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#Bookstores in New York City #NYC #bookshops

Posted by | Published on April 27, 2017

“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it […] 

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August 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on August 30, 2015

The gull sees farthest who flies highest. Richard Bach As citizens of a free society, we have a duty to look critically at our world. But […] 

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