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La Moderna Poesia
One of Habana Vieja's most comprehensive bookstores, La Modern Poesia also sells music CDs and posters. The store, which fills the bulky art deco building at the top end of Calle Obispo, also has a considerable English-language section.
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Librería Alma Mater
The Librería Alma Mater contains one of Cuba's largest offerings of books in both Spanish and English. If you're exhausted from all the dancing and rum-drinking, this is a good place to come for some beachside reading matter!
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Publicaciones de la Oficina del Historiador
The definitive word on Habana Vieja's colonial history can be uncovered here in large, photo-friendly coffee-table books that showcase the development and restoration of Old Habana under the auspices of city historian Eusebio Leal Spengler. The small store sells mainly books, postcards and back copies of the city's popular cultural magazine Opus (which prints part of its text in English).
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Secondhand Book Market
This is a popular book market held in Habana's oldest square. Amid the Che polemics and the ubiquitous translations of Castro's 'History Will Absolve Me' speech, you can find a few literary gems.
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