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The Brooklyn Library is a free workspace, a large number of books and a cozy coffee shop inside
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Staff Picks
The Book Eaters
By Sunyi Dean
An unusual sci-fi story about a book eater woman who tries desperately to save her dangerous mind-eater son from tradition and certain death. Complete with dysfunctional family values, light Sapphic romance, and a strong, complex protagonist. Not for the faint of heart.

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Cackle
By Rachel Harrison
Are your Halloween movies of choice The Witches of Eastwick and Practical Magic? Look no further than here - where a woman recovering from a breakup moves to a quaint town in upstate New York and befriends a beautiful witch.

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Dante: Poet of the Secular World
By Erich Auerbach
Auerbach's engaging book places the 'Comedy' within the tradition of epic, tragedy, and philosophy in general, arguing for Dante's uniqueness as one who raised the individual and his drama of soul into something of divine significance—an inspired introduction to Dante's main themes..

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The Last Queen
By Clive Irving
A timely and revelatory new biography of Queen Elizabeth (and her family) exploring how the Windsors have evolved and thrived as the modern world has changed around them.

Coffee Shop
Coffee & Tea
- Cold Brew Coffee $3
- French Press Pot $2
- Espresso $5
- Cappuccino $4
- Hot tea $2
- Cold tea $2
Desserts & Cakes
- Forest Gateau $16
- Blue Moon $16
- Truffle Cake $16
- Chocolate Cake $16
- Poet’s Dream Cake $16
- Pineapple Cake $14
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