Thursday, September 12, 2013

Taschen Library at Joule Hotel: 'Super-Luxurious Tomes'

Shelf Awareness

"Did you hear the happy squeals coming from the Joule Hotel last week?" asked Joy Tipping of the Dallas Morning News, referring to her first glimpse of "the literary wonder that is the Taschen Library, the Joule's jewel box of a bookshop. To devoted book lovers--well, at least to this one--hearing the word Taschen sets off a Pavlovian response that involves drooling and checking one's bank account."

Tipping also noted that Taschen Library at the Joule Hotel features "staffers who share your love of books and the luxurious delight of simply paging through them. They take the Library in the store's name seriously, and there are sample versions of every book. Grab a few and sit at the gorgeous table, or relax on the softest down-filled couch on which you'll ever perch. One assumes they'll gently wake you up if you doze off. Believe me, you'll want to buy something, but you won't feel pressured to do so."

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