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3.0 of 5 stars.
Schoenhof's has a very impressive selection of foreign books, with a wide range of languages and a delightful section of children's books in a rainbow of tongues. The focus, however, is definitely on...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
They have the Kalevela in Finnish! They have Nietzsche in German!and they have a good selection of books to help you understand how to read them!Sometimes you have to watch out for the price tag, but...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What a wonderful place! I don't know what I would do without this delightful bookstore to supply me with much-needed and hard-to-find French books.
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There is a certain mingling of grief, guilt, elation, and lust that overcomes me wheneve rI enter Schoenhof's. I grieve for the languages I will never be fluent in, feel guilt for not diving into...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As a foreign-language feind and french lit grad student, Schoenhof's is one of a million bookstores I have combed to find more books than I can count. They are certainly not the cheapest (imported...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh.my.god. This store is utterly amazing. Much, much more than what was expected. Huge store, and languages from all over the world (even the most obscure)...both literature and language-learning...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i've only been to schoenhof's twice so far, and both times i intended to just stop in and pick up a book for my spanish class. however, both times i ended up browsing the store for at least an hour....
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I *love* this store. I have yet to find another like it, and wish there were one near my current digs in California. I visited this store frequently growing up. They have everything from classic...
yelp.com - user review - 09/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Me gusta mucho! Cette librairie a une bonne selection de livres. Ich geniee die AtmosphA�re hier. Il personale A� molto utile. TA�m livros em muitas lA�nguas.But I have to knock a star because they...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love it love it.Always stop here when I'm in the square.Last time I picked up a Roberto Bolano book, time before that Zoe Valdes.They are serious about what they do and will help you find what you...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been a fan of foreign languages since high school, and Schoenhof's is right up my alley. They have both literary and instructional books in almost every language you can think of. I needed a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This bookstore is pretty awesome. I went here a couple years ago to get my german textbook and they had books of every kind in every language. I need to make a trip bake here and take a look, but the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Schoenhof's is da BOMB. Best foreign-language bookstore in the US of A. For those of you who speak or read another language, this place should not be missed. If you are in the Boston area, GO. Hell,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i am not smart enough to read books in a foreign language, but several of my friends do. and when they want to read something in their native tounge, they come to schoenhof's in harvard square. it's a...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I first walked in Schoenhof's, the first thing that hit me was in the entrance behind a glass window: Gombrowicz's "Kosmos" (one of my all-time favorite books) in its original Polish! Good omen....
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not going to lie. This place scared my friend and me. We were too nervous to ask for help looking for a book for class. This might have been all in our heads (I get nervous about really dumb...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love the selection of books here. I don't really know of any other place in Boston that has such an extensive of a selection of books in French. As others have mentioned, my only complaint would be...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best selections of foreign language books anywhere. They have books in something like 100 different languages. The staff is friendly and helpful. My only problem with the shop is that the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Francophiles rejoice, your bookstore is here. It seems like half of Schoenhof--in spite of the German name--is dedicated to French books (including literature, poetry and philosophy, but they have...
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i think it's impossible to give this place anything other than five stars. maybe it doesn't even make sense to rate this place. you will go here if you HAVE to go here. if you want a book in a non...
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The most extensive collection of books in French, German, Italian, and Spanish in the U.S...and much else besides. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they stock Proust in a Thai translation....
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My Francophilic heart skipped a beat when I first found out about the existence of this store. French books!! Sacrebleu. I was not to be disappointed by the selection here, because for a specialty...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you're in the market for foreign language books, as well as a huge assortment of dictionaries, thesauruses and other reference guides, Schoenhof's is THE place to go. The store is always clean and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome selection of books in other languages for all levels of language - basic to advanced -- and includes kids books. Very helpful staff - they're not super super friendly, but they know their...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this store! Cute, clean, well-organized, there is a Zen-like feeling in here that is only amplified by the sweet staff (including the monk, who is so nice and just makes it all the more of an...
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Someone said this isn't really a local bookstore because they do most of their sales online. I disagree; it's been a Boston "institution," if you will, since the 1800s. You can frequently find books...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Books make me happy. Books in English make me happy. Books in languages I only pretend to understand also make me happy.A wide selection of texts in languages both dead and living, with a good...
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2006
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Schoenhof's has at least a quarter shelf space set aside for almost any language you can think of wanting to learn. While much of the bookstore is devoted to romance languages, almost every other lan...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/17/2005
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it's difficult to find a quality selection of foreign books in your average bookstore (that is, if you want something other than a dictionary), but schoenhof's has a great selection. since it's relatively...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/15/2002
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