The article is a personal, first-person account about an individual's childhood job in a bookstore in a shopping mall. The author reminisces about working there and mentions that the store had shelves and rotating racks, including one dedicated to books titled "Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century." The article does not report on any current or breaking news, but rather serves as a nostalgic anecdote from the past.
Written by the local model on 2026-08-27,
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Story summary
The author, Alan Jacobs, reflects on his first job at a bookstore in a new shopping mall. He notes that the store had extensive shelves and rotating racks displaying various books, including Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century. The article features an illustration by Noah Hickey from The Dispatch (published via Getty Images), but does not provide further information on the date or details about the bookstore or its operations.
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No political leaning scored for article 2768 · logged 2026-08-27
Long, long ago, in an America far, far away, I got my first job: working in a bookstore in a new shopping mall.
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I → get → mall
Mainly we had shelves, miles and miles of shelves, along the walls and across the aisles, but we also had a couple of rotating racks, and one of those was devoted to a series of books: Ballantine’s Illustrated History of the Violent Century.
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one → have → Century
