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April 23, 2012
It's World Book Night, So We Visit a ReadMob and Get Advice from Tim O'Brien
Sometime today, if you're lucky, somebody will shove a paperback book in your face and demand you take it home and read it. There are worse fates that could befall a person. The reason for this ardent promotion of literacy is World Book Night. A conglomeration of publishers, booksellers, librarians ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Death of a Bookstore: Piece of Mind Books
image viaPiece of Mind Books in Edwardsville closed down last summer.When you report a feature story, you don't always have the space to put in all the smaller stories you found, no matter how much you'd like to. Here's one of those that didn't make it into this week's feature, "Band of Books ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Band of Bookstores: Facing extinction, indies unite to show us everything they bring to St. Louis that Amazon can't
image viaPiece of Mind Books in Edwardsville closed down last summer.When you report a feature story, you don't always have the space to put in all the smaller stories you found, no matter how much you'd like to. Here's one of those that didn't make it into this week's feature, "Band of Books ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Left Bank, Subterranean Books Now Selling Google eBooks
As of this morning, two of St. Louis's proudly independent bookstores have joined in the digital revolution: Subterranean Books in the Delmar Loop and Left Bank Books in the Central West End and downtown are now offering Google eBooks on their respective websites. Both stores have been selli ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
Jonathan Franzen Comes to Town, Gets Adulation and a Marriage Proposal
No photos were allowed while Franzen was reading (Kris Kleindienst threatened violence), but imagine, if you will, him standing behind this podium in a dark gray checked shirt and jeans.All hail the Mighty Franzen, who finally returned to his hometown last night, just days after his anointmen ... More >>
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January 4, 2010
Leibman Bids Farewell to Left Bank Books, St. Louis
flickr.com/photos/videocrimeLeibman, far left, and the Left Bank family.If you've ever paid a visit to Left Bank Books, odds are you've seen Barry Leibman. He's the mustachioed gray-haired gent with the owlish glasses who variously rings up your purchases, guides you through the store's maze of s ... More >>
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June 22, 2009
Rwandan Bookstore Owner to Visit Left Bank in August
Sure you've heard of a foreign exchange student, but have you heard of a foreign-exchange bookseller?IEEWLydie HazikimanaKris Kleindienst, a co-owner of Left Bank Books, hadn't either, until last week when she received an e-mail from her friend Lisa Hollenbeck, who owns the Alpine Shop. The National ... More >>
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December 11, 2008
Last Night: Left Bank Books Heads Downtown -- It Just Needs a Few More Books
Left Bank Books, the venerable Central West End bookstore that recently turned 39 "for the first time," in the words of events coordinator Danielle Borsch, held a grand opening celebration at its new downtown location, 321 North Tenth Street, last night.Ben Brantley, the eleven-year-old son of co-ow ... More >>
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June 14, 2000
Left Hooked
Henry Kissinger trumps the Hell's Angels when it comes to evil, or so the thinking goes at Left Bank Books
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July 28, 1999
LEFT BANK HOLIDAY
St. Louis' last independent full-service bookseller, Left Bank Books, celebrates its 30th year of supporting progressive politics and serious culture

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It's World Book Night, So We Visit a ReadMob and Get Advice from Tim O'Brien

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Band of Bookstores: Facing extinction, indies unite to show us everything they bring to St. Louis that Amazon can't

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Left Bank, Subterranean Books Now Selling Google eBooks

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Jonathan Franzen Comes to Town, Gets Adulation and a Marriage Proposal

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Leibman Bids Farewell to Left Bank Books, St. Louis

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Rwandan Bookstore Owner to Visit Left Bank in August

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Last Night: Left Bank Books Heads Downtown -- It Just Needs a Few More Books

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