НМТ 2025

Books For Cooks

If you notice a smell when you enter Books For Cooks, don’t be alarmed. It’s the kitchen at the back, for testing the recipes in the books they sell. Books For Cooks has more than 8,000 food-related titles on topics such as nutrition, chemistry, sociology, history, art (even foodie fiction and biography) besides an outstanding selection of recipe books. The shop provides free wrapping.

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GW Hurley

A stone’s throw from the seafront, GW Hurley stands in the middle of the high street, a glass-fronted building you simply cannot miss. The shop started life as a newsagent’s in the 1920s and has been in the same family ever since, expanding over time to sell books, toys and sportswear. The bookshop is modern and spacious. The shop has an excellent transport history section.

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Stanfords

Stanfords is the world’s largest specialist travel bookshop. It was set up by Edward Stanford in 1853. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about it in Hound of the Baskervilles. After more than 100 years in its former home, the bookshop relocated to its current site just around the corner at 7 Mercer Walk, where customers can find the same selection of travel stock. Now, it welcomes thousands of prospective explorers who come to browse their huge collection of maps, globes and travel guides.

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Dulwich Books

Light, airy and modern, with an active presence on Twitter and Facebook, Dulwich Books could be a model for the future of independent bookselling. Internet orders are handled by the “shop locally online” service, while friendly and knowledgeable staff are in store to offer the personal approach. Established 30 years ago, it regularly holds evening talks, signings and kids’ activities.

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Kenilworth Books

This bookshop has a strong children’s section, with activity books, annuals and fiction titles selling particularly well. Hardback novels are popular with adults. Kenilworth Books has a large area devoted to fiction, cookbooks, travel guides, maps and books on local history. Every year the shop also arranges a number of cookery demonstrations. It also sells classical and jazz music.

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