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A foreign-language bookstore in Kensington Maryland with a focus on Central Europe: Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, German, and other languages. Jayhawk. Hockey fan. St. Pauli FC

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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 28/09/2026
Headed to Germany, a little relaxation before the hustle and bustle of the @buchmesse.de in Frankfurt - but have no fear the bookstore will still be open - and just think of the great books that will be arriving soon!
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 26/09/2026
New title by Maria Kuznetsova and Dan Storyev. Do you know the phrase, Докажи что не верблюд? How does one prove that you're not a camel? Americans are unfamiliar with what happens in an authoritarian state, with the specialized vocabulary these regimes create... This book is your introduction
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 26/09/2026
Yes, it's gray outside and maybe a little windy, but the bookstore is open. What? Did you expect sun and blue skies every day?
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 25/09/2026
Nichts zum lesen? Save 20% on these titles by Heinrich Böll thru October 13th. bergstrompressbooks.com/de/fiction/5...
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 25/09/2026
It's the weekend! What to read, what to read... Save 15% on all non-sale books this weekend - use code 5MZ1KUEC at check-out! bergstrompressbooks.com/en/
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 22/09/2026
Two recent state elections in Germany. Two political earthquakes. What do these results mean for Germany? For Merz? For Europe and the world? Save 15% bergstrompressbooks.com/en/politics/...
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 22/09/2026
The last season of Babylon Berlin is out in Germany. But have you read the novels? Save 15% thru Sept 26th with the code ozapft26!
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 19/09/2026
O'zapft is! To celebrate the opening of the 191st Oktoberfest, save on German books all week! Just use the code ozapft26! bergstrompressbooks.com/de/110-german
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 15/09/2026
It's a beautiful morning, hints of the approaching fall weather. Perfect day to visit the bookstore and join us for tonight's author talk with @meduza.io author Aleksandr Gorbachev and his book about music
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 12/09/2026
It's a gray day. Turn off the TV - there's nothing good to see there. Take a stroll, hit the cafe, walk on over to the bookstore, and discover some new literature - maybe these two translations from our friends @newvesselpress.bsky.social
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 11/09/2026
What do you see? Do you see children's books and fiction? To Russia these are "military targets." This summer 10-13 million books have been destroyed in Ukraine. Books just like these in our bookstore. Books published by our friends. Don't look away #standwithukraine
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 04/09/2026
Join us Tuesday, Sept 15th at 7pm in the bookstore for a talk with Aleksandr Gorbachev, music journalist and author. He will talk about his book Kogda my poem podnimaetsia veter. Kratkaia istoriia populiarnoi muzyki v Rossii XXI veka, published by @meduzaproject.bsky.social
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 01/09/2026
A few years ago I made it out to Westerplatte. Where, 87 years ago today, Germany attacked Poland, sending the world into a global war. Many in the West ignored the warnings and signs, promised aid to Poland never materialized and the war spread. Lessons forgotten. #westerplatte
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 31/08/2026
Did you know that we are also a map store? It seems some online maps are getting less and less reliable, but they still like to track you. Something a paper map doesn't do! Stop by and browse our #maps #mapstore #ontario #lakeontario bergstrompressbooks.com/en/city-maps...
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 28/08/2026
Support these publishers any way you can. Buy a book, by a book in translation (try HURI Books for example) or donate directly. We will continue to import and offer for you everything from Ukrainian classics to translations.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 28/08/2026
Once again, we receive word that another Russian missile has destroyed, not a military target, but Ukrainian books. Our friends Ababahalamaha reported that their warehouse was hit. Other reports mention at least 60,000 books burned and destroyed in the attack. Why?
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 19/08/2026
"'It doesn't concern us,' my mother would say, turning off the TV, 'It doesn't concern us,' she said when the neighbors wanted to discuss the news she had switched off the night before, 'It doesn't concern us,' she warned as crowds gathered for a protest rally..." #womenintranslationmonth
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 08/08/2026
A special highlight and one of the most popular anthologies of translations we've had in the bookstore. Amanat is a collection of 24 stories, translated from both Kazakh and Russian surveying women's writing since the independence of #kazakhstan #indiebookstore #womenintranslationmonth
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 08/08/2026
Wonderful surprise in today's mail from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social , a new, forthcoming title by @ioponomarenko.bsky.social . Can't wait to start! #Ukraine
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 06/08/2026
Nazi policies. Turns out, financial benefits. In the case of Nazi Germany, confiscated wealth and property was used to build a welfare state. Today, taxes paid by all are distributed to a chosen few or to states more loyal to the regime. Greed.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 02/08/2026
Are you a fan of the Netflix series Transatlantic? Anna Seghers was one of those German exiles the US Government especially didn't want to help due to her political views. (She did receive help from Varian Fry in Marseille and made it to Mexico). Her novel Transit is based on her experiences.
Anna Seghers Transit
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 01/08/2026
„DU BIST VERRÜCKT MEIN KIND, DU MUSST NACH BERLIN.” – Franz von Suppé – Now boarding direct to Berlin via our Maryland bookstore. #berlin #germany #indiebookstore
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 31/07/2026
Who says you have to read something serious this weekend? Why not have a great laugh instead?
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 31/07/2026
Saddened to learn about the passing of renowned El Paso author and artist Benjamin Alire Sáenz at 71. Rest in peace.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 19/07/2026
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 19/07/2026
Sometimes we sit back and think about how inspiring and also incredible it is that books continue to be published, printed, packed, and arrive in our Maryland bookstore. Daily Russian attacks, distribution issues, publishers & printers working, while being worried for their
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 18/07/2026
Still looking for that great read? The new arrivals are ready and waiting for your order! bergstrompressbooks.com/en/new-produ... Order before midnight Sunday and save 15% with the code: 5MZ1KUEC #indiebookstore
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 18/07/2026
Of course you need a Kafka bag to put you Kafka books in! Lucky for you, we've got the bag and the books. What's your favorite story? #kafka
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 18/07/2026
Seriously, people, act now to protect Chaco Canyon from these locusts. The regime has given the public only 14 days to comment and to protect. Thousands of years of history and culture will be destroyed for corporate greed. My photos. @raskin.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 17/07/2026
Unboxed, in the computer, and ready for you tomorrow! Look at these great fiction and non-fiction titles. Waiting for you in the bookstore. See anything exciting?
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 15/07/2026
Yay! Look at these translations in our main book display at the bookstore :)
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 15/07/2026
Don't be fooled by its brevity. In his last novel before his suicide in 1942, Stefan Zweig relates the story of an Austrian tortured and held in solitary confinement by the Nazis. His only mental escape, memorizing chess moves. The cost, his grip on reality. Discover this classic tale for yourself.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 13/07/2026
„Toleranz wird zum Verbrechen, wenn sie auf das Böse angewendet wird.“ “Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.” --Thomas Mann
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 11/07/2026
Why read a book? Storytelling is the oldest forms of human communication - it's in our DNA. Sharing stories binds us together, helps us understand others and ourselves better. Escape to distant planets, to the past/future. A reminder that we are not alone in facing the unknown. #read
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 10/07/2026
"Are you, are you Coming to the tree..." Looking to practice your language skills this summer? Join the Mockingjay and her struggle. #studylanguages #read #dystopia
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 10/07/2026
It's the weekend! Have you (re)discovered Brigitte Reimann? Before her early death at age 39, she was one of the leading authors in East Germany. Her novels often portrayed confident, outspoken female characters, matching her own personality. Discover her books in the shop. #germanliterature
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 07/07/2026
For exiles in Paris, like in Remarque's book, the hotel played a vital role. Hotel Exile examines the history of one