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Everyday Encounters: A history aficionado navigates tales of royalty and explorers

Tiburon resident Lynn Payne browses at Corner Books, the Belvedere-Tiburon Library’s used bookstore, on Aug. 27. The avid nonfiction reader eventually settled on a copy of ‘When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods & Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age’ by Justin Kaplan. (Francisco Martinez / The Ark)
Tiburon resident Lynn Payne browses at Corner Books, the Belvedere-Tiburon Library’s used bookstore, on Aug. 27. The avid nonfiction reader eventually settled on a copy of ‘When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods & Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age’ by Justin Kaplan. (Francisco Martinez / The Ark)

Lynn Payne has her book-browsing routine down to a science.

 

The 88-year-old Tiburon resident makes her way through the racks at Corner Books, the Belvedere-Tiburon Library’s used bookstore, on Aug. 27, looking for her next read — preferably a history book.

 

“I like to learn a little something when I’m reading, and that’s why I like nonfiction books,” Payne says.


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