Capricorn Books
An independent bookshop on Yorkway Place, the kind you walk into for one title and leave with three. Shelves deep enough to lose an hour in.
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Alessandro Reale Book Signing
Three hours of book signing at the shop on Yorkway Place, noon to three on a Sunday. Drop in, no registration listed on the shop calendar.
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