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Footnotes From The World's Greatest Bookstore

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Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers By Bob Eckstein, Garrison Keillor (Foreword by) Cover Image

Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers (Hardcover)

By Bob Eckstein, Garrison Keillor (Foreword by)
$22.00
ISBN: 9780553459272
Availability: Available to Order from Supplier: Arrives at Store in a Week(ish)
Published: Clarkson Potter - October 4th, 2016

As your new Porter Square Books: Boston Edition is getting ready to share a fantastical new book world with you (secret bookshelf passageways!?!), explore the other amazing book havens around the world. Eckstein beautifully compiles not only illustrations of our fellow independent book stores, but he also shares little anecdotes and thoughts from fun minds like Neil Gaiman, Terry Gross, and even David Bowie. Celebrate the Porter Square: Boston Edition beginning with a hearty bookstore loving book!

Kai

Beneath the Moon

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Beneath the Moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World By Yoshi Yoshitani Cover Image

Beneath the Moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World (Hardcover)

By Yoshi Yoshitani
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984857224
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Published: Ten Speed Press - September 1st, 2020

 

I have never seen a more beautifully illustrated book. My favourite story is about the Apsaras in Cambodia. I wonder which story will be your favourite?

Sinny

Pirateology

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Pirateology: The Pirate Hunter's Companion (Ologies) By Captain William Lubber, Dugald A. Steer (Editor) Cover Image

Pirateology: The Pirate Hunter's Companion (Ologies) (Hardcover)

By Captain William Lubber, Dugald A. Steer (Editor)
$29.99
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ISBN: 9780763631437
Published: Candlewick - July 11th, 2006

Ahoy, mateys! From the people that brought you the childhood classic, Dragonology, this book is sure to keep kids of all ages entertained for hours. William Lubber uses primary documents to track the vicious pirate Arabella Drummond in a search that will take you through the golden age of piracy. This book is an adventure and a story all wrapped into one, and is sure to be a hit for any young adventurer!

Katherine

Let's Be Weird Together

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Let's Be Weird Together: A Book About Love By Brooke Barker, Boaz Frankel Cover Image

Let's Be Weird Together: A Book About Love (Hardcover)

By Brooke Barker, Boaz Frankel
$12.95
ISBN: 9781523507733
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Published: Workman Publishing Company - December 10th, 2019

 

 

From the creator of the eminently adorable Instagram account @sadanimalfacts (featuring such tragic true tidbits as, ‘rhinos make a squeaking sound to call for their friends when they’re lost’). This wonderful, all-inclusive celebration of the weirdness of love features notable couples through history, animal courting rituals, and all the strange things we do when we’re half of a pair. I’m tossing you a softball here, folks: get this sweet, silly book for your partner for in lieu of the Hallmark card. Or for yourself, if you’re a single, hopeless romantic like me!

Leila

Lost Words

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The Lost Words By Robert MacFarlane, Jackie Morris (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Lost Words (Hardcover)

By Robert MacFarlane, Jackie Morris (Illustrator)
$35.00
ISBN: 9781487005382
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Published: Anansi International - October 2nd, 2018

 

A magnificent ode to the disappearing natural world. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, and the intertwining of letters and images has a great effect. The concept is also very appealing for logophiles (such as yours truly).

 Stacey

The Moth Presents - Occasional Magic

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The Moth Presents Occasional Magic: True Stories About Defying the Impossible By Catherine Burns (Editor), Meg Wolitzer (Foreword by) Cover Image

The Moth Presents Occasional Magic: True Stories About Defying the Impossible (Hardcover)

By Catherine Burns (Editor), Meg Wolitzer (Foreword by)
$25.00
ISBN: 9781101904428
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Published: Crown - March 19th, 2019

 

A PERFECT GIFT BOOK! There is something for absolutely everyone in this funny, touching, hair-raising collection of real-life encounters. Selected best storytelling entries from The Moth Radio Hour.

 

Molly

The Atlas of Boston History

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The Atlas of Boston History By Nancy S. Seasholes (Editor) Cover Image

The Atlas of Boston History (Hardcover)

By Nancy S. Seasholes (Editor)
$40.00
ISBN: 9780226631158
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Published: University of Chicago Press - October 10th, 2019

 

Visually stunning and beautifully designed, this comprehensive history of the city begins with its geological origins (under 4,000 feet of ice in the last Ice Age), through the periods before European colonization, 250 years as the most important city in North America, through the present day.  Many of the maps and illustrations are original for this volume, and the text represents the contributions of 40 historians, scholars and experts. It is that rare item, an indispensable reference book that is informative and gorgeous at the same time.

David

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