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PASSING by Nella Larsen (1929) via Oshun Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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THE SCHOOL OF LIFE: AN EMOTIONAL EDUCATION by Alain de Botton via Penguin imbibed at Kitasando Kissa
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Photo is outside of a cafe. There is a square black metal table. The turquoise paperback book with a yellow spine is on the table. To the left is a wooden rectangle tray with a small greyish green cup. Further to the left is a beaker of black coffee. A vast sidewalk and a street can be seen in the distance
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    EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE: FIRST LOVES & LAST TAKES by Oliver Sacks via @picadorbooks imbibed at Cafe The World in Okubo, Chiba
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    The photo is of a counter at the cafe where outside on a street you can see a Japanese man in a red long sleeve shirt & black jeans, with a yellow shirt slightly seen between shirt/pants. He is walking to the left as is a Japanese woman behind him in a white long sleeve shirt and jeans & white shoes & black backpack. She us shorter than the man. On the wooden counter in the cafe is the turquoise paperback book. To the left is a brown scone with a small silver fork in front, tines facing left. Both are on a grey plate. Behind is a blue mug of black coffee. A wooden house shaped sign can be seen up against the glass with CAFE THE WORLD on it, as can to its left a CAFE THE WORLD postcard with a colorful square mosaic image.
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    WHEN McKINSEY COMES TO TOWN: THE HIDDEN INFLUENCE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CONSULTING FIRM by Walt Bogdanich & Michael Forsythe via Vintage Books imbibed at Mills Coffee
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    Photo is outside of the coffeeshop. On a small round wooden table is the black paperback book with golden scissors & McKINSEY in red & the rest of the words in white. To the left is a wooden tray on which is a metal fork, a white napkin in plastic, a white mug of black coffee, a turquoise tray with a slice of brown sugar frosted cake & an oval dollop of cream on top, the whole thing on white translucent paper. Beneath the table on the street is a green stripe outlined by white line
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    DEAR GIRLS: INTIMATE TALES, UNTOLD SECRETS & ADVICE FOR LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE by Ali Wong via Random House imbibed at Mills Coffee
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    The photo is outside a cafe along the street. On a small round wooden table is the hardcover book featuring a photo of Asian American comedienne Ali Wong with long black hair & big frameless glasses. She is in a purple sequin long dress & purple high heels with a slit exposing her right calf. The dress exposes her left shoulder. She sits on an oversized pink chair with her hands on the armrests & her eyes closed Behind her is a green curtain that syncs with the green paint along the street that has a white birder. Above the border is a large white hiragana character for 'ma'. To the left of the book is a white mig of black coffee that says 'Mills Coffee & Hostel 1010' on it & the round swan logo for the coffeeshop
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    IDOL, BURNING by Rin USAMI translated by Asa YONEDA via Canongate checked out from Adachi Public Library imbibed at Buoy Cafe

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    The paperback library book is pink on top, turquoise on bottom with red outline of a bobbed women. To the left is a ling cylindrical glass with handle in the lower part full of black coffee on a brass coaster. All are on a round dark brown wooden table above a cement floor in a cafe
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    THE GREAT PASSAGE by Shion MIURA translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter via Amazon Crossing imbibed at Cafe The World Chiba 📚 💙
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    The photo is of inside cafe. On a brown wooden square table is the paperback library book which is white with segments of text looking like waves, above which is a half red circle resembling the flag of Japan and a sun. To the right is a brown wooden tray on which is a grey mug of black coffee. To the left on a small round white dish is a tan cookie. In the distance we can see the turquoise jeans of a patron and regular dark blue jeans of another. We can also 3 blue buckets for patrons bags underneath wooden stools.
