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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.188 Others: Aspidistra (N. Clark). HUGE warehouse of used and some new books. Cheap. Borders Bookshop (near Rte 83, 1/2 mile N. of the shopping center in Oakbrook). Barbara's Books (one on Broadway about 2 blocks south of Belmont, and one on Wells in Oldtown across the street from the adult theaters and bookstores). Rizzoli (in Water Tower). "I always feel underdressed when I go in there." The Unabridged Bookstore (Broadway a block north of Belmont) There is also a book compiled by Lane Phalen, THE BOOK LOVER'S GUIDE TO CHICAGOLAND, ISBN 1-880339-06-4, $14.95) which covers over four hundred bookstores in the Chicago area. ============================================================================== Denver, CO: The Tattered Cover (2955 East First Avenue, Denver CO 80206, 1-800-833-9327, tdd/v (303) 320-0536). Huge--4 floors. Over 400,000 books in stock. Considered to be the best independent bookstore in the U.S. Also does mail order to anywhere. Free giftwrapping. ============================================================================== Houston, TX All Books (Richmond at Greenbriar). Used bookstore with reputedly good natural science selection. Booked Up (Studewood at E 7th). Used bookstore with good liberal arts selection. Bookstop ('Alabama', S Shepherd at W Alabama). A large branch of a growing discount chain. Located in what used to be an old movie palace, it's a fairly good general bookstore, particularly popular non-fiction. Fiction genres (esp. sf and mystery) can be mediocre. Open til midnight. Bookstop ('Sharpstown', Bellaire at US-59). A smaller branch of the chain. Same sort of selection but the sf section is somewhat better. Brazos Bookstore (Bissonet btw Kelvin & Morningside). Eclectic, but known as a literary place, with readings. Brentano's (Westheimer at S Shepherd). A large, generic bookstore but much more pleasant than most, as armchairs and a coffee machine are to be found. Good children's and history sections. Brown Book Shop (San Jacinto at Bell). Good for science and technical stuff. Detering Book Dealers (Bissonnet at Greenbriar). A used bookstore, but for literary and rare stuff. Future Visions (US-290 at Mangum). Relatively speaking, the Houston source for sf and horror. Due to financial troubles c. 1990, the selection has been broadened to include techno-thrillers and the ilk. Author signings every month or so. Half-Price Books (University at Kirby). A large branch of the used bookstore chain. Pretty good Texana section. Half-Price Books (Waugh at Hyde Park). A moderate-sized branch. Majors Scientific Books (S Main at Dryden). Good for computer books and science texts, *especially* medical tomes. Murder By the Book (Bissonnet at Morningside). The Houston source for mysteries, especially new stuff. Author signings almost every week. Nan's Game HQ (US-59 at S Shepherd). A game and comic shop, but it has a rack of new sf, though heavily infested with official D&D pablum. Rice Campus Store (Rice campus). Avoid unless looking for something written by a Rice faculty member. Textbooks are expensive and there's not much else. Spectrum Bookstore (Westheimer at Augusta). A generic bookstore, but a good place to hang out while you wait for a movie to start at the THX-equipped theater next door. Third Planet (Bissonnet at Kelvin, preparing to move). A comic and game shop, but they do maintain a very large rack of new and old sf books. Univ Houston Cougar Bookstore (UH campus). A large campus bookstore, usually cheaper than the Rice store. Univ St Thomas Bookstore (UST campus). Reputedly good for literature. ============================================================================== New Haven, CT: Arethusa Book Shop (87 Audubon). Used books, first editions, collectors items. Most are fairly expensive. Atticus (1082 Chapel). A rather ho-hum selection of new books. Its virtues are that it's open late (a rarity in this area) and has a cafe on the premises. Bryn Mawr Book Shop (56 1/2 Whitney). Cheap used books. Good for picking up some light reading (most paperbacks are $.25 apiece). Open limited hours. Coventry Books (75 Whitney). Used books, mostly nonfiction or scholarly. Also some remainders. "My personal favorite of the bunch." Whitlock's (17 Broadway). Used books on all subjects. Yale Coop (77 Broadway). New books, large full-service bookstore. They also have one corner set aside for used scholarly books. ============================================================================== Philadelphia, PA: