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The Mysterious Bookshop

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The Mysterious Bookshop The World's Oldest and Greatest Mystery Station credit to:  The Mysterious Bookshop L ocation: 58 Warren Street,  New York, NY 10007 Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday: 11:00 a.m. ~ 7:00 p.m. Price: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Atmosphere: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ The Variety of Books: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ credit to:  The Mysterious Bookshop Introduction Opened in 1979 by Otto Penzler, The Mysterious Bookshop is the oldest mystery specialist book store in America. They stock the finest selection of new mystery hardcovers, paperbacks and periodicals. The shop also features a superb collection of signed Modern First Editions, Rare/Collectable hardcovers and Sherlockiana. They also publish  limited editions  of books by authors like Michael Connelly, James Ellroy, and Lee Child.  credit to:  The Mysterious Bookshop Fun Facts Each year, for the past seventeen years, Mysterious Bookshop proprietor Otto Penzler has ...

Albertine: A Place for French-American Intellectual Exchange

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Albertine: A Place for French-American Intellectual Exchange credit to Nicole Saranerio L ocation: 972 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10075 Opening Hours : Monday - Saturday   11AM - 7PM ; Sunday 11AM-6PM Price: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Atmosphere : ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ The Variety of Books: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ credit to: Albertine.com đź’“ History: Albertine is inside the   French Embassy’s Cultural Services  building on Museum Mile, across the street from Central Park’s greenery.  Offering books hot off the press (Albertine’s opening coincides with the France’s idiosyncratic publishing season of “la rentrĂ©e littĂ©raire,” when a tidal wave of books are released every fall) to rare first editions like Voltaire’s 1767 “L’ingĂ©nu, histoire vĂ©ritable.”  Albertine hosts more than 14,000 books from 30 French-speaking countries. In partnership with the Cultural Services, Albertine also hosts lively debates and discussions exploring popular and classical cu...