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!

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. 

1 year anniversary - Yey!

 1 year ago...

In july 2013 I sold my first books. In total we sold 6 books that month, which is terrible, but for me at that time, having just opened the doors and done no publicity, it was big! Luckily the next month was much better, and since then we have steadily grown every month. We started out with around 200 books one year ago and now we have around 2000 in our collection. There is still A LOT of growth potential in the store, but it´s nice to look back once in a while at where we started and see how far we have come. It gives me even more pleasure thinking about that one year and 1 month ago the bookstore was just an idea, something we thought that we might never do, but it would be so cool if we did it.

How to start? - DIY!

I started my bookstore with very few books, a low budget and no inventory in the room where I was going to set up the store. But still I was determined that there was going to be a bookstore! Luckily, in our backyard we have a lot of crap lying around, and as it turned out, a few treasures also. And so I started building my first bookshelf with old cement blocks and wood I found in the backyard. After a few coats of varnish I think it turned out to look kind of antique style, which I love!