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EUROPE
Austria British Bookshop - Mariahifer Strasse 4, Wien 1070 British Bookshop - Weihburggasse 24-26, 1010 Vienna Croatia Algoritam - Harambascieva 19, 10000 Zagreb Belgium Waterstone's - This may well be the best English-language bookshop in a non-Anglophone country. It is a very good London bookshop transported, perfectly intact, to a foreign land. The politics, history and language sections upstairs are especially strong. There is also a wide range of British and American magazines. The store is open on Sunday-a rarity in Brussels. 71 Boulevard Adolphe Max Brussels 1000 Tel: +32 (02) 219-2708 Open: Mon-Thurs 9am-6.30pm, Fri-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 11.30am-6pm Cyprus Moufflon Bookshop - 1 Sofouli Street, 1250 Nicosia, Cyprus 47 Moufflon Bookshop - 30 Kinyras Street (Po Box 60722) Paphos Czech Republic Big Ben Bookshop - Big Ben Bookshop is an English language, customer service orientated bookshop. Established in 1994, Big Ben specialise in all kinds of English books from dictionaries, teaching resources and course books to full range of fiction and non-fiction titles. They will order any title in print at no extra charge. Malá Stupartská 5 Prague 1 The Globe Bookstore - The Globe Bookstore provides an intimate and comfortable atmosphere in the highest tradition of independent bookshops. International newspapers in English, Czech, French, and German line the entrance, and a wide selection of popular current magazines, are sure to catch the eye. Seated in an over-stuffed armchair, allow yourself to peruse our selection of 10,000 volumes of both new and used books. However, the key to a good bookstore is not quantity, it's diversity. Whether you're seeking the escape of fiction or the truth in non, the Globe has something for everyone. Pstrossova 6 New Town Prague 1 Shakespeare & Sons Bookstore 1 U Luzickeho seminare 10 Prague 1 - Mala Strana opening hours: 11AM-7PM phone: +420-257 531 894 Bookstore and Cafe Krymska 12, Prague 10 - Vrsovice opening hours: 10AM-12PM (bookstore is closing at 7PM) phone: +420-271 740 839 Bookstore 2 Soukenicka 44, Cesky Krumlov opening hours: 11AM-7PM phone: +420-380 711 203 Finland Akateeminen Kirjakauppa (Academic Boosktore) - This is the largest and best equipped bookstore in Helsinki (and whole Finland). Its name means "The Academic Bookstore". The bookstore has wide variety of English-language books of all kinds. There are lot of books there that could be interesting for traveller, like travel books, maps, books about Finnish history and culture etc. And there you can also find many masterpieces of Finnish literature in English, both classics and modern literature. Keskuskatu 1 Phojoisesplanadi 39 PL 128 00101 Helsinki France Shakespeare & Co Bookshop, Paris - A world famous antiquarian bookshop set dramatically on the banks of river Seine, in the shadow of the Notre Dame cathedral. It's been a fixture on the Paris literary scene since its inception in 1951. 37 rue de la Bucherie Paris (00 33) 1 43 25 40 93 Greece Libraire Kaufman Stadiou 28 10564 Athens Greece Eleftheroudakis 17 Panepistimiou Street Athens 10564 Greece Germany Frankfurt British Bookshop - the best English language bookshop. Börsenstrasse 17 Tel. 069/280492; (U-Bahn/S-Bahn: Hauptwache). Open Monday to Friday 9:30am to 7pm; Saturday 9:30am to 6pm. Hamburg Dr Goetze Land & Karte - A travel bookstore and mapshop stocking English language titles. Alstertor 14-18 20095 Hamburg Frensche International - A vast English-language bookstore with a large selection of books and tapes. Landesbank Galerie, Spitalerstrasse 26C Tel. 040/327585; (U-Bahn: Hauptbahnhof) Open Monday to Saturday 11am to 7pm. Munich Wordsworth Booksellers Schellingstrasse 21 Munchen D-80799 Germany Hungary Bestsellers Bookshop October 6 Utca 11 Budapest 1051 Hungary Király Books Fô utca 79; district II Tel.: 214-0972 E-mail: montuori@nextramail.hu (also has French books) CEU (Central European University) Bookshop Nádor utca 9; district V Tel.: 327-3026 E-mail: bookshop@ceu.hu Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 9am-6pm, Sat.: 10am-5pm. House of the World Press - (newspapers and magazines) Városház utca 3-5; district V Tel.: 317-1311 Párizsi Udvar - travel and language books, Hungarian literature in translation Petôfi Sándor utca 