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Remember the days before the internet, television, and the fast pace of everyday life? Yeah me too, sort of.

It is hard with all that is around us just to sit back, have a moment to ourselves and just relax.

Not so.

The Post and Courier has a piece on local book stores, places where stories can take you anywhere you can imagine all while enjoying one's solitude. It also explores the personal touches that local book stores offer that are hard to find anywhere else.