Porsperos Books

User Reviews of Porsperos Books

Yelp.com Review - by tom k.

4.0 of 5 stars. Wow...no idea how people can hate or feel even remotely apathetic about this place. It is obvious this is a store run by people that LOVE books/knowledge and wear it on their sleeves. It is also a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Toni M.

5.0 of 5 stars. After lunch we walked a block or so to Prospero's Books. What a wonderful independent bookstore! It's been open about 12 years and sells used books. The two men working were friendly and cool....
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Sean O.

5.0 of 5 stars. Every real neighborhood needs a used bookstore...if it's funky, even better! Prospero's took a dirty old Hardware store and turned it into a work of art. The posters on the walls and tin ceilings...
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2008
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great for book worms by Katie P. at InsiderPages

If you would prefer reading old poetry or history books to the new Tom Clancy thriller at Barnes and Noble, then this place is for you. They have a lot of hard to find, older books, but they are definitely...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Amy R.

3.0 of 5 stars. Prospero's is a well positioned, (39th and Bell), used book store that offers a fairly wide selection as well as numerous community outreach events. The Vibe: academic scenester hip. The Look:...
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Carrie H.

3.0 of 5 stars. There was a lot of promise when entering Prospero's Books. Sure the outside sales racks had nothing of special interest (do they ever really do?), but from the LOOK of Prospero's, I was expecting...
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Samantha A.

4.0 of 5 stars. An urban myth drew me to Prospero's in the first place. I'd heard the owner was once an aide to John Ashcroft, and the fact that he was now at the helm of an independent bookstore was hiiiiiiiiiighly...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Hampton S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Ever since the rise of the mega-huge book chains in the 1990s, followed rapidly by the rise of Amazon.com and other online stores, the independent bookstore had been under fire. Prospero's Bookstore...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Joel T.

4.0 of 5 stars. The selection is a bit disappointing, but that's what happens when the owner goes on a book-burning spree to protest the demise of reading in America. Of course, this penalizes people who actually do...
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Tracy S.

3.0 of 5 stars. This bookstore could be so much better...the atmosphere is nice with a great old building and plenty of eccentric decor. However, the selection of books is lousy and the service was...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Rhett H.

5.0 of 5 stars. Very nice used book store, with a lot of different stuff, but not a lot of everything. There are some authors you might think should be there, and some authors you wouldn't of thought of. In...
yelp.com - user review - 10/21/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Brendan H.

1.0 of 5 stars. Praised to high heaven by hipsters nationwide. The staff members here disdainfully sneer or ignore customers (including, happily, me). A smile goes a long way, dudes. The place smells. The prices on...
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2007
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