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Brused not broken; Downtown Pullman bookstore survives 22 years by providing plenty of copy, clever name
Bruce Calkins thought it was a clever idea 22 years ago. He combined the words “used” with “bruised,” two words not too far removed from Calkins’ first name. The result: “Brused Books,” a part of the downtown Pullman business landscape since 1981, at one location or another. How many folks have come in to tell…
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Best of the Palouse
BEST BOOKSTORE1st PLACE: Brused Books, Pullman2nd PLACE: BookPeople of Moscow3rd PLACE: The Bookie, WSU
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Whitman County Gazette – Brused Books named best bookstore in the Palouse
Local bookstore, Brused Books celebrated being named the Best Bookstore in the Palouse by the Inlander’s 2024 Best of on Thursday, March 28. The bookstore, located at 235 East Main Street and owned by Sandy Castle del Conte since 2022, filled with a crowd of people. Those in attendance were able to meet the merchant and her…
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Pullman, WA is the #69 Best City to Live in the USA
What is the best local bookstore in Pullman? More than two decades ago, the name for Bruce Calkins’ used bookstore came to him in a dream. Brused Books features nearly 90,000 gently loved fiction and nonfiction books.
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Brused Books: Meeting all your needs for 36 years
CATHERINE KRUSE, Evergreen life editorMarch 2, 2017 I walked in with my most recent paycheck. I walked out with $80 worth of Disney songbooks, Irish mythology, Sherlock Holmes, a classic Winnie-the-Pooh and Japanese language books. I’m a proud bibliophile with a short bookshelf and two small boxes overflowing with books. During my first walk through…
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