The best bookshop in Rio, albeit quite expensive, although you may pick up a bargain since they have a huge and old stock. They're very strong in the humanities and have a separate literature/travel shop opposite. Note, you won't find this unless you look for it. You have to find a big office block with Marques do Herval written on it on the block of Rio Branco after the Biblioteca Nacional (coming from Cinelandia). Go into this and then down a spiral ramp and turn left into a corridor.
MATRIZ Av. Rio Branco, nº 185 Ed. Marquês do Herval - Subsolo - Lojas 2,3,4 e 9 Centro - Rio de Janeiro CEP: 20045-900 Tel: |21| 2533.2237 Fax: |21| 2533.1277
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