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Barbara-Jo's Books To Cooks
Epicureans salivate over more than 2500 food and wine books here, including out-of-print and specialty titles. The best part is the demonstration kitchen, where you can learn from new and notable chefs how to whip up the recipes they've written about. The shop also hosts a full menu of short cooking classes .
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Biz Books
This is the city's best source for books on film, theater and the TV industry - collectively known as 'the biz.' Actors, writers and directors studying the craft will find plays, directories, monologue books, scene books, accent tapes and screenwriting software.
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Book Warehouse
Vancouver's favorite independent bookseller (with several branches around the city), this warm and welcoming outlet has a good regional and international travel section and also offers large and small discounts on its big stock of new releases, contemporary faves and popular classics. Look out for regular sale days and pre-announced shipments of 'hurt books' - new tomes with minor dings and major discounts.
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Duthie Books
Once a citywide chain, this independent homegrown bookseller retreated to this single outlet a few years back, but has retained a loyal following among Kits readers. A nice place to browse for an hour or so, there's a good selection of Canadiana and the staff know a thing or two about what to recommend - unlike some ubiquitous chains we could mention.
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International Travel
For maps, atlases, globes and guides covering nearly every region of the world, drop by this travel-lovers' favorite. It publishes 200 titles of its own and distributes 23,000 titles by other manufacturers. Ask the staff any geographic question from Andorra to Zambia, and they'll be able to find the map to answer it.
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Kidsbooks
If you're wondering what your sprogs can read now that the Harry Potter series is over, bring them here. Like a theme park for bookish kids, this fantastic child-friendly store - Canada's biggest kids' bookshop - has thousands of novels, picture books, history titles and anything else you can think of to keep them quiet. There are also regular readings by visiting authors and a selection of quality toys and games.
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Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium
One of the only queer bookshops in western Canada, Little Sister's has a vast bazaar of queer-positive volumes, plus magazines, DVDs and gifts. Proceeds of designated books support the store's long-running legal battle against Canada Customs for its seizures of imported items. Good place to network with the local gay community.
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Magpie Magazine Gallery
Regularly voted among Vancouver's best magazine stores, Magpie's 2000 titles certainly represent the city's largest and most varied selection. Prepare for a squeeze while perusing the narrow aisles, and make sure you hit the back of the store where a small selection of discount art, philosophy and fiction books waits to lure you further.
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Sophia Books
This multilingual bookstore serves ESL students, homesick francophones and Japanese manga fans, as well as just about everyone else interested in reading in another language. Shelves devoted to comics, anime , foreign magazines, language-learning tapes and Japanese origami fill the cramped aisles.
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Travel Bug
There's an extensive array of travel guides covering just about every corner of the globe here, plus a good selection of excellent travel literature for those who like to read about other people's epic journeys from the comfort of their armchair. Book launches and travel-related slide shows are regular events and there are racks of handy gadgets and accessories for serial trekkers.
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