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Books and Gifts Italiano offers travel guides
and maps. Luoghi e Libri
Milan is well supplied with good bookshops, many offering specializes in travel books,
foreign-language publications as well as books in Italian. novels, non-fiction and original
The larger bookstores in the centre are usually open late in language books. Comic-book
the evening and also on Sundays. They have plenty of space fans should visit La Borsa del
Fumetto, which also has rare
where you can quietly browse through the books on display and old editions.
at your leisure. In addition there are plenty of small Besides travel guides, the
bookshops, many stocking rare or out-of-print books. Libreria dell’Automobile
Around the University there are many specialist bookshops. stocks handbooks and
Music fans can head for the megastores and the many music illustrated books on cars and
motor cycles. Libreria dello
shops in town, while the specialist gift shops will help those Sport features books and
interested in buying presents to take home. videos on all kinds of sport,
and Libreria dello Spettacolo
specializes in theatre and
Bookshops publications is Il Trovatore. biographies of famous actors
The Mondadori Multicenter Out-of-print editions, scores and actresses. Libreria della
is centrally located and open and libretti are offered together Natura is another great
daily until 11pm. It stocks with valuable rarities such option for a wide variety
newspapers and periodicals as facsimiles of scores by of books specializing in
(including international ones) Donizetti or Verdi with the botanic and garden design,
along with new releases, both composers’ signatures. This zoology and trekking.
fiction and non-fiction, for music store also provides a
visitors who read Italian. It catalogue of its publications. Music, CDs & Records
also has a café on the first Books Import specializes
floor, Puro Gusto. in books on art, architecture, A good music shop in the city is
Computer buffs should head design and photography, almost the Ricordi Media Store, which
for Mondadori Informatica, all of which are published has parts and scores as well as
which is a paradise for anyone abroad. Their section on hobbies books on composers and their
who is interested in IT. is particularly good. Bookshop works. It is open even on
Another large, well-stocked Armani, on the first floor of the Sundays (until 8pm), offers
and very popular bookstore Armani complex in Via Manzoni, discounts on items at least once
is Rizzoli in the Galleria Vittorio specializes in books on fashion, a month and also has a ticket
Emanuele, which has a fine travel and hotels, and the arts. office for con certs. Another
arts section. L’Archivolto, which spe cial- good destination for music
Feltrinelli has six bookshops izes mostly in architecture lovers is Mondadori. Located
in Milan, which are open every and design, also has a section over three floors, it boasts a
day including Sunday. The main on antiques with books from vast range of records, tapes and
bookshop in Piazza del Duomo, the 1500s to the present. CDs, as well as a well-stocked
almost 500 sq m (5,380 sq ft) This shop also has modern section with books on music
in size, has more than 60,000 design objects on display. in various foreign languages.
books and offers various The Libreria della Triennale The Bottega Discantica is
services, such as wedding lists, also deals mainly in books on a paradise for lovers of opera
to its customers. architecture and design, but and church and symphonic
Five-floor Hoepli is a serious has a well-stocked children’s music, while Serendipity is
bookstore steeped in tradition. book section as well. a shop with a British flavour:
It specializes in scientific Art lovers will also enjoy besides the latest trends in
publications and subscrip tions the Libreria Bocca, in the music, there are records that
to foreign periodicals. The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. are almost impossible to find
American Bookstore specializes The Libreria dei Ragazzi is elsewhere and a wide range of
in English-language literature the only bookshop in town Italian and foreign periodicals
and the Il Libro has a good entirely given over to chil dren’s as well as rare music-themed
selection of publications books, with games and T-shirts. Buscemi Dischi is
in French. educational books. The Libreria one of the best-stocked and
For second-hand books, del Mare, as its name suggests, low-priced music shops and
go to Il Libraccio, which offers a wide range of prints is especially recommended
has a number of branches. and books on the sea (il mare), for jazz lovers.
Besides school textbooks, it while the Libreria Milanese Trony, on Via Torino, has a
has various books, comic has books (including photo- large assortment of music,
books and even CDs. graphic ones), prints, posters computers and phones, as
A small shop where opera and gadgets concerning Milan. well as a coffee shop and a
fans can find interesting The Libreria del Touring Club ticket office for events.

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