Book Trader (501 South St.) The biggest used book store in Philadelphia that I know of. They also sell black & white posters, used records, and have a tiny gallery upstairs. Open every day till midnight. Hibberd's Books (1310 Walnut St.) Sells new, used, and rare books. Interesting item in this store is the bag of books in front of the store marked "take a chance, change of your life" filled with used books that are unknown until it is opened. Whodunit? (Chestnut--whatever the main street is--around 20th). Major mystery store, mostly used, some new, excellent supply for Sherlockiana for those who care about such things (like me!). And a couple of people write: "I recommend the "Chester County Book Company" in West Chester, PA (~20 miles or 50 minutes by bus west of Philadelphia). They don't seem to turn over their stock as much as most bookstores: there are more older books than you usually find (at least in paperback). They have about 50% more books than their shelves will hold; there are many stacks of books not on shelves." "CCBC is a pleasant medium sized bookstore, always good for something. They will special order anything, so far as I know. They have two stores, one in either of the two WC shopping centers. The larger one is the regular store. The smaller one is filled with remainders and WCU texts." They also have a pair of very large birds, confined to a cage, but they smell and squawk, sometimes quite loudly. Each of the shopping centers are immediately off of one of the three Route 202 WC exits. "While in the area, look for Baldwin's Book Barn, a converted barn. It is possibly the largest used bookstore in the Philadelphia area, and it is glorious. Exton (the next town over) has another fine used bookstore. Right next to the Burger King next to campus is a little old ladies' little old books' bookstore. Not much of a selection, but I always buy a few from them when I'm in the area. The Downingtown Farmers' Market also has a few used bookstores, along with stuff you just don't find in any other mall." And in Willow Grove is the Business and Computer Bookstore. "When you're in the Philadelphia area, you as might as well also check out Quantum, Borders, U Penn, Drexel U bookstores, and Lame Duck for used science books. If `technical' includes architecture, there's furthermore a specialty store for just that in Center City. (I've never been to the Temple U bookstore, so I can't comment on it.)" ============================================================================== Pittsburgh, PA: Atlantic Books. An okay remainder place. The Bookworm (in Squirrel Hill). A good used bookstore. Borders (5 miles south on US 19). A very good book store, and compares well with any bookstore short of Powell's (in Portland, Oregon) that I've visited. City Books (on the South Side of the Monogahela river across from downtown). Used. Riverrun Books (next door to City Books). Smaller than City Books but the two put together are well worth a visit. Eide's Comic Shop. A better science fiction section than any store in the Boston area (specialty or otherwise). Pinocchio Bookstore for Children (in Shadyside opposite the west end of Walnut St). The selection here is far better than any in any general bookstore. (It's well-chosen stuff for the most part, not shelf after shelf of Sweet Valley High). Skleder's. Has a reasonable selection of old books, but nothing to brag about. University of Pittsburgh Bookstore. Pretty good. There are several more (St. Elmo's and Stonewall probably merit additions as well). The CMU-SCS-student's Guide to Living In Pittsburgh gives a long descriptions of the various kinds of bookstores in the area, but it's probably more information than you want. (It would take up a whole posting by itself, and the bookstore pickings in Pittsburgh are a good deal slimmer than NYC or the Bay Area.) ============================================================================== Providence, RI: Book Store, Murder by the Book, and Other Worlds (1281 N. Main St). A variety of stores occupying the same space. Wide selection of used science fiction and mysteries. Cellar Stories (190 Mathewson Street). Good selection of just about everything. Recently doubled its space. Contrary to its name, it's on a second floor downtown, just off of Weybosset. Can usually be spotted by a banner hanging from the upstairs window. Sewards' Folly (139 Brook Street). Eclectic selection. At about fifteen years old, this is the longest-surviving of the used bookstores around here, so they must be doing something right. Owned