Destination: Books has an online portal on Alibris at destination.alibrisstore.com. Books that have been recently added are listed on this site's sidebar.
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Destination: Books Defined
Destination: Books is a pop-up booth based in Atlanta that reflects the interests of its proprietor-moderator, Murray Browne, who is the author of The Book Shopper: A Life in Review and Down & Outbound: A Mass Transit Satire. Destination Books specializes in history, travel writing, organic gardening - sustainability, and books about books.
Murray lives in Decatur, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. He maintains blogs based on his two books The Book Shopper blog and the Down & Outbound blog. Destination Books is dedicated the idea that books can take you to many places in many different ways.
To contact Destination: Books, send an email to murray.browne905 AT gmail.com. Our first pop-up was at the 2019 Decatur Book Festival, see details below.
To buy books online from Destination: Books visit our store on Alibris at destination.alibrisstore.com
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Eclectic Books for Sale
- Back Issues of The Believer Magazine
Back issues of The Believer Magazine from 2008 to 2015. Go to the link for details. - Country Woodcraft: Then And Now
Signed by the author Drew Langsner. Originally published by Rodale Press in the 70s, Langsner revisited the work in 2020 and combined it with a new edition in this a gorgeously printed book. $52 - Down & Outbound: A Mass Transit Satire
This episodic work of fiction was designed specifically for mass transit riders ($11) plus shipping. For more about the book visit downandoutbound.com, which includes a one minute book trailer. - Edward Tufte Boxed Set
A boxed set of Edward Tufte classics of information design. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Envisioning Information, Visual Explanations and Beautiful Evidence. Like New. ($125 plus Shipping) - Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby (signed)
This 2010 paperback is signed by the author.($15) Plus shipping - McLuhan on the Nature of Media: Essays, 1952-1978
Edited and compiled by Richard Cavell, this collection of essays (in hardback) is perfect for McLuhan junkies ($14). - Songbook by Nick Hornby (signed)
This is a 2002 first edition of Nick Hornby's brief essays about the music he loves. Includes the accompanying CD ($50) plus S & H. The book is signed by Hornby and inscribed as well. - The Book Shopper: A Life in Review
This 2009 book by Murray Browne (owner and stevedore at Destination Books) is a spirited and witty guide to the world of disheveled used bookstores and book culture. ($12 plus S & H).