookstore reads: "Meet the people in the bookstore cafe staring at their laptops 2-4 p.m."

Self Help and Self Hindrance Books

Face Painting.

Orthopedics. Pediatrics. Stuff they never taught your in nursing school.

World politics book: Who's taking out whom

"I'm looking for a nice basic piece of clothing that can fulfill every need I have."

Books: Names That Will Make Your Child Hate You!

The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie

The New Yorker Book of Cartoons that No One Can Understand

"Now this is a Francis Ford Coppola. We still haven't been here quite long enough to be drinkable ourselves."

"Pretty label... shiny bottle... I'll take it!"

"I shop to forget what I bought last year."

Garlic, the wonderful stinking rose.

'The greatest wine in my collection? Why, it's my '45 Chateau Palmer and, oh, what a coincidence, it's right here!'

'Someday I hope he grows up into a sports bottle...just like his father.'

"You're looking for 'Sex After Fifty'? That's in the 'fiction' department."

"I'd say my favourite wine is the sixth one."

Best Sellers; Worst Sellers.

Shipwrecked with an environmentalist.

"It's two sizes too big, but it fits."

Political Science. Politicized Science. Stem Cell Research. The Morning After Pill. Global Warming. Air Quality.