by a retired couple named (surprise) Seward, this is a comfortable place to browse, and only a couple of blocks from coffee mecca on Wickenden Street, so you can conveniently take your purchases and enjoy them over a cup of espresso. ============================================================================== St. Louis, MO: The Library Ltd. (actually in the suburb of Clayton at Forsyth and Hanley, about a half-mile west of Washington U). A new store, the largest bookstore in St. Louis. A very pleasant store, with couches, chairs, and tables for reading areas. Fills the whole floor of a store which used to be a Best catalog showroom. A large selection of discount- price remaindered books, and an extensive display of all varieties of current hardbacks, paperbacks, and a reasonable magazine selection. ============================================================================== Salt Lake City, UT: Sam Weller's (273 S Main). A *huge* place with new books on the main floor and used books in the basement and on the balcony. You can easily spend half a day browsing in here. King's English (1500? S 1500 E). A cozy bookstore with a resident cat, armchairs, and free tea and coffee. New books, strongest in fiction and literature. Best selection of mysteries in town. ============================================================================== Seattle, WA: AKA Books & Left Bank Books. Part of a collective that provides small press and alternative titles--former is primarily used books at good prices, latter is mostly new titles. Bailey/Coy Books. Wonderful, full of good fiction and recommendations from staff and customers. Beauty and the Books. Run-of-the-mill university used bookstore. Beyond the Closet Books (1501 Belmont Ave). The city's best gay & lesbian bookstore. Blackbird Books (3130 E Madison). Has a good selection of books for the African-American community, including toys, posters, children's books, and music. David Ishi, Bookseller (down the street from Elliot Bay). Lots of old hardcovers and memorabilia, but it's a bit expensive. He specializes in fine editions, and will do difficult rare book searches on request. Discount Books. Has some of the lowest prices, but their selection is usually limited. Elliot Bay Books. Booklover's paradise. Also has an extensive children's section, complete with a playroom for kids as you browse other areas. Flora and Fauna Books (1st Ave in Pioneer Square). Best nature/outdoors bookstore in town, with both new and selected used/rare titles. Half-Price (University District). Large collection of mostly used books. Lambda Books. The best place for gay/lesbian titles and postcards. Magus Bookstore. Run-of-the-mill university used bookstores. Mystery Bookshop (117 Cherry). Large collection of new and used mysteries. Open Books (Wallingford). Great poetry selection. Second Story Book Store (Wallingford Center on N. 45th). Feminist, new fiction, lending library. Secret Garden Children's Bookshop (Greenlake). A wonderful selection. Shorey's Books. Used bookstore with ancient reference books. Lots of dreck, but the occasional book you can't find anywhere else. Spade & Archer (1101 E Pike). Mystery bookstore. The Pike St cinema is at the back. Standard Books (65th in the Roosevelt District). Great bookstore -- open, airy, light, current fiction and non-fiction, heavy on politics, history, poetry. Small children's section. Free Sunday NYTimes Book Review. Staff super-friendly and involved, newsletter, book signings and readings. Tower Books (Lower Queen Anne). Large, wide-ranging selection of new books, magazines, and papers. Also sells the cheapest IRISH TIMES in Seattle. Twice Sold Tales (on John, not 45th). Has incredibly good used fiction at good prices. University Bookstore. Simply massive, with good people to find the book you want, and an extensive children's section. "Better than any University bookstore I know (including Harvard Coop) for general books." There are also several used bookstores the university area--one along University Way and a couple on side streets going East, towards campus. And of course, you might want to consider a day trip down to Portland (three hours by car) to get to visit Powell's--probably the largest bookstore in the world. ============================================================================== Washington, DC: Air Land and Sea (Old Town Alexandria at 1215 King St). New and used aeronautical, nautical, and military books, prints (and collectibles, and other knick-knacks). Borders (Rockville Pike near White Flint mall in Bethesda/Rockville). The