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Sixpence House, by Paul Collins

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A booklover's dream-come-true. This delightful travelogue and memoir comes from a genuine bibliophile: The author moved his young family from San Francisco to Hay-on-Wye, a small Welsh town with more than 40 bookstores, widely considered the used-book capital of the world. In Sixpence House, Collins's witty and fascinating narrative blends amusing trivia, hilarious anecdotes, and a chronicle of his many bookstore discoveries.

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