Was founded in 1927 by my grandfather benjamin bass and then onto my father fred bass. Nancy and then onto me. For a little bit of history in the the lighting ten hundreds over this area around the bookstore here in Greenwich Village was the epicenter of publishers and booksellers. Charles and sons was here and the company, design press, they all had editorial offices in ebola, they all add their bookstores to display their new books. Along Fourth Avenue just around on that side, was known as growth. And its it height there were 48 used bookstores which is the sole survivor. We are. As the owner of the stranded widgets 80mile in books, and not easily phased by thousand books. The james on the bucket list, tonight feature book has stopped me in my tracks. [applause]. s expansive scope is coupled with a delightful wit and a perfect die for slide detail. Never again will you have to wonder what to read next. 1,000 books to read before you die is a one stop shop for anybody who likes books