best. Aside from having a huge selection, it has employees who actually know something about books. Pricey, but a great place to hang out. Borders has just opened an even bigger store in Tysons Corner on Leesburg Pike. From Out of the Past (Alexandria on Richmond Hwy (Route 1). Eclectic mix of books, sometimes overpriced badly IMHO, but *the* place in Washington to buy things like old Life magazines. Kramerbooks/Afterwords (P St. just north of Dupont Circle). Smallish bookstore, but good selection & nice cafe in the back. Open 24 hours a day. Also the regular Kramerbooks at 1875 K Street inside International square. Very good collection of political science and technical works. **NOTE**: Another person says these are "[n]ot listed as such (under either name) in the current D.C. white or yellow pages. There is an Afterwords Cafe at 1517 Conn. Ave, N.W., but I have no notion if it is related." Can someone clarify? The Map Store Inc. (Farragut Sq at 1636 Eye St. NW). An excellent source of maps, travel guides, etc. Maryland Book Exchange (College Park at 4500 College Ave). An above average technical/university bookstore with some used books. The Newsroom (two blocks up from Kramerbooks on Connecticut Ave). A good selection of national & international newspapers & magazines. Olde Soldier Books, Inc. (Gaithersburg on N Frederick Ave). Specializes in Civil War books, in which they have a broad stock. Worth checking on any military material for earlier wars, new (some) or used (mainly). They also publish. Olsson's Books & Records (Main store in Georgetown on Wisconsin Ave. NW. Other stores at Dupont Circle on 19th St NW, Metro Center on F St NW, Old Town Alexandria on S Union St, and Bethesda on Old Georgetown Rd). Good selection, including some hard-to-find books. Also a music store. Will order from Books in Print, and, at the Georgetown store, British Books in Print. Also a music store; mainly classical. Politics and Prose (Connecticut and Nevada). A full service bookstore. Recent fiction and current affairs, politics. Often has authors speaking. Reiter's Scientific and Technical Bookstore (2021 K St NW). They have a very broad stock of technical books and are also willing to do phone and mail order worldwide (800)537-4314 or (202)223-3327. Wonder Books & Video (Frederick on W Patrick St (Route 40 W)). A large used bookstore that I've always found well worth searching. In Bethesda, just find one used bookstore -- each one has maps showing the locations of all the others. Second Story Books (chain with stores at Dupont Circle on P St NW, Rockville on Parklawn Ave, Bethesda on Bethesda Ave, and in Baltimore). Used books (and records). Largest selection of any of the used book stores I go to (I look for paperback fiction and history, mostly). For literary stuff, try Chapters, at 1532 K St NW. For SF, fantasy, and strange odds & ends, try Hole in the Wall (a.k.a. Hole in the Wallet) in Falls Church, Virginia. For theater books, Backstage Inc., 21st & P Streets N.W. ============================================================================== Oxford: Blackwell's. "The typical university bookshop (there are no bookstores in England), but often missed is the rare books and special editions that Sir Basil Blackwell collected and put on display in a rather pleasant country house just south of Oxford. The problem is, I cannot remember the village. Near Nuneham Courtney? Clifton Hampden? Someone will know. Sometimes a special book deserves a special typesetting, printing and binding." Also has various second hand sections. Book Bargains (2 St. Ebbe St). Bookshop on the Plain. (cross Magdaelen Bridge and start up the Cowley Rd; it's immediately on your left). The EOA Communist Bookshop (across the road from Bookshop on the Plain). Might carry Irish stuff for all the wrong reasons, I suppose, but being a Tory I wouldn't know :-." Thorton's. "Look out for Thornton's as it's *dear*. Waterfield's (36 Park End St). Good philosophy section. "There's also a large second hand bookshop on the way down to the railway station, go down the hill from the Westgate centre, past Nuffield College and the prison, and straight on past the Queen's Arms, it then appears on the right. The antiques emporium just before it and the Jam Factory over the road by the traffic lights also house minor booksellers amongst their other denizens." ============================================================================== Edinburgh: Bauermeisters (on the Bridges). Castle Books (Canongate). Used. Dillons (Princes Street). Large chain. Someone