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Why bother to visit a bookstore when you can easily order online or download digital content instantly? Look inside this book, and the answer is clear. Bookstores are universally appealing not only because of their frequently unique design and architecture, but also on account of their welcoming atmosphere. There can be few retail experiences where browsing is so positively encouraged and staff share their knowledge so readily. This charming book showcases 50 of the world's most beautiful, historic and unusual bookstores, from Berlin to Beijing, San Francisco to Sao Paulo. Includes the following US bookstores: Arcana in LA, City Lights in San Francisco, Elliot Bay Books in Seattle, McNally Jackson, Power House Arena, Barnes and Noble in Union Sqaure and Rizzoli, all in NYCAmong the featured stores are Foyles on Charing Cross Road in London, Europe's largest bookstore, filled with more than 200,000 titles; El Ateneo Grand Splendid, housed in a magnificent former theatre in Buenos Aires; and Shakespeare and Company, a literary institution on the Left Bank in Paris. Reina Shimizu explores the history of the store, its founding philosophy and its interior design, and interviews the owners and staff about their passion for the book-selling. With specially commissioned photographs throughout, this book should find a home on the shelf of all bibliophiles.

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Reina Shimizu is a London-based journalist who works regularly for NHK, the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation. She has contributed to various publications, including the Japanese editions of Vogue and Elle magazines.

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