2; district V Tel.: 235-0379 Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 9am-7pm, Sat.: 10am-2pm. Bookshop Kft. (Oxford University Press Store) Gerlóczy utca 7; district V Tel.: 318-8633 Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 9am-5pm except Wed.: 9am-7pm Ireland Chester Beatty Library Giftshop - small but perfectly formed giftshop in the library giftshop in Dubin Castle which has become an enthusiastic stockist of Eland Dublin Castle Dublin 2 Ireland Tel: 353 (0)1 4070753 Hughes & Hughes - Hughes can order any Eland though they have tended to prefer our Irish title above all others - Walled Gardens: scenes from an Irish childhood by Annabel Davis-Goff Italy Almost Corner Bookshop Via del Moro 45 Roma 00152 Italy Anglo-American Book Co Via Della Vite 102 Roma 00198 Italy Lion Bookshop Via Dei Greci 33-36 Roma 00187 Italy Libreria Marco Polo - fantastic bookshop with great English section, including Eland and other quality titles. Our web designer said: "It's as if they'd gone round to my house, taken ALL my favourite books off my shelves and transported them to Venice." Castello 5469 30122 Venezia Italy Tel: 041 5226343 E-mail: info@libreriamarcopolo.com Luxembourg Chapter1 - The only specialist English language bookshop in Luxembourg. Established in 1993 we have built up a reputation for good, friendly service and are able to supply most English books. As well as books, Chapter1 also sells : British magazines (if you would like any magazine regularly, we can order it for you); Videos and DVDs, greetings cards; calendars; English Sunday papers. If Chapter1 do not have the book you are looking for in stock, they will to try to order it for you. In most cases books in print in the UK and in stock with a wholesaler will be available within a week. Orders from one of their other suppliers may take a little longer (2-3 weeks). They can also order books directly from the US. 42 rue Astrid L-1143 Luxembourg	The Netherlands The American Book Center - Today the American Book Center has grown in one of the biggest, maybe even the biggest source of American (and British) language books on continental Europe with not only a store in Amsterdam but also one in The Hague (which opened in 1976) and we had one in Leuven, Belgium (from 1999 to 2005). They have their very own Treehouse (Amsterdam) and Treehut (in The Hague) where meetings, readings and other events are organized. Kalverstraat 185 1012 XC Amsterdam tel.:+31(0)20 625 55 37 fax:+31(0)20 624 80 42 email address: info@abc.nl Lange Poten 23 2511 CM Den Haag tel.:+31(0)70 364 27 42 fax:+31(0)70 365 65 57 email address: dh@abc.nl Norway Oslo Akademika - University bookstore, fairly large selection in most subjects. Penguin Classics and Penguin Modern Classics. Slightly more expensive than most. Law department in the centre building of the old university campus on Karl Johans gate. Blindern University Campus, pb.84 tel. 22 85 30 30 Oslo Nye Antikvariat - Used, very good for all sorts of non-fiction. English fiction (classics) down the stairs. Bogstadveien Majorstuvn. 15 tel. 22 46 67 38). Outland Two stores: Ostbanehallen Jernbanetorget 1 tel. 22 17 70 10 and Karl Johans Gate 37-43 tel. 22 33 04 10, Quist - A slightly eccentric, "Your English-Language Bookshop." Drammensvn. 16 tel. 22 44 52 69 Tanum - Largest bookshop in Oslo, plenty of English-language paperbacks, a very good art section. Karl Johan, nr. 37/41 tel. 22 41 11 00). Travellers Shop Uranienborgvn. 4 tel. 22 56 25 30 Poland Krakow Massolit Books - an English-language used bookstore and cafe located a few minutes from Krakow's old town center. The bookstore stocks about 20,000 titles from a wide range of subjects. ul. Felicjanek 4/2 31-104 Krakow/Cracow Tel: (48 12) 432-41-50 Fax: (48 12) 432-41-51 e-mail: info@massolit.com Warsaw The American Bookstore - Warsaw's best English-language bookshop is also its newest. The American Bookstore, in business for just a few months, has just about everything you might expect from a shop in the States: a healthy fiction section, plenty of magazines, even modern architecture and monography sections. 45 Krakowskie PrzedmieÊcie St. Co-liber Ksi´garnia Wydawnictw Importowanych - Co-liber has Warsaw's best selection of high-brow lit, stacks of mystery and crime paperbacks, and a fair mix of old and new best-sellers. Best about it, however, are its textbooks. 