claims, "Dillons? You mean Sherratt and Hughes, now known as.....Waterstone's." Forbidden Planet (Teviot Place). Science fiction. Macnaughtons (Haddington Place, Leith Walk). Used. Old Grindle's (Spittal Street). Used. Second Edition (Canonmills). Used. Sheena McNeil (Bruntsfield Links). Sheet music. Thins (South Bridge). One person says: "[Along with] John Smiths, ... [is] so far ahead of anyone else there is no point in looking at others. Both have a few other branches scattered around their respective cities." But another says: "Thins is the worst bookstore I've ever had the misfortune of dealing with," and a third says, "It must have been a while since you tried looking for anything in Thin's, and absence has apparently made your heart go all funny. Thin's is a Very Poor Bookshop. They are also a bunch of hypocrites, handing out propaganda in favour of retaining the Net Book Agreement, while marking up the prices of Non-Net Books higher than Waterstone's and Co." Tills (Buccleuch Street). Used. Waterstone's (Princes Street). Large chain. West and Wilde (Dundas Street). Gay/lesbian West Port Books (West Port near Lothian Rd.). Used. (a couple of shops in Teviot Row). Medical, new and used. (a shop in Spittal Street). Second-hand football programmes. (a remainder shop opposite Thins). (a couple of used book stores in Broughton Street and at the top of Leith Walk and several used book stores in the Grassmarket). You can pick up a leaflet with a full list of used book stores from any one of them. The Assembly Rooms in George St. often holds book fairs on Saturdays where many of the second-hand booksellers exhibit. ============================================================================== Glasglow: Bargain Books (chain of small stores). Limited stock but excellent bargain prices. Caledonia Books (Great Western Road). Used. Church of Scotland Bookshop (Buchanan Street near the Underground Station). Near Forbidden Planet. Centerpeace (Stockwell Street). Pacifist/feminist/Third World. Clyde Books (Parnie Street). Radical/socialist/feminist/green. Dillons (the Argyle Street/Union Street corner). A very large branch. More modern than Smiths and a great place to pick up book bargains. Close to Smiths and Waterstones. Dowanhill Books (in a lane off Byres Road opposite Hillhead tube station). Used. Forbidden Planet (Buchanan Street). Science fiction and comics. Futureshock. American imports and OLD paperbacks as well as imports. Gilmorehill Books (Bank Street). Used. Obelisk (Virginia Galleries, Virginia Street). Used science fiction and mysteries. John Smith and Sons (St. Vincent Street). Quite close to George Square. This is the main branch and is famous enough for you to be able to ask directions to it. It has 5 floors and keeps books on just about any subject you can think of. Main public transport terminals nearby (i.e., walking distance) include Central Station (trains), Queen Street Station (trains), Buchanan Street Station (buses) and Buchanan Street Underground Station. Close to Dillons and Waterstones. John Smith and Sons (University Bookshop, University Avenue, Hillhead) (west of the city centre). A strictly academic bookshop, they specialise in stocking books on the recommended reading lists for students supplied by Glasgow University (who keep close links with the shop). Most university courses are in evidence in the shop - medical books particularly so. Main public transport terminal nearby is Hillhead Underground Station. John Smith and Sons (Byres Road Branch, Byres Road, Hillhead). A mainstream three-storey bookshop. Simply a scaled-down version of the main shop. This shop is located next door to the Hillhead Underground Station. The university shop is 5 minutes away on foot. A nice area in general, well worth a look: there are several famous cafes/coffee shops around here too (e.g., The Ubiquitous Chip, The Underground Gallery). Voltaire and Rousseau (Otago Street Lane). Used. Waterstones (Union Street very close to Dillons). Large branch. More modern than Smiths. Close to Smiths. Word of Mouth (Bank Street). Food and cookery; this place is amazing. (a comics shop in Byres Road) charity shops in Byres Rd, all of whom sell books, starting with Cancer Research, Oxfam, Dr Barnado's, Save the Children, Glasgow University's settlement(?), as well as the back alley secondhand books (next to Oxfam) and occasionally DeCourcy's arcade) Regarding Smiths, one reader says: "There are other branches of Smiths, but these three should cover all your needs wherever you are in Glasgow. All Smiths shops are tied by a