Foreign Language Books

Our foreign language bookshelf

The majority of the books in our bookshop are in English and Spanish, as this is what most people are looking for. However, since the beginning we have tried to maintain a decent collection of foreign language books. I am from Norway, so I know that sometimes when you are travelling, maybe learning Spanish and full of new impressions, it is very comfortable to read a book in your own language.

Recently we purchased a huge amount of used foreign language books, and I dare say we might have the best selection of foreign language books in Nicaragua..! (Please contradict me if you have proof otherwise..) Actually we have so many that we don´t even have the space to display them all. Our foreign language section consists of books in Norwegian (of course), Swedish, Danish, German, Dutch, French and Italian. I also have a box of languages I can´t even identify, but I am pretty sure there is some Russian, Chinese and Polish.

Bird watching in León

If you are interested in bird watching, Nicaragua is your perfect destination. In our bookshop we offer books that will guide you to the best bird watching places in the country, help you identify the bird species and water proof field-guides you can bring on your expeditions. 

Mystic owl wall

When expanding and renovating the bookshop, I had the idea that on at least one of the walls I wanted to do something special. I had no idea what I wanted at the time, just something special. I have always loved the color blue, so we started by painting the wall dark blue - and then I guess it´s not a surprise we decided for an owl painting on the wall. I had a picture in my head, but I couldn´t find it anywhere by googling "mystic owl", "night owl" or "moon owl", and I certainly can´t draw. But I told the artist I wanted some kind of a mystic owl and an Harry Potter-ish setting. So this is what I got, and he couldn´t have read my mind any better!

Pallet-bookshelf-project

Massimo getting pallets
 for our project

Today I was looking at my bookstore - looking so different than two months ago, so much bigger, nicer, more like I want it to be. The bookstore has kept me quite busy lately, as we have expanded and made it twice the size! In doing so we have had to paint, fix electrical system, fix ceiling and roof - and get new bookshelves. The latter is the reason I felt inspired to finally write on our blog again, as it is my very first pallet project. I will write about all the other expansion-stuff in another blog post, but the pallet bookshelf deserves its on space.

Happy holidays from Búho Books!

Here in Búho Books we are ready and prepared for the holidays with christmas lights, christmas owls and old-fashioned wrapping paper for your gifts. 

The nicaraguan reading culture

Most nicaraguans that come in to my shop seem to have an opinion about the nicaraguan reading culture; they often comment "nicaraguans don´t read" or "we don´t have a culture of reading". And I always disagree with them. 

Footprint Guide Nicaragua 2014

I was so happy to open up the new Footprint Guide for Nicaragua and see that we were on page 202! I had ordered several copies of the guidebook on Amazon before even knowing this, so it was a pleasant surprise. 

I don´t know when the researcher visited our store or if I even talked to him without knowing who he was, but I am very happy they generously included us and wrote nice things about us. I can imagine that the store wasn´t at it´s best when he was here, since we only started up a year ago, and I think I can positively say that we have improved since then.