4 Plac Bankowy Slovakia Eurobooks - Bratislava's only foreign-language bookstore. Ul. Jesenskeho 5-9 81101 Bratislava Spain Libros de Viaje Serrano 41 28004, Madrid Interlibro Rda Gral Mitre 211-213 08023 Barcelona Catalunya Spain Libreria gaudi C Argensola 13 28004 Madrid Spain Switzerland Travel Bookshop Rindermakt 20 Zurich 8001 Bergli Bookshop Ruemelinsplatz 19 4001 Basel Tel: (061) 373-2777 Fax: (061) 373-2778 info@bergli.ch Elm Books 16 Avenue Pictet-De-Rochemont 1207 Geneva The Language Place ~ English Bookshop & Book Exchange GTI GmbH Schulstrasse 6 D-79761 Waldshut-TIENGEN Tel : +49 (0)7741 830414 Fax : +49 (0)69 25577025 info@english-book-service.de OffTheShelf English Books 15 bvd Georges Favon 1204 Geneva Tel: (022) 311-1090 Fax: (022) 311-1092 books@offtheshelf.ch Turkey For English books in Turkey, Istanbul has it all. Not only a wonderful selection of bookshops that stock English language titles (see below) but also one of the worlds great centres of book-love, the Sahaflar Carsisi – the Book Bazaar, a small animated square on the edge of the great covered bazaar which leads directly into Beyazit Meydani - the large irregular piazza set around the Beyazit mosque and the entrance to the University. Fringed with cafes and old colleges (one of which has been turned into a museum of calligraphy) the corner of Beyazit Meydani nearest the Sahaflar Carsisi is filled with dealers in old coins, medals and prayer beads on Sunday morning. In addition to the second hand dealers in the Book bazaar, book lovers might want to check out two shops in the streets of old Pera: Ottomania, Sofyali Sokak 30-32, off Istiklal Caddesi near Tunel, T 212-243 2157 and Turkuaz, Emir Nevruz Sokak, no 12, Galatasaray, T 212-245-4588. English bookshop: Divanyolu Caddesi number 11, Sultanahmet, T 212-516 3366 The English bookshop, near Divan Yolu’s reknowned Pudding Shop, is actually signposted as the Galerie Kayseri. It now has two branches, almost opposite each other at no 58 and no 11 Divanyolu Caddesi Sultanahmet. Most easily accessible of all the Istanbul bookshops for a first time visitor, just a short stroll away from the Ayai Sophia and Blue Mosque on the central Divan Yolu thoroughfare which leads to the covered bazaar. Well chosen, selective stock with an owner passionate about Irfan Orga’s Portrait of a Turkish Family. T: 212 512 0456 E: info@galerikayseri.com Eren - (specialist in academic, Turkish and Islamic studies who are also publishers) tucked in calm side street just ahead of the Tunel exit. Tunel Istiklal Caddesi Sofyali Sokagi 34 Beyoglu 80050 Istanbul there is also a smaller branch in the covered bazaar Sahalflar Carsisi 16 Beyazit 34490 T (212) 251-2858:    F (212) 243 3016 Pandora Istiklal Cadessi Buyukparmakkapi Sokagi 3 Beyoglu Istanbul T (90) 212-243-3503;    F 212 249-4757 E info@pandora.com.tr Robinson Crusoe - A tardis of literature packed into a small, stylish, down-town store equipped with iron ladders to help you to ascend to your chosen title. Istiklal 389 Beyoglu Istanbul T 212-293-6968;    F 212 251-1735 Homerkitabevi Yenicarsi Caddessi 28/A galatasaray 80050 Istanbul T 212 249-5902;    F 212 251-3962 E homerkitabevi@superonline.com Remzi Kitabevi Remzi Kitabevi has four branches in Istanbul (including the Akmerkez, Mayadrom and Profilo shopping malls) of which the Nisantasi branch - the smart residential district uphill from Taksim square - is probably the most easily accessible 44 Rumeil Caddessi Nisantasi T 212 -234 -5475
MIDDLE EAST
United Arab Emirates Magrudy’s Shop no L.2 City Walk Level 2 Deira City Centre UAE	Jordan University Bookshop (Po Box 2219) Amman 11181 Jordan
SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
Chile The English Reader - The English Reader opened its doors September 9th of 2003 with the mission of offering the largest selection of English Books in Chile. We began by selecting and stocking a wide array of books on our shelves so that whether you are searching for a novel, cook book, or text book to learn English, the English Reader is your number one source for English books. A used and new English Book Store, you will find the most convenient prices but not at the expense of an ample selection. The English Reader Bookstore & International Café Los Leones 116, Providencia Santiago	Mexico Alma Libre Books - The largest New & Used English Bookstore in the Yucatan with an eclectic selection in more than 20 genres. They have the best selection of books of local interest, such as books on local birds, fish, mammals, Mayan culture, Mexican cooking, maps, language books, as well as dictionaries and Spanish phrase books. There is also have a good selection of local travel guides. Trades are welcome on used books, so the selection is always changing and growing. Though the majority of the books are in English, they also have books in Spanish, German, French and Dutch and other languages. Puerto Moreles Yucatan