computer network allowing the facility for quick look up of stocks elsewhere in the city and quick transfer between branches in the case where a particular book is not in stock at a certain branch. They can also order ANY book in print as long as they can locate the ISBN, and send it to any address you please. They have British and Overseas Books in Print on Microfiche for this purpose." Regarding some of the other chains, another reader warns: "AVOID the new, plush bookshops that are branches of big English chains (Dillons, Hatchards, Waterstones). These have a limited range of yuppie best-sellers and their attempts to fu** publishers over through the years (unilaterally refusing to pay before three months after invoicing and later attempting to smash the Net Book Agreement) have been very destructive. They have nothing in stock you can't get from John Smiths or Thins." W. H. Smiths and John Menzies are huge UK-wide chains that sell magazines and airport bestsellers. Evelyn C. Leeper | +1 908 957 2070 | att!mtgzy!ecl or ecl@mtgzy.att.com Xref: bloom-picayune.mit.edu rec.pets.cats:18646 news.answers:4530 Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!usenet From: tittle@ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore) Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats,news.answers Subject: rec.pets.cats FAQ (part 1/3) Supersedes: <cats-faq/part1_722325617@athena.mit.edu> Followup-To: poster Date: 11 Dec 1992 06:02:18 GMT Organization: University of California at Irvine: ICS Dept. Lines: 1383 Sender: tittle Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu Expires: 14 Jan 1993 06:02:10 GMT Message-ID: <cats-faq/part1_724053730@athena.mit.edu> Reply-To: tittle@ics.uci.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: pit-manager.mit.edu Summary: This is a periodically posted FAQ on the care and handling of cats. It is in three parts. X-Last-Updated: 1992/09/30 Archive-name: cats-faq/part1 Version: 1.6 Last-modified: 29 September 1992 Periodicity: 20 days This is the first part of the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) List for rec.pets.cats. It is posted every twenty days: updates, additions, and corrections (including attributions) are always welcome: send email to one of the addresses below. Copies of both parts of this FAQ may be obtained by anonymous ftp to pit-manager.mit.edu (18.172.1.27) under /pub/usenet/news.answers/cats-faq/*. Or send email to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu with send usenet/news.answers/cats-faq/part1 send usenet/news.answers/cats-faq/part2 send usenet/news.answers/cats-faq/part3 in the body of the message to have both parts emailed to you (leave the subject line empty). Substantial changes. TABLE OF CONTENTS (Part 1) Prologue. I. GETTING A CAT A. What Kind of Cat? B. Where? C. Veterinarians. D. Young Kittens. E. Introducing Cats to Other Pets. F. Handling Your Cat. II. BASIC CAT CARE A. Cat Food. B. Diets. C. Vegetarian Diets. D. Litter. E. Dental Care. F. Trimming Claws. G. Grooming. H. Pills, Dosing, and Medication. I. Worms. J. Poisons. K. Vaccination and Worming Schedule. L. What Your Vet Should Check. III. HEALTH/MEDICAL A. In General. B. My Cat is Sick, Should I Take It To the Vet? C. What is FIV? FeLV? Diabetes? (Part 2) D. Feline Urinary Syndrome (FUS). E. Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). F. Thyroid Problems. G. Skin Problems. H. Disease Transmission (Zoonoses). I. Toxoplasmosis (when you are pregnant and own a cat). J. Vomiting. K. Diarrhea. L. Neutering. M. Declawing. N. Cat Allergies. O. Aging. VI. PROBLEM BEHAVIORS (INSIDE) A. In General. B. Plants. C. Spraying. D. Scratching. E. Housebreaking. F. Escaping. G. Drape/Curtain Climbing. H. Cord (and Other) Chewing. (Part 3) I. Biting. J. Garbage. K. Counters. L. Early AM Wakeups. M. Toilet Paper. N. Splashing Water. O. Ripping Carpet. V. PROBLEM BEHAVIORS (OUTSIDE) A. In General. B. Noise. C. Your Garden. D. Local "Attack" Cats. E. Your Birdfeeder. VI. ENTERTAINMENT A. Scratching Posts. B. Catnip. C. Other Toys. D. Playing. VII. CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS A. A New Baby. B. Travel. C. International Travel. D. Moving. E. Vacations. VIII. OTHER TOPICS A. Removing Urine Odor. B. Cat Owner Allergies. C. Cats and Water. D. Indoor and Outdoor Cats. E. Catching Feral Cats. F. Finding a Home for a Cat. G. Dealing with Landlords. H. Pet Insurance. I. Cat Genetics. J. Bathing a Cat. K. Cat Safety in the House. L. Pet Identification. M. Do All Cats Purr? N. Other Cats in the Cat Family. O. Clever Hiding Places At Home.