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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is fascinating! A play pen for book lovers.
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Up until yesterday I always had a great experience shopping at Moe's. The people who work there had always been friendly and helpful, and I loved the large selection of new and used books - esp. the...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A book lover's wet dream. I've found their used copies are always reasonably priced for the condition. Check out the new art/photography books section for amazing discounts. I'm also guilty of nabbing...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
While I was browsing for another used copy of Catcher in the Rye, I noticed that pocketbooks were half off. Instead, I picked up Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. And as I passed it to the...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place has a very good selection of books and magazines to check out. Its a big store and one could get lost just looking around. they have great prices as well. so if you're planning on coming...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
There are a lot of awesome books here, when you can find them. The have just about everything you could want, at a reasonably cheaper price than any of the mainstream book stores, here. Great...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If have any weakness, it is my inability to go to Moe's and not buy at least 5 books. The good news is that I always do this and spend between $10-15. Moe's is amazing. I'm a big fiction reader, and...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I STILL LOVE MOE'S, even though it's a long-distance relationship now. I always have some other ostensible reason to be in Berkeley, but really, I'm there to stop in at Moe's. My only problem is...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I remember Moe's from my undergrad days. It was fun to browse and sometimes, you'd get a super great deal since they do half off of the cover price of used books, and you could find an old copy that...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Having developed a new interest in philosophy, I was delighted with the selection here. Barnes&Noble has way more about nonsense like fairies and angels than they do about philosophy. I love their...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
PHOTOBOOKS!!!! Beautiful photobooks!!! I love this store.. Just got a Mark Seliger book for half off.. Whoever is there buyer is brilliant.. Great used and new selection of my favrite...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I challenge you to dislike Moe's. Really, I do. Put on your sternest disapproving face, don't crack a smile at a single person, and feign disappointment at their amazing selection and low prices....
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A pretty good used book store. Very good history section although the whole "european history" or "american history" by author without subdivisons is a bit of a challenge. Good fiction section as...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
4 floors of books, old and new. Excellent selection of history, social science, travel, architecture, science, and lots of other subjects. Easy to spend (worthwhile) hours inside, and find some good...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Big bookstore with Lots and lots of over-priced used books you can get for 25 cents to a dollar at a yard sale.Nice place to hang out and read though.
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I want to live here. I want to sleep on a twin size mattress on every floor and in between every book shelf at Moe's. Me and my wife spend hours here when we come here. We absolutely love looking...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
really good selection in here.and good service
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Go. Brouse. Wait for a book to jump off the shelf and into your hands. Then buy it. Then buy some impulse item at the counter. Hurry. It's too late for Cody's. It's too late for a Clean Well...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am a big fan of Moe's Books. I love wandering floor upon, floor upon, floor. Just browsing through all the beautiful books. The staff is really knowledgeable. I have never left this store empty...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have been going here since 1978 and ALWAYS find something I have to have. They have fantastic depth in every section that I've ever browsed in and the people who work here can be crusty (not as...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
THIS is what I expect in a bookstore. Great selection, helpful staff, and a dedication to the printed word. Love that they have new and used books, so you can find a gem at the price that fits your...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I used to live six blocks from Powell's but I will still give Moe's Books five stars. I love heading straight downstairs, picking something out of the philosophy corner or grabbing a quirky novel...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best bookstore ever. Best prices. Best selection. Nice People. Clean bathroom. Awesome rarities section. 4 levels i believe. I always go here when i'm in berkeley.
