London has an amazing number of bookstores. Unlike the mega chains like Borders and Barnes & Noble that dominate the US, bookstores here are mostly specialized.
My favorites are two travel bookstores - Daunt and Stanfords. Apart from the usual collection of travel guides and maps, they carry a range of fiction and non-fiction literature organized by country. Truly ingenious, if you ask me.
Both stores have excellent websites - definitely worth exploring if you are ever looking for region-specific literature.
My main problem right now is that because of space constraints in our bookshelf, we have made a pact - we won't buy a new book until we have finished and donated one of our current books. I have a feeling this is going to be difficult to abide by, let's see.
Friday, February 19, 2010
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