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    DJINN PATROL ON THE PURPLE LINE by Deepa Anappara via Vintage Books & Adachi Public Library imbibed at Doutor
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    Photo is inside the cafe. On a round brown table is the turquoise paperback library book with a black illustration of a boy leaping left. On the left is a white and orange yoghurt drink in a glass. In the distance you can see 2 Japanese women sitting in the cafe, one with short hair with her face blurred and one with long hair from the back
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    TALK LIKE TED: THE 9 PUBLIC SPEAKING SECRETS OF THE WORLD'S TOP MINDS by Carmine Gallo via Pan Books & Adachi Public Library imbibed at Book Cafe Halekitazawa @Bookstodon @BookMastodon
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    The photo is of an outside glass round table with a pole in the middle for an umbrella. The is a paper cup where coffee stains can be seen on the inside. To the left is a white plate on which is a tower of fluffy pancakes with coconut cream covering. To the left of the pancakes is a little white container of green stuff. Behind it is a pineapple strip. To the left of that is the white paperback library book with TED in bright red.
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    SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES: AND OTHER LESSONS FROM THE CREMATORIUM by Caitlin Doughty via Canongate imbibed at Caffe Veloce @Bookstodon @BookMastodon
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    Photo is outside cafe seating at night. On a brown wooden round table is the white paperback library book with a photo of cremated remains on a rectangular silver tray. To the right is a cylindrical glass of black iced coffee. The vertical neon red sign of white letters, CAFFE vertical, VELOC horizontal. A blurred out Japanese cyclist is passing heading left beyond the fence
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    DEAD-END MEMORIES by Banana Yoshimoto translated by Asa Yoneda via Counterpoint imbibed at Cafe The World , Chiba
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    INVOLUNTARY CONSENT: THE ILLUSION OF CHOICE IN JAPAN'S ADULT VIDEO INDUSTRY by Akiko Takeyama via Stanford University Press imbibed at Mills Coffee
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    Photo is outside the cafe where a street can be seen with a green stripe against a white stripe. On a brown wooden round table is the pink paperback book with a woman's black naked silhouette. To the right is a mustard yellow mug of black coffee. Further to the right is a square white plate with a tan cookie with a strip of pecans in the middle.
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    LIFE ON THE SCREEN: IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET by Sherry Turkle via Simon & Schuster imbibed at Thai Coffee Beans
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    DEGREES OF DIFFERENCE: REFLECTIONS OF WOMEN OF COLOR ON GRADUATE SCHOOL Edited by Kimberly D McKee & Denise A Delgado via @illinoispress.bsky.social brewed with Maruca Coffee
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    LIAR'S POKER by Michael Lewis via Penguin Books imbibed at Hideaway Coffee Roastery
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    The paperback book is on a square glass table with metal edge. The book is gold with LIAR'S in big black letters & POKER in big blue letters To the left is red plastic packaging of a Biscoff biscuit. In the center is a white paper coffee cup with a black plastic lid. In the distance is the barista's counter where white coffee filtered hand drip coffee drippers can be seen on top of clear glass carafes. The torso of the barista can be seen behind the counter, wearing a blue dress shirt
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    BODIES AND MOBILE MEDIA by Ingrid Richardson & Rowan Wilken via @politybooks imbibed at Higurashi Bakery
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    The photo is of inside a cafe and you can see it raining outside via the wetness on a black square metal table outside. Inside the cafe on a light brown wooden table is the black paperback book with a skeleton looking at an extended smartphone. To the right is a white paper coffee of black coffee with a brown coffee jacket with the cafe's logo of a black circle & a loaf of bread in the middle
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    DIGITAL LABOR by Kylie Jarrett via @politybooks imbibed at Hashimoto Coffee @bookstodon

    Photo of a wooden bench on which is the yellow book with a black illustration of a scooter delivery driver heading right. To the left is a small black coffee cup & lid, the cup having white outlined images of cups. In front of it is a white plastic packaged chocolate that says HEART
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    THE FARM by Joanne Ramos via @randomhouse care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Kobayashi Shoten
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    The photo is of a light wooden square table on which is a white mug & saucer of black coffee. To the left is the hardcover library book THE FARM with 3 colored silhouette profiles of pregnant torsos - yellow, red, & turquoise. Above the coffee is a tiny square white saucer with a plastic colored shrimp cracker and tiny chocolate. The right chair is green, the left one yellow. In the distance are blurred Japanese adults & children. A woman in a black one piece dress is pedaling to the right. There are adults protecting children from such traffic because it is festival time and the children are helping with activities, dressed in blue happi jackets. One man's happi is green. A policewoman is on the right in a red police jacket.