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pros: They always have a great selection of used books, especially in the vegetarian cookbooks section. It seems like if I am patient enough, the book I want always shows up in the used section...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Some people are only for -Green Apple Books-...while other people are for -something other than Green Apple books- and I was one of them while living in SF.This to me was the best bookstore in the Bay...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Quite possibly the best used book store I have ever been to.Ever.EVER.I'm sure everything that could have been said to praise this place has already been said, but I had to throw in my two cents. All...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Being a cheap Asian, I can appreciate the small discount on the books here. I love books! I love to read! It's fun to come here to browse and the staff here is pretty attentive.I love this place so...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Nothing much new to add to the long list of yelper praise for Moe's, except simply to point out how wonderful it is to shop at a first rate, non-chain bookstore AND still enjoy book prices under...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Simply fabulous. Not a thing has changed .Buy some good reads and then shuffle down to the Shattuck Theatre.Two of my fav places from UC day.
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Whenever I pass by I schedule a little time to cruise Moe's. I had a Leibovitz hard copy book called American Dream I got as a gift some years back. Once you look at her stuff once or twice it's...
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Indeed, the best bookstore in town. I agree that prices on many of their used books are not great, but the selection, staff, and overall atmosphere make up for that. They also cooperate with the...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wish I could give Moe's a 6 or better. I know bookstores. I shop bookstores. I love Moe's. Even if Moe's has some wear around the edges, I can always find a chair and a good book to read. No one ever...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just another way to piss away the day. But a day spent at Moe's is not a wasted one. At the end of your days there will be a lot of days you regret. The ones at Moes will not be in that catagory....
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am in awe of the people who work at Moe's.I thought I enjoyed reading but these people are freaking amazing! It is such a breath of fresh air to ask a salesperson at a bookstore if they carry...
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I actually love Moe's, but you know what? They don't deserve 5 stars across the board.Cons:-The majority of their used books are actually pricey. $8.50 for a used paperback Faulkner? Really? Lame....
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I don't really like reading so it's a wonder I'd even write a review for a bookstore, but this place is pretty unique. Other than having a humongous collection that spans multiple floors with a tiny...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ah, Moe's. If I weren't perpetually un(der)employed I'd spend six dollars in your four floors once a month.
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's is not your typical Barnes & Noble/ Walden bookstore. It's privately owned, has a collection of books that you typically wouldn't find anywhere else, and has a great "buy, sell, and trade"...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've never found anything I actually needed at Moes. I always go in with some vague idea of what I'd like to read, it's never there, and then i see so many other things to take the place instead. It's...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Four floors of books. YESSSSS. I've never found anything I've actually needed here but with four floors to browse (divided into genres that don't even exist in other bookstores) I've always found...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best used bookstore in Berkeley. Even rivals The Strand in NYC.I also brought a lot of books to sell, and they took a lot of them and gave me a good trade in price. The person that appraised my...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
just go! support your local stores!!
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I try not to go into Moe's Books. It is not the kind of store one can easily just browse. Don't get me wrong, it's incredibly enjoyable to walk down aisle after aisle... but after a while your arms...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great store. Great selection of new and used. Great people. Don't be afraid to ask for help!
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
God I could spend an hour in here so easily it's not even funny. Every time I walk in here, I find books that I either: want to buy, entice me, never heard of but want, and surprise me. I am...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The motherland of used bookstores, and easily of bookstores in general. It's located in a great part of town, has pretty much any book you can imagine--seriously, I saw some strange things there, and...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Best bookstore in Berkeley and probably even in East Bay. Four floors of books. Generous buy/trade policy.Minus one star for lack of good organization. I usually find it really hard to find a...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Simply the best bookstore in Berkeley. No question. Great selection in every subject area, helpful staff, and an easy place to go to and just browse, read and be. Outside of Powell's Books (in...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow, have you ever seen so many books before! 4 stories of them! Just about any book you could think of, you are going to find here. There are even rare and antique books on the 4th floor. You can...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Probably my favorite place in Berkeley. I defy you to go into Moe's and not come out with an armload of great finds. It's difficult to go with a book in mind because as a used bookstore, it is less...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the world's great used bookstores.Friendly, smart people, a terrific reading series, and even with their juiciest volumes (they know what's what), Moe's prices are eminently fair and nothing...
