Kinokuniya New York

The New York store located in the heart of midtown Manhattan, directly across the street from Bryant Park is the flagship store for Kinokuniya Bookstores of America.  The store opened in 1981 at the Rockefeller Center and then moved to the current location in 2007.  We expanded our collection after we moved to the Bryant park location to include a wide range and a finer selection of books in English to get a wider range of customers such as Locals, Tourists, Anime/Comic fans, people who are interested in Japanese culture, seekers of fine gifts etc.  We have a wide range of English books including literature, Art, Children's books, business books, etc.  Our New York store’s main floor is dedicated to books in English.  We also feature a large stationery section in basement that includes authentic Japanese products.  On the 2nd floor, we have a fine selection of manga in both English and the original Japanese, graphic novels, anime goods and toys as well as a cafe.  The store also periodically hosts signing events by writers, notable artists and creators.  https://usa.kinokuniya.com/stores-kinokuniya-new-york     

Micropolitan  Blend of micro- (prefix meaning ‘very small’) +‎ metropolitan.  

Adjective  micropolitan (not comparable)  (US)  Of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants; of a city:  less populated than a metropolitan area but more than a rural one.  coordinate terms 

Noun  micropolitan (plural micropolitans)  (US)  A city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants; a city which is less populated than a metropolitan area but more than a rural one.   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/micropolitan#English    

P. G. Wodehouse leaves his job at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Company in London to become a full-time writer (September 9, 1902.)       

Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and amateur poet, writes a poem called ““The Defence of Fort M'Henry”—which you now know as “The Star-Spangled Banner” (September 14, 1814). 

You can’t think of James Earl Jones without hearing his voice.  That booming basso profundo, conveying instant dignity or menace, was Jones’ signature instrument.  It brought power to all his stage and movie roles, most indelibly as Darth Vader in “Star Wars,” Mufasa in “The Lion King and as the voice of CNN.  That remarkable voice is just one of many things the world will miss about the beloved actor, who died September 9, 2024.  He was 93.  Jones had a distinguished career that spanned some 60 years and took him from a small-town theater in northern Michigan to the highest reaches of Hollywood, where he appeared in dozens of movies and TV series.   In the mid-1970s “Star Wars” creator George Lucas cast towering British actor David Prowse as the guy inside Darth Vader’s black suit, but decided he wanted someone else to voice the character.  “George thought he wanted a – pardon the expression – darker voice,” Jones once told the American Film Institute.  “I lucked out.”  Back then nobody imagined “Star Wars” would become a blockbuster, let alone an enduring franchise and cultural phenomenon.  Jones recorded all his lines in a few hours and was not listed in the film’s credits.  He said he was paid just $7,000 for the movie, “and I thought that was good money.”  Darth Vader’s climactic duel with Luke Skywalker in 1980’s “The Empire Strikes Back” became a dramatic high point in the “Star Wars” series – punctuated by Jones’ delivery of one of the most famous lines in movie history: “No, I am your father!”  Jones’ family moved from Mississippi to Michigan when he was 5, a traumatic upheaval that caused him to develop a stutter.  His fear of speaking rendered him almost mute until he got to high school, where a poetry teacher helped him overcome his disability by encouraging him to read his poems aloud.  Jones studied drama at the University of Michigan, served as an Army Ranger and then moved to New York, where he soon landed lead roles in Shakespearean stage productions.  He made his film debut in 1964 as a bombardier in Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove.”  Over his long and prolific career Jones won three Tonys, two Emmys, a Grammy, a Golden Globe and numerous other awards.  https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/entertainment/james-earl-jones-death/index.html   

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