This unique bookstore and ranch needs a new owner (with $1.52 million to spare).

I have a terrible habit of going on the internet and looking at properties I can’t afford. (A hobby many of my fellow millennials share, I’m sure.) From my cramped Brooklyn apartment with pots of spaghetti piled haphazardly in the kitchen, I like to criticize the design choices of millionaires on the Upper West Side. […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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[ Fast Company | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Engadget | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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