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
130 reviews and still a five-star rating ... ah, that's praise well earned. Moe's is still the best bookstore in California, IMHO, and that's saying something. Were it not for Moe's (OK, and...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i like how moe's has a well stocked anarchism section. and a feminism section. and i think (roughly) an anarcha-feminism section. i like that kinda stuff. but i wish i had pancakes.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I come here for good prices on Chinese history books on academic presses -- they have a large number of titles and I usually end up paying less than what I would be shelling out through Amazon...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Rainy day in San Fransisco, cup of coffee, and Moe's Books. Jacinda and I were in Berkeley for the day during my visit. We didn't plan on rain, but, go with the flow, right?I lost myself in the...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I fell in love with Moe's as soon as I moved to Berkeley. The books are mostly used, and they have such a great selection! For about 4 years I read nothing but Classics (Virgil, Homer, Plato, Cicero,...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There's a good fiction section that is well-edited so that you aren't overwhelmed--most everything there is good so you don't have to sift! This is the best East Bay bookstore I've seen so far--not...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
"All work and no Moe makes Moe a Moe Moe." - Homer Simpson
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's is a cool bookstore, especially for artsy people. It's sophisticated and you can never have enough bookstores. God knows enough of them have closed down in Berkeley already. Moe's still has...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Basically, I live here. There's plenty of space - four floors - and all the books you could ever want on any subject, some new but most used. There's hardly anymore room for me in my apartment cos...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Book geek heaven, truly. I especially like the very large selection of art books, many of these used and much more affordable than new.This is also a good place to see what the staff recommends and...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best bookstore I know of. Floors and floors of books at rock bottom prices -- I've spent days just browsing the fiction and pocket book sections.Best floor is the basement. The...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I decided to check out Moe's Books while in Berkeley. It's got 4 floors just filled with books.I only looked at a small section mainly the cooking aisle.Some books I want but didn't get:5 Spices, 50...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you visit this place, set aside a few hours for browsing. If you want to catch a classic slice of Berkeleyana then I suggest browsing in the shelves near the religion and occult section on the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My uncle used to play poker with Moe himself, so I always feel at home here. I miss the cigar smoke, but the store retains all of its other charms. I'm guaranteed to overspend whenever I visit, but...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I managed to do all my holiday shopping here (not for many people, mind you) at Moe's, my favorite one-stop book shop. In fact, I browsed here too long (recently) and nearly fainted from hunger.Great...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Growing up in Berkeley Cody's books was the place to go to browse clean well stocked rows of mainstream books, stacks of hot new releases in islands in the middle, games, toys and a great kids...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yes, Moe's. Old faithful. Three stories and a basement of just books (well, mostly anyway). If you want coffee, go across the street. If you want CD's, go across the street. If you want a play...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite bookstore in the Bay Area. Simple as that.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
best used books ever.
yelp.com - user review - 11/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you ever skim through my reviews you will find that I am obsessed about 3 things (besides girls...but that's a story for another day): food, bikes, and books.Four floors of books, you'll find all...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Portland, OR has Powells, SF has Green Apple, and little ol' Berkeley has Moe's. One can find even the most obscure out-of-print works here depending upon whether you've rubbed the Buddha's belly the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you can't find it at Moe's look again. It's there. Trust me. I have searched high and low for many a out-of-print book only to find it after scouring the shelves at Moe's. I once went in looking...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Cody's Books is gone. Go to Moe's, browse, read, enjoy, purchase. I found books on Polynesian mythology and folklore from the 1930's. Big box bookstores don't care too much about Polynesian...
yelp.com - user review - 10/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We in Berkeley need Moe's, and Moe's needs us. Visit Moe's and spend your money there!Despite the increasing consolidation of the publishing industry and intense pressure from online booksellers,...