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    YES TO THE CITY: MILLENNIALS & THE FIGHT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING by Max Holleran via @princetonupress care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Cafe de Crie @bookstodon

    Photo is a round wooden table inside a cafe. The hardcover white library book is in the center with drawings of buildings on it. To the left is a green & brown mint chocolate shake with a scoop of mint chocolate ice cream on top. In the distance you can see many green upholstered chairs and other wooden tables.
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    NOBODY KNOWS MY NAME by James Baldwin via Vintage Books care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Rokuhara Coffee #Bookstodon

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    The photo is on a table inside the cafe. There is a white mug and saucer of black coffee. To the right is a black paperback library book with Black author James Baldwin's face looking at the viewer. In the distance outside the cafe is a sidewalk with visible green shrubbery. To the left an old Japanese man is standing by a bus stop
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    CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner via Picador care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Noma Books
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    The photo is of inside the cafe. The orange paperback library book has an illustration of a young Asian woman with black her hands full of white outlined foodstuffs. Behind it is a light brown wooden tray. On the left of the tray is a piece of chiffon cake perpendicular on the plate with a small pile of orange rinds and on the right a dollop of whipped cream, all 3 of which of stripes of chocolate on them. To the right is a grey mug of black coffee on a small round wooden coaster. In the distance you can see a green plant, wooden tables and chairs and 2 headless men standing, one with a backpack
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    ATLAS OF AI by Kate Crawford via Yale University Press care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Mr Hippo Coffee
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    Photo is of inside a cafe. On the light tan wooden table on which is the hardcover paperback book with a blue circle with an illustration of a phrenology head looking at a tree above which are marionette sticks below which are 2 men across from each other on a grid the middle of which is a box. To the right is a white coffee cup of black coffee with a little hippo emblem on it. The cup is on a round green coaster in a small rectangular tan wooden tray. There is a blue/orange bag in the chair across the table. Outside the cafe is a large plastic soft serve ice cream cone light, to the right is a bicycle and the back of a man walking to the right
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    FREEDOM'S DOMINION: A SAGA OF WHITE RESISTANCE TO FEDERAL POWER by Jefferson Cowie via Basic Books care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Magnolia Cafe
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    Photo is of outside a cafe. The large orange hardcover library book is on the small round black metal table . To the right is a wooden tray on which is a clear cup of black coffee with a brown plastic handle. In front is a white plate with 2 yellow sugar sticks perpendicular. To the left is a green slated fence. In the distance is a parked turquoise electric bicycle with a grey collapsible stool in the front black basket. In the further distance is a Japanese woman pedaling to the right on her bicycle
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    INTERSECTIONALITY by Patricia Hill Collins & Sirma Bilge via @politybooks imbibed at Key's Coffee
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    Photo is of a brown cafe table with an upholstered black chair back with thick wooden arms. On the table is the paperback book, black with squares of various color stripes, alternating between vertical & horizontal. To the left is a plastic cup with KEY'S COFFEE on it. Inside is a white shake with yellow line of pineapple. There is whipped cream on top with pineapple pieces In the distance is the midsection of a woman in black shorts and a white t- shirt walking in front of an escalator
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    THE RIO DE JANEIRO READER: HISTORY, CULTURE, POLITICS Edited by Daryle Williams, Amy Chazkel, & Paulo Knauss via @dukepress care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at belle foret
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    Photo is of a marble counter on which is the paperback book where the top title is black text in orange, the subtitle text is white in green. The bottom blue has white text of editor's names. In between is a colorful photo of Brazilians of various ethnicities sitting along a colorful outside stairs. To the left is orange shaved ice in a glass bold. An orange slice is on top. Above between the two items is a tiny glass pitcher of purple liquid.
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    IF I HAD YOUR FACE by Frances Cha via Penguin Books care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Cafe the World Chiba
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    The photo is of the inside of the cafe. The orange paperback library book with 3 open flowers with prominent 3 stamens on each. The white purple green (outer to inner) resemble eyes. There's also a red lipsticked face with the eyes covered by the white strips of the title. To the right is a brown mug of black coffee.
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