{"id":17011,"date":"2017-10-19T10:05:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T15:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=17011"},"modified":"2017-10-19T10:05:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T15:05:50","slug":"good-book-hunting-wednesday-october-18-2017-half-price-booksthe-book-exchange-leavenworth-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/19\/good-book-hunting-wednesday-october-18-2017-half-price-booksthe-book-exchange-leavenworth-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Book Hunting, Wednesday, October 18, 2017: Half Price Books\/The Book Exchange, Leavenworth, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I had to drive up to Leavenworth on business yesterday (the actual drive time: 8 hours round trip; the actual time spent on the business: 15 minutes). Instead of turning around in the late afternoon and returning home right away, I booked a room for the night.<\/p>\n

Which meant I had a little time to kill before hitting the bed. When alone in a strange town, what do you think I do?<\/p>\n

This security camera footage captured it:<\/p>\n

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I’m not actually sure what the book store’s name is. On the map, it’s Book Exchange, and as the photo indicates, there’s a little metal sign indicating the parking in front of the store. However, bigger signs say Half Priced Books. So the name is one or the other. It’s right next to a martial arts school, and while I was browsing the books, I could hear the classes going on. Not just the sensei; I heard the students’ responses.<\/p>\n

At any rate, I picked up a couple things mostly to be polite.<\/p>\n

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I got:<\/p>\n