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2007
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This place reminds me of similar old book stores in Paris and London. It just has a cool vibe. They buy books at a fair price and you can definitely pickup good paperbacks for cheap. It's a great place to get...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went there for the first time last weekend, and I have to admit that I am impressed by the size of collection here compared to other smaller Used Books stores. I was able to find several of the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2007
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One of those old Berkeley businesses with friendly people and an eclectic selection. Right on Telegraph near Aomeba. I recommend it for the total Berkeley experience.
citysearch.com - user review - 09/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
God, I love Moe's. I can't step into Moe's without buying something, which of course made me extremely poor, even though the prices are SOOOO LOWW. Their selection of used books is unparalleled and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pros:-ok, I haven't been to them ALL... but I'd bet this is pretty close to the best all-around used bookstore in Berkeley-Huge: 4 floors of used books... some very cheapCons:-this place is addictive...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
...I have a book fetish and buy them like normal people buy CDs. That is, I have favorite [literary] "artists", and when they come out with new [literary] albums, I buy them on the release date...OK....
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is awesome!!! I love bookstores and this has to be my favorite for sure. It has FOUR STORIES of books from any subject you could think of. Friendly staff, good prices, and you can even sell...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Quite possibly the greatest bookstore in the Bay Area. Four floors of browsing heaven, with an antiquarian book room to boot! It's especially good for finding used university press books in all...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love to read, and I go through books pretty fast so it just kills me to pay 15 or 16 dollars for a paperback, that being said this book store is fantastic they have an eclectic mix of new and used...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Really cool book store - HUGE! They've got off-the-beaten-path stuff you've been looking for. I just wished they'd buy more of the books I bring them. Sigh....
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe is my secret lover. i'm having an affair with him. I get sucked into this book store for hours when my original intention is to pick up a specific book really fast. I end up sitting in the...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you wander into this Berserkeley classic, you'd better have some time on your hands, because it'll suck you in with its vast and obscure collections. We're talking, if you got locked in but were...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
good book store. I can always find the obscure books I'm looking for here. I also enjoy just browsing through the stock for books. They lose one star for being a bit disorderly in some sections. The...
yelp.com - user review - 07/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
LA was tough on my reading habits--driving everywhere made it real tough to get some quality book time.But Moe's was my first stop after moving to the Bay Area and has been the source of nearly all my...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's Books - a Bay Area institution. I spent so many hours in this bookstore back in the day...It was great for a starving student to just cruise around and waste a rainy day at Moe's. No one ever...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Second only to the Elliot Bay book store in Seattle, I can get lost in this joint for hours. On my last trek into this literary haven, I scored a pre-released copy of "I Walked The Line" by Vivian...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Go to Moe's. Great used books, cheap new books too, nice quiet, gently wacky Berkeley atmosphere. Dogs are allowed too.
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This review was only written so that I never forget how great this bookstore is. I found my favorite reads among Moe's shelves and I'm smarter because of it.
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe, you make me feel intensely guilty whenever I buy a book from one of your much larger competitors (you know, like Borders or the Internet). I just want to remind you that I love you. I could hang...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Moe's. Pretty good for used classics but mainly great for your "trash reading" like sci-fi.I buy a lot of cheap paperbacks here, especially when I need to refer to something and want to be...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The first thing you see when you walk through the door is the service counter, with four or five bespectacled workers either helping customers, on the computer, or going through the huge heaps of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is probably (definitely) redundant to say, but - THIS PLACE FUCKING ROCKS ASS!!!!!!!! So many kinds of books - cooking, travel, history, art, literature, philosophy, sociology, psychology,...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of the best used/new book stores in the bay area. You can spend a lot of time in here. They also buy back books too, I've never done it but I'm sure you can get a decent amount of cash...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best used bookstore around.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Not many bookstores in the English speaking world compare to Moe's.It's almost like Powells, except Moe's only lists rare books online, so (in theory) Berkeley book browsers have the first crack at...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Solid prices even upstairs at more Moes. Great art book selection.
