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"Bookstores are treasure troves of knowledge and ideas, invaluable for the imagination, and often reflect their owners' personalities in ways internet behemoths could never re-create. In this book, photographer Horst A. Friedrichs opens the door to the world of bricks-and-mortar bookstores, showcasing their variety, quirkiness, and vitality with lavish photography. It celebrates the passion and commitment of the owners with interviews and anecdotes. Explore William Stout Books, a specialty store for architecture and art books in San Francisco, and Baldwin's Book Barn in Pennsylvania, a 5-story bookstore housed in a dairy barn open since the mid-1940s. Discover Gay's the Word, the UK's first and only dedicated LGBTQI bookshop and Livraria Lello, whose Art Deco interior is a temple to reading in the middle of Porto, Portugal. Some of the featured bookstores specialize in a certain genre, some are massive with vaulted ceilings, some are tiny and filled to the brim with books, some are in historic buildings that evoke a different time and place, and some are brand new, hightech, architect-designed spaces. What all the bookstores have in common is that they are all dedicated to spreading the written word to their communities." -- Amazon.com.… (más)
I read about this in BookPage which I pick up at my library. +for it being about bookstores (especially independent stores) +for the photography and the numerous photographs included +for having a short essay about each included bookstore written by someone involved with that store
I requested this through my local library and was surprised at the size of the book when it came. I'm not sure what criteria were used to select the stores that appear in this book. (If they indicated it, it wasn't in a location I found.) I was a bit disappointed that only about a third of the book features United States bookstores and those were limited to New York City and San Francisco with one lone entry from Pennsylvania.
Hello--the United States is more than just the east and west coasts! I know for a fact their are independent bookstores in areas outside of New York and San Francisco. Ones that might be easier for those who live in the central areas of the United States to reach. I had been wondering if I would find a store to plan to visit--but all the ones here are too far away for me to easily make a plan to go see.
The remaining 2/3 of the book is international bookstores. I do see some of the influence from the decor of one of them in the film versions of Harry Potter. ( )
"Bookstores are treasure troves of knowledge and ideas, invaluable for the imagination, and often reflect their owners' personalities in ways internet behemoths could never re-create. In this book, photographer Horst A. Friedrichs opens the door to the world of bricks-and-mortar bookstores, showcasing their variety, quirkiness, and vitality with lavish photography. It celebrates the passion and commitment of the owners with interviews and anecdotes. Explore William Stout Books, a specialty store for architecture and art books in San Francisco, and Baldwin's Book Barn in Pennsylvania, a 5-story bookstore housed in a dairy barn open since the mid-1940s. Discover Gay's the Word, the UK's first and only dedicated LGBTQI bookshop and Livraria Lello, whose Art Deco interior is a temple to reading in the middle of Porto, Portugal. Some of the featured bookstores specialize in a certain genre, some are massive with vaulted ceilings, some are tiny and filled to the brim with books, some are in historic buildings that evoke a different time and place, and some are brand new, hightech, architect-designed spaces. What all the bookstores have in common is that they are all dedicated to spreading the written word to their communities." -- Amazon.com.
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+for it being about bookstores (especially independent stores)
+for the photography and the numerous photographs included
+for having a short essay about each included bookstore written by someone involved with that store
I requested this through my local library and was surprised at the size of the book when it came. I'm not sure what criteria were used to select the stores that appear in this book. (If they indicated it, it wasn't in a location I found.) I was a bit disappointed that only about a third of the book features United States bookstores and those were limited to New York City and San Francisco with one lone entry from Pennsylvania.
Hello--the United States is more than just the east and west coasts! I know for a fact their are independent bookstores in areas outside of New York and San Francisco. Ones that might be easier for those who live in the central areas of the United States to reach. I had been wondering if I would find a store to plan to visit--but all the ones here are too far away for me to easily make a plan to go see.
The remaining 2/3 of the book is international bookstores. I do see some of the influence from the decor of one of them in the film versions of Harry Potter. (