Not bothering to stand up, the man, who Hermionie assumed was the owner, pointed to a row of books which seemed bound together. "All Hogwarts books can be found there, just simply find your year and come back to pay" the man seemed annoyed at her question. Not letting his rudeness perturb her she wandered over to the shelve the man had pointed at and looked around, just as he had said there were rows of books bond together, a tag on each one simply read a year, Hermionie assumed this was the year that these books were targeted for at Hogwarts. Picking up the ones that read first year she began to look around to see if anything stood out to her, picking up a book on wizarding customs titled "The basic guide to the wizarding world written for the uniformed" she decided this is exactly what she needed, on her way back to the counter one book caught her eye "Alchemy, the dying art of magical science" picking it up she skimmed through it, she knew what Alchemy was, it was quite commonly appeared in the history of chemistry so the idea that the magical world had a version of it excited Hermionie, this could be away to link her no magical studies to her magical ones and even if it didn't it would definitely get her parents interest. Reading the blurb of the book Hermionie was definitely interested it what it had to say;