Detroit used book tour
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For my birthday this year my wife and I decided to go on a used book store tour in/near Detroit (this also happened to be on the opening day of the Tiger’s season) I wanted to document this trip. It was a great trip and a lot of fun.
We started our trip at “The Self Esteem Shop” this store sells a variety of items (including new and used books) relating to self-esteem, self-help, psychology etc. Passing by this store frequently, it does make you wonder what is inside here is a picture:
The signs outside describe their book listings as “Books to improve your life” “For ages 1 to 101″. The employees were very friendly and although we didn’t have any questions, it did seem like they were ready to answer any questions if we did have them. Most of the books were what you’d expect, psychology books, self help, improvement. Some of the books though, were quite odd. I am by no means a psychiatrist or therapist, but giving a child a book called “We were going to have a baby but had an angel instead” doesn’t seem to bode well for a kid’s self esteem. I obviously don’t know though, it might be very helpful, I’ve thankfully never been in a situation where it might be needed. Another book that kind of put me off was one by known fraudster Sylvia Browne. I don’t think most book stores you can judge by their content, I am only judging the Self Esteem Shop by it’s content because that’s what appears to be it’s main selling point. I don’t really think that these 2 books ruined the experience by any means anyway! They had a lot of books on childhood development to help children who have ADD/ADHD/Autism and other learning disabilities. Non-competitive (cooperative) games, and puppets. If you are a teacher I would definitely suggest peaking your head in here as there are so many great resources.
Books we bought: We found a book “Ten Days to Self Esteem” which seemed to be a nice introduction to helping improve one’s self image. Another book we got was “The Well Managed Classroom”
All in all, it was worth a drop in at the very least. I really wish that stores like this would be less inclined to sell the psychic and speaking to the dead nonsense, but that’s just my hangup I guess.
Self Esteem Shop (248) 549-9900 selfesteemshop.com 32839 Woodward Ave, Royal Oak, MI 48073
The next stop was “Classic Book Shop” also on Woodward
248-549-0220 Location
32336 Woodward Avenue
Royal Oak, Michigan 48073
This place definitely was an unexpected (and pleasant!) surprise. A variety of older books of all kinds, lots of categories. All packed into this small shop. The shop keeper kept mostly to himself while we shopped around. The prices in this store were more than reasonable, hardcovers rarely were over $20 (and if they were you could see why). I would definitely recommend this if you are looking to find a book, but don’t know quite what you’re looking for and like to find things off the beaten path.
Books from "Classic Books"
We bought the following books here to give you an idea of price our total was about $70 :
A translated copy of “Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica” which also includes “Optiks” by Newton
4 John Steinbeck novels “The Long Valley” “In Dubious Battle” Tortilla Flat” “Cup of Gold”
“God Created the Integers” a collection of the great mathematical works, with commentary by Stephen Hawking
“Cosmos” a companion guide to the television series by Carl Sagan
“Guillotine” a history of the instrument most popularly used during the French Revolution
“Travel Log” a useful book for travelers of the world.
“Pardon My Body” a pulp fiction type novel which amused us (Classic Books had these at the end of some of their bookshelves, very fun and interesting books).
This book store is definitely a must stop place for the book lover, lots of great finds and very friendly service, they also offer a book repair service.
odward Ave, Royal Oak, MI 48067
Our next stop was Royal Oak Books this book store is located on a corner of Woodward near 12 Mile. The outside of it definitely looks aged and the inside is the same. The selection of books was varied in here, but much more overwhelming. Many of the books were on the top shelves where even Manute Bol would have trouble reaching them. The shop keep was a nice lady who had 2 cats keeping guard. The cats helped show us through the store in exchange for pets. Seriously though, the amount of books was overwhelming, there was a large selection of paperbacks (things like Grisham and Christie) a room for religious books (mostly Christianity). Some of the shelves were noticeably worn and old.
There wasn’t too many books that I was interested in, but I did find “A Brief History of Time” which is something that I had found at the library many times as a kid, but I’ve never owned. So I was happy to be able to take it off their hands.
The next book store we visited was John K King Books North
Ferndale residence will recognize this from the sign post above the store. This book store offers a variety of selection in a well organized fashion. They are a little more modern than other used book stores. They have signs clearly stating the section you are in the front desk workers are regularly eager to help. They usually have some kind of great music playing when you walk in ( a variety of R&B when we went on Thursday). This store is where I originally got my “The World of Mathematics” collection from a couple of months ago.
However we did get “Turkish Reflections” and “Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire” on this trip. Totally worth it. This is a great book store even to just browse around in (although they have great prices so you really should just buy something).The layout of the store is really nice, their shelves aren’t too high or too low, multiple rows make for easy viewings. There is a young adult section too. One thing they are happy to remind you of with a quote by Patton Oswald: “If you haggle in a used book store, you are FUNDAMENTALLY EVIL”
169 West 9 Mile Road Ferndale, MI 48220
After a little bit of fighting with our GPS (which hasn’t been updated in a while) we made it to King’s Books in downtown Detroit (“De Twai” for those who like to speak with French accents)
Detroit
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