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8 Ball
It's Vegas-kitsch with Swingers style at cosy 8 Ball, where leopard-print bowling shirts lounge beside tiki torches, Twinkie cookbooks and Betty Page heels. Frank and Elvis books flirt from shelves up front.
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Bodhi Tree
Here since 1970, this cosy cottage of enlightenment carries an impressively broad range of spiritual-minded books - Buddhism, Christianity, astrology, shamanism - that's attractive to students and dabblers alike. Psychic readings offered daily.
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Distant Lands Travel Bookstore & Outfitters
Travel junkies jonesin' for a jaunt can feed their fix at Old Town's Distant Lands. With comfy couches, loads of travel wear, knowledgeable staff, and shelves stacked with guides from Alaska to Zimbabwe, vagabonds will stay all day or flee in minutes, guidebook and map firmly in hand.
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Equator Books
Locals ride their bikes into this garage-style indie bookstore, open since 2004. The right side of the shop features tall shelves of out-of-print and collectable books running the gamut from Alex Haley's Roots to Umberto Eco's Travels with Mayan Realities . On the left you'll find new books focusing on surf and skate, music and, well, circus freaks and bullfighting. Art exhibits are displayed in the center.
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Skylight Books
If bookstores were judged on the quality of resident cats, indie Skylight Books would win paws down. Fortunately, Skylight's fiction, poetry and California travel sections are just as noteworthy as lurking feline Lucy. Exposed brick walls, a willowy tree and nameworthy skylight add to the friendly vibe.
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Small World Books
Look closely or you'll miss Small World Books, tucked beside the overflowing patio of Sidewalk Café. Small but jam-packed - with requisite cat - this welcoming indie has an eclectic inventory reflecting the interests of Venice denizens: film, Eastern philosophy and travel, to name just a few. Vampires will appreciate the dark spookiness of the crammed mystery annex. Plenty of beach reads too.
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Travelers Bookcase
Sate your travel palate at tiny Travelers Bookcase, where daytrippers and vagabonds alike find it hard to leave empty-handed. Guidebooks, adventure lit and chick-trip tomes camp out in front while maps, sanitizers and yoga mats loiter in back. At Cook's Library (323-655-3141; www.cookslibrary.com; 8373 W 3rd St) next door, cuisine queens and toast-burners alike savor cookbooks, how-tos and dining guides.
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Vroman's Bookstore
Loiterers and laptops are welcome at friendly Vroman's, SoCal's oldest and largest independent bookstore. Working hard to keep customers happy, Vroman's has wi-fi, weekly story times, a MySpace page, a blog, a coffee shop and regular author signings. Inveterate bookhounds and page-flippers love the combined 85,000-book inventory.
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