NORTH AFRICA
Egypt The American University in Cairo Bookstore 113 Sharia Kasr El Aini Cairo Egypt Libya Fergiani Bookshop - Tripoli’s Fergiani Bookshop is on the right hand side about five minutes walk from Green Square down Shar’ia 1st September (aka Awwal Sabtambar). Though comparatively small and dusty it is a lone outpost of literacy in a country where newpapers, let alone books, are no longer a familiar part of public life. It is also a showcase for the family publishing house – (Darf Publishers now based at 277 West End Lane, London NW6 1QS) that specialises in reprinting the classic travelogues and histories of Libya and North Africa. Fergiani stock reprints of Haynes’s invaluable guide to the Antiquities of Tripolitania, Goodchild’s very useful pamphlet on Cyrene and Apollonia and Colonel Gaddafi’s Green Book.	Morocco Café du Livre - Located in the courtyard of old fashioned Hotel Toulousain (in Marrakech’s 1920’s Gueliz quarter) this charming and cosy Restaurant/Café/Bookstore is run by women. Customers can have a bite to eat from the menu, read the daily international newspapers, browse through the second-hand stock or make use of the library of Morocco reference books. Comfortable chairs and an open fireplace plus free Wi-Fi connection make this a rare find in the centre of the new town. It has already become a much-loved centre for visiting journalists, literate expatriates and interested travellers. Breakfast, lunch, light dinners, tea and tapas, many dishes conceived by 2-star Michelin chef Richard Neat of Casa Lalla. Average price 120 dirhams – which is about £7.50. 44, rue Tariq Ben Ziad, Guéliz, Marrakesh, Morocco. T/F + 212 24 43 21 49 Open from 9.30 am till 9.00 pm, non-stop service, Closed on Sundays La Fibule, Essaouira - La Fibule is a narrow kiosk on the café-lined central square of Essaouria beside the well-known newsagent Jacks Kiosk (now partly upgraded into an estate agent) at no 11, Place Moulay Hassan. It has all the familiar maps, guides and glossy art books but also a well chosen stock of modern books and novels on North Africa, Morocco and the Muslim world. T & F 044-476790.
ASIA
India Idiom - Cochin. Fort Kochi (the old quarter of the modern city of Ernakulam) has a small, distinctive bookshop called “Idiom’ on Princess Street with an excellent stock. It is just a few minutes stroll from the St Francis Church (Portugese, Dutch, Anglican, now Church of South India) and the Chinese Fishing Nets. Ram Advani Booksellers - As recommended by the historian Francis Robinson. Ram Advani won the prize for being the best bookseller in India a little while back and is hugely respected in the trade and by scholars throughout the world whom he has supported for forty years and more. Ram Advani Booksellers Mayfair Building Hazratganj GPO Post Box No 154, Lucknow-226001, UP, India	Incy Bella - In the old Jewish quarter (Mattancherry) where you can also find the old Sultans palace, lots of junk shops and the synagogue there is another good bookshop – especially strong in historical reprints called “Incy Bella” Synagogue Lane Jew Town Cochin 682002 India T 0484-2228049 E isidore@vsni.com
AUSTRALASIA
Berkelouws Paddington 19 Oxford Street Paddington NSW 2021 Tel: 61 (0)2 9360 3200 Berkelouws Leichhardt 70 Norton Street Leichhardt NSW 2040 Tel: 61 (0)2 9560 3200 Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road Glebe NSW 2037 Sydney Australia Tel: 61 (0)2 9660 2333 Reader's Feast Bookstore Midtown Plaza Corner Bourke & Swanston Sts Melbourne 3000, Victoria Telephone: +61 3 9662 4699 Email: readers@readersfeast.com.au Journeys Bookstore & Café 127 Trafalgar Street Annandale NSW 2038	Megalong Books - Leura 183 The Mall LEURA NSW 2780 Tel: 61 (0)2 4784 1302 Better Read Than Dead 265 King Street Newtown NSW 2042 Tel: +61 2 9557 8700 Fax: +61 2 9557 8560 Brays 268 Darling St Balmain NSW 2041 Tel: 61 (0)2 9810 5613 Abbeys 131 York Street Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: +61 2 9264 3111 Seagulls Bookshop 141 Nelson Pde Williamstown Melbourne Australia Tel: +61 2 9397 1728 Hobart Books - Nicholas Shakespeare enthusiastically endorses his local store, run by Christopher Pearce Hobart Books Salamanca Place Hobart Tasmania
