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The Right Mistake ($23.00 $7.98 Basic Books)
Walter Mosley
"...[E]x-con, [Socrates Fortlow] living in South Central L.A. has been chiseled by his experiences into a hulking essence of wise humanity. An initial gathering of diverse characters (a Muslim, a Jew, a Buddhist, a gambler, a singer, a lawyer..., etc.) brought together by Socrates becomes an agent of change..."

Flowers for Algernon ($7.99 $4.00 Harcourt)
Daniel Keyes
"Born with an unusually low IQ, [Charlie Gordon] has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence - a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon..."

Reading Lolita in Tehran ($13.95 $6.98 Random House)
Azar Nafisi
"Azar Nafisi’s luminous masterwork gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a work of great passion and poetic beauty, a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny, and a celebration of the liberating power of literature."

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Comrade George ($75.00 Red Prison Movement)
Eric Mann
"An Investigation into the Official Story of his Assassination; His Work for the People and their Response to his Death. This is a light brown 64 page pamphlet published by the Red Prison Movement. The Matte cover has browned at the edges with slight soiling. A very good copy with no marks or other defects."

Prelude to Foundation ($200.00 The Easton Press)
Isaac Asimov
"SIGNED FIRST EDITION - In like new condition except for an Easton Press book plate on the dedication page with a partially erased name in ink. All other features are near perfect."

Layley ($24.95 $13.50 mixofpix)
John Donegan
"John Donegan at first wanted to photograph young Layley and her horse for an equestrian magazine. Then they left out the horse. Then her clothes. And finally all restrictions. Layley has the untapped sensuality of a beautiful fashion model. She has never modeled nude before. When she saw the first pictures, she began a sexual discovery of her own, so each new photo session was a fresh erotic discovery."

Philadelphia's Oldest Independent Bookstore

Welcome To My Neighborhood Robin's Book Store is the oldest Independent Book Store in Philadelphia, opened by my grandfather in 1936. I have lived in Center City for over 60 years and have worked in the book business for over 40 of them. The joy of the book business is that you are working with language, ideas, and people. Have you read this author? Here is so & so's new book. Let me show you this poet I just "discovered." Precious commodities to be shared. And then there is politics! I believe in Democracy, I believe that people must have total access to all information. We are always fighting the Freedom To Read battle, from Tropic of Cancer in the 60's to Child Access laws in the 70's, to Salmon Rushdie in the 80's, to Jock Sturges in the 90's, to the Patriot Act today. We carry The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf. As Ralph Wiley said at an autographing here, "Nobody ever learned anything by not reading something." We do individual author and group events, we do poetry and politics, we have a great African American section, and really good poetry, literature and children's sections, lots of psych and new age, and some of everything else. We have a second floor full of used books and magazines. We play blues, jazz, and classical music depending on my mood.