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4.0 of 5 stars.
my favorite place to be on a winter day is on the top floor of moe's pressed against the shelves of humor lit and getting it on with someone who appreciates archives of the onion as much as i do
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like Moe's a lot. Its a clean, open, well-lit, and humble bookstore. My favourite part of it is that the first section you see when you walk in/downstairs, is "Philosophy and Critical Theory." I...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The book selection is phenomenal but even better than that are the authors/speakers that come through. Fantastic.
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Bookstore, arts and antiques. Four stories of literary goodness. This was around when my dad went here and it still keeps chugging along...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best store ever! I always leave with a book. Nice staff.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Echo many others below. Moe's is probably the best thing on Telegraph; once you're inside it's so big and the staff is hands-off so you can wander in the stairways and read news clips or just read on...
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's has taken the scale and selection of a big used book store and rendered it with surprising spaciousness and order. Although it's much smaller, it's the closest thing we have to (Portland's...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a Berkeley institution that's hard not to like..has a knowing staff, great selection of new AND used, nice friendly feel. I love the lower level with all the cozy seating. The place even has...
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I just "discovered" Moe's, having never made it south of the old Cody's location prior to yesterday afternoon . . .And I'm glad I did! A beautiful store with an excellent selection of new and used...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's not just about selling books, its about selling the Berkeley lifestyle: intellectual and independent. Moes has a plethora of cheap and interesting books. Not your typical Barnes and Noble store....
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of my favorite places to sit there and read. The environment is very cozy, cheap books, and great service. I love this bookstore.
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Do you love the smell of a used-book store, the thrill of browsing through out-of-print and interesting oddities? Moe's offers several floors of these pleasures, including the top-floor rare book...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My bad print book saga continues but ends here....On recent visit to Berkeley, I thought I'd try my luck since there are so many independent bookstores. Moe's looked warm and inviting. I explained my...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Interesting book selection--usually I spend at least an hour in the second floor "browse" section, just skimming the oddities therein--before hitting any of the other floors.And I don't think anyone...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We have really good luck selling books there -- we've gotten two large credits there for selling books as we try to pare down. However, you can only use the credit on marked down new books, used...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's is certainly a Berkeley landmark, and an amazing book store to boot. If you are in the Telegraph area, you certainly owe it to yourself to visit Moe's.While the selection of books is...
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
every time i go into this store i find a book i have been dying to read on sale. how could i not love it?
yelp.com - user review - 11/09/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Warning: Moe's books has been known to subvert the spacetime continuum. You can walk in at 10am and two hours walk out and it is almost 9pm. Its truly a magnificent place. Its like a library where for...
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
best used book store in berkeley...nuff said.
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When my uncle passed and we were in the middle of trying to clean out his massive house of all of his possessions to put it on the market in a hurry, we befriended a wonderful man at Moe's. He came...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I really can't count the number of times I have been to Moe's. While I was in school it was always my go-to spot if I had some time to kill. The four floors of books almost always have what you are...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I was a student at UC Berkeley I worked at Cody's Books on Telegraph. Same block as Moe's! I would often sneak out of work (or class, ha!) and and into Moe's. 4 floors, right? AMAZING. Best...
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
my favorite bookstore. they got cheap books, but better than that, they got good books i like to reads.
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Thank god for Moe's! The selection is amazing. Check out the rare book room on the top floor. If you love Green Apple books or the Strand in New York then come here. Their book buyers are the best...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's Books is a browser's paradise. And open until 11pm! perfect for night owls. A recent happy purchase includes: a good vegan Japanese cookbook, Beckett's collected short prose, and Blaise...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A great bookstore, though not quite the book Mecca that everybody makes it out to be. Moe's has nothing in the way of hardcover Science Fiction, Fantasy or horror, which I find very strange. Also,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i love moe's! it has every book i could possibly ever ask for including some rather weird ones (i'm looking at you, sex section *shudder*). it's even got that wonderful book smell, you know the kind...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You can't go wrong with Moe's. It has multiple floors of books for anything you'll ever want. People swear by this place. However, I used to hit Shakespeare's much more often.