CHINA
Shanghai Foreign Languages Bookstore - Vast, multi-storey bookshop on one of the principal city roads (partly filled with stationary, calligraphy and art material shops) between the monolithic old banks and hotels on the Bund and the brand new museums and galleries in the Peace Park 390 Fuzhou Road Shanghai 200001 China T 63223200; F 63224936 E sbt_sh@yahoo.com The Peace Palace Hotel - Smaller but still useful selection in the upstairs boutique on the mezzanine floor of the hotel – one of the monuments of the Bund built by the Sassoon’s Jewish trading dynasty that came out of 19th century Iraq. Beijing Foreign Language Bookstore - The Beijing Foreign Language Bookstore offers one of the largest selections of foreign (non-Chinese) language books in Beijing. Located in the bustling Wang Fu Jing shopping area, this store has dictionaries, travel guides, maps, English novels, poetry, cookbooks, books on ancient and modern art, and many volumes of Chinese literature translated into several languages. A good selection of The Lonely Planet Travel Guides can be found as well as Hong Kong English newspapers and some English magazines. 235 Wang Fu Jing Avenue Dong Cheng District Beijing, 100006	Old China Hand Reading Room - Shanghai’s own quarter for publishers is on Shao Xing Road, a serene tree-lined road with a neighbourhood park and lots of cafes including the stylish “Old China Hand Reading Room”, filled full of antiques, old books, cakes and a table of new books for sale. 27 Shoa Xing Road 200020 Shanghai China T 021-64732526 E webmaster@han-yuan.com M on the Bund - The annual literary festival is staged over three weekends in March in the hospitable “M on the Bund”, one of the cities most stylish bars and restaurant with a breathtaking view of the river and near-continual buzz. 7F, no 5 The Bund, 200002 Shanghai China T 8621-6350-9988
JAPAN
Good Day Books - With more than 30,000 different new and used titles in stock, Good Day Books is the largest used English-language bookshop in Tokyo and in Japan. Centrally located "inside" the Yamanote Line, a few minutes' walk from Ebisu Station on either the JR Yamanote Line or the Hibiya Line subway, our book shop sells and trades used DVDs as well as used English language books. Good Day Books also offers business English classes and tutoring for the GRE, GMAT, and LSAT. 3rd Floor Asahi Building 11-2 Ebisu 1-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo, 150-0013 tel: 03-5421-0957 fax: 03-5421-0958 Caravan Books - Thousands of used books for sale. Have a cup of coffee or a light snack as you browse through our wide selection in Tokyo's nicest bookshop. Worldwide book searches carried out, gift vouchers, poetry readings and rental spaces at very reasonable rates. 2-21-5 Ikebukuro Toshima-ku Tokyo tel: 03-5951-6406	Bondi Books - Small used English bookstore just 5 minutes from Kichijoji station in Tokyo. Focusing on general fiction, classic literature, science fiction, Australian fiction, beat fiction, kids books and interesting non-fiction. Reasonably priced and friendly!! 1-28-2-110 Kichijoji honcho Musashino Shi Tokyo tel: 0422 23 1996 The Blue Parrot - Located only one minute from Takadanobaba station, The Blue Parrot Bookshop specializes in quality used English books at reasonable prices. They stock books on a wide range of subjects, including children's books. They also buy and trade books. Feel free to stop by 7 days a week to have your books evaluated. 2-14-10 Takadanobaba Shinjuku-ku Obayashi Biru 3f Tokyo tel: (03) 3202-3671 fax: (03) 3202-3671
SOUTH KOREA
Kyobo Bookstore - With more than two million titles to choose from, Kyobo Bookstore is the largest bookstore in Korea. From every Korean literary work ever published to a wide selection of foreign language books, travel books and music publications. 1 Chongno 1-ga Jongno-gu Seoul 110-121

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