Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore

07/17/2024

Farewell and Thank you to our Authors, our Customers & our Community from 1990-2024!

06/21/2024

Our bookcases are empty now, except for collectibles and memorabilia.
Thanks to all who supported us over our 34 years!

06/19/2024

Celebrate/Commemorate
Juneteenth !

06/11/2024

BOOKCASES FOR SALE!
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Shelves are of 3 different styles:
Upright shelving, 84 " tall,12" deep in solid oak, cherry stained, with 1 fixed shelf / 4 movable shelves.
7 are 48 " w.
9 are 36" w.

In addition, the following are for sale:

4 magazine style displays, painted,ea. with four shelves.

4 flat display tables 2'x4'x3' with built-in storage space, coaster wheels & removable fabric curtains. All 8 vintage painted display shelves are original furnishings from the Krochs & Brentanos flagship store on Wabash.

All of these shelving units are open for bidding. Buyer must transport items. Bids accepted no later than June 21, 2024. Please email [email protected] to inquire.

06/06/2024

While they last...

05/22/2024

Ed Letwenko, artist, reader, Sherlockian,
R.I.P. May, 2024

05/19/2024

Harriette Gillem Robinet
📖 +R.I.P.+

05/11/2024

Farewell Sally and thanks for your energy & creativity.R.I.P

05/06/2024

What book(s) would your Mom like for Mother's Day..
a mystery..? biography..? or
a book bundle surprise! 📚 💌
(Don't wait too long-we're closed on Sundays now!)

05/02/2024

Small Business Week started Sun.
So why are Amazon & other mega- corporations included in the "virtual summit" partners? What part of SMALL business don't they understand ?! Tell SBA to dump mega- corporations from Small Business Week !

04/26/2024

Saturday, April 27th
is
Independent
Bookstore Day!
(While we're not official participants, visitors are welcome to say farewell 12-5p)

04/23/2024

A Merry Birthday on this date to William Shakespeare!📃🎭

04/19/2024

In Reference to April
and Earth Day 🌍...

04/14/2024

Tonight only Centuries and Sleuths will host Forest Park Theater for Jane Eyre!

LOCATION CHANGE FOR TONIGHT'S READING

Tonights Jane Eyre performance has been moved to Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore - 7419 Madison Street in Forest Park.

Forest Park Theatre is proud to present a reading of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, adapted by Polly Teale.


-Sunday April 14th - 7-9pm Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore - . 7419 Madison Street in Forest Park.

Tickets range from $5-$20 and can be purchased online at https://bit.ly/3MvQtyS or at the door.

04/12/2024

💐Did you know why April is Poetry Month? 📖

04/07/2024

Remember in April,Poe didn't just write mysteries...
poet, literary critic & the godfather of American gothic..📖

A Dream Within a Dream by
EDGAR ALLAN POE

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow —
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

04/04/2024

In recognition of April as Poetry Month, we highlight a sprinkling of poetry & art books.

03/27/2024

03/26/2024

Perhaps if the Romans had named this month after Venus,the goddess of love,instead of Mars, god of war,humanity would have suffered less of this..

03/22/2024

Unbelievable as it sounds the SBA invited Ama_*on to be one of its Small Business Week Partners! SBA dump Amazon❗

03/20/2024

Spring ! 📚 When we can choose whether to read inside-or out!

03/18/2024

Women's History Month continues...📚

03/16/2024

Today only at 2:00 pm ! Author event with Rev. Tom Holmes for
Progressive Disorder: A Memoir of Loss, Respons-Ability and Redemption

03/15/2024

Have a Happy (well-read) St. Patrick's Day this weekend! 📚 ☘