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Once in a rare while, a rootless person like me can stumble into a place where I feel at home instantly because it is at once my grandfather's slightly musty library and a well-organized gallery of my...
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good selection of paper media to browse through while you're walking off your food before you hit the bars on Telegraph!
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best bookstores- bar none. They're the best place to trade in used books in the Bay area. They've always given me honest value for my trade-ins, and then given me great deals on my pickups!...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wonderful selection of new and used books (all genres). It's the place to be if you are interested in rare art books. I bought an out of print Hans Bellmer book. This was extremely difficult to...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If everywhere in the world had a Moe's, there wouldnt be boredom. I couldnt imagine anyone from the most average person who enjoys reality TV to someone who's read Being and Nothingness in French not...
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is easily the best bookstore I've ever been to, and one of about three reasons that I put up with the existence of Telegraph Ave, Berkeley's own run-down theme park of its overblown past. During...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
moe's certainly doesn't need another review, especially one so clearly biased (moe's daughter and her kid are close pals o' mine), but what the hell.five stars!there is no better book store in...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I got 4 used books in great condition for 50 cents each! I"M IN HEAVEN!
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's books is really a great book store. They have used books at reasonable prices in addition to new books that are always 10% off!I like to browse the new fiction and also hit up the used poetry...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's has physically and mentally sustained me for the last four years. I am greatly indebted.
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's is the used bookstore alluded to in my profile (although I spend less time there now that I no longer live in Berkeley/Oakland). There are many wonderful independent bookstores in the Bay Area,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
love love love moe's.if you love bookstores, ull love moe's (period).
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You will find me in the "bargain basement" or on the 4th Floor, art and antiquarian books. If you're doing visit Berkeley for books within a limited radius, this is the tops. Honoring Moe on April...
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For the frugal inner bookworm in all of us. Moe's has replaced my plasma screen as the one reason i don't mind all this horrible SF weather. I can just head over to berkeley, and pick up a large bag...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
the basement floor's pocket fiction policy of half-off cover price caused me to eventually adopt a policy of not spending more than one dollar on a book. i know, it sounds ridiculous and anti-reading...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you LOVE books then Moe's is the place to go to.It is simply a vast source of used books...from very old copies ( I have a Dickens novel printed from the 40s) to new novels that are still on the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
why has this treasure been incognito for all my Bay Area form of existence?wow! ... a total bargain ... and they have a Sheet Music section that carries good old fashion and classical sheets ( Czerny,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Its easy to get overwhelmed in this booklover's mecca. Just where do you start? The prices are low, the books plentiful, its just so darn easy to while away an entire day perusing the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's brings me all the way from Seattle to Berkeley, but don't tell my cousins, they think visiting them is the main draw. I think it's the best bookstore on the planet, all 4 floors, and I treasure...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
knowledgable staff, great prices on used, and not one, not two, not even three, but an awesome awe inspiring FOUR floors of books. Too much red hot literary action for fewer floors to contain, moe's...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Even if you go a little wild and buy, say, three books you won't break the bank! It seems almost like stealing when books are priced this low! I got two hardcovers at $5 and $6 each!The selection here...
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow! five stories of bliss! This is by far the best book store in the area.They have a great antique book section on the top floor, and a mix of used/remaindered books for sale.
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like reading books here. Its a good place to find things you couldn'tfind at borders and it lacks all the idiots.
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's is to used books what Cody's is to new books!
yelp.com - user review - 12/14/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best used bookstore in Northern California. Period.
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2005
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Moe's is a Berkeley landmark. Cody's is flashier, Barnes and Noble is bigger, but Moe's has everything you want, the lowest price, great staff, and a great trade policy. Cody's is where you go when you need a...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/11/2005
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Moes Books is very easy to spot with their large red and white striped awning right above their storefront entrance. They have a huge collection of new books as well as a huge collection of used books and...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/01/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
just down the street from cody's, moe's also offers a great selection. they carry new and used books, which is great.while cody's feels kind of modern and yuppie, moe's is homey and cozy and a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Not as seductive in its draw as Cody's... but has great collection of used books.I found a copy of a rare edition of Decameron with illustration by Louis Chalon, and it is a really really beautiful...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2005
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This is my favorite bookstore in Berkeley. Possessing such a wide variety of books, in my opinion, this store has everything that one could ever ask for and at a better price than large chain bookstores. The...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/20/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
"Moe's Books; Distracting the Overeducated"One of the many great used book stores located within a few blocks on telegraph. The many levels of winding bookshelves create a maze that is impossible not...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2005
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I've been in Moe's Books on NUMEROUS occasions, and I still get the feeling that I've never seen it ...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/04/2005
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For a (primarily) used book store, Moe's is huge, with four levels of carefully classified volumes. It's a fun place to go for the sheer number of things they have. The fact that it's right near the Berkeley...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/02/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Worth a visit. It's a book shop - tons of books.
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2005
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Four floors of books. Some new and discounted books are on the lower floors, but just about everything else is used. Fiction (and most non-fiction) is half the cover price; if you can find an early printing,...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/20/2005
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Moe's has a lot of books, comparably priced to the used books at Black Oaks beyond the other side of the UCB campus and to Green Apple in San Francisco. Moe's is more likely to have a specialist academic title...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/10/2005
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So it's disorganized. So the sales staff is less than helpful. So what? If you can find it, the book you're looking for in order to finish that paper or complete that collection is in here somewhere. And it's...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/28/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Moe might be gone, but his spirit lives on in Berkeley's own four-storey paradise of books. The Classics section is especially strong (not a surprise, UCB being the #1 Classics institution in the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The sign out front says "4 floors of books" and they ain't kidding! Good place to go to find older, out of print, hard to find stuff. Some new stuff as well but well worth the time when you're in...
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2005
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Not only is this a large, several storied book store with almost any book you can think of but they have a good selection of old books. They buy used and put the excellent older ones aside for special...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/05/2005
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Moe's is a fantastic place to hang out, buy new mainstream or more indie books, or just gawk at the amazing selection of used books. Their discount sections are great and their new books section is huge. Moe's...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/25/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Moe's is my favorite of the Berkeley bookstores.Their policy on used fiction is 50% of the coverprice. That means if you find an older copy you may be paying next to nothing! Moe's has a good...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Tsk tsk to me for getting into the habit of ordering books from Amazon. But should the Mr. Magoo-like character in the main control room of the Internet trip on a cable and accidentally pull the plug...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The gals who work at Moe's are hands-down the foxiest pieces of retail on Telegraph.
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2005
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Moe's definitely has style. It's not a giant book dealer, but a good enough one for your average consumer. It has large selections of pretty much everything you need. They have computer database system to help...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/12/2005
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Moe's is a Berkekely landmark. And it has been serving the Bay Area for many decades. It looks small from the outside, but this store is quite large as it has many floors and a basement level. This is no...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/03/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Very impressive. Four stories of used and new books, directly in the middle of the fun part of Telegraph Avenue. They're a little short-staffed, but the pricing is great. Well worth the visit.
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best used-book store in the United States. Scholars from all over the world attending conferences at UC Berkeley walk over to Moe's. You can get history, sociology, linguistic books, or the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2004
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow. What a place. I lost myself for 2 hours in here looking at random books. Head to the top floor for the secondhand and art book collection - some amazing architecture, photography and graphic...
yelp.com - user review - 11/23/2004
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome used book store. Has four or five floors .
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2004
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Absolutely the best old and new. 4 floors!! If you can't find something here, you're not really looking.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/16/2002
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the sales staff is really helpful, and nice, too. the prices are extremely reasonable, and there are always books there that you might not find in other bookstores. it's also a good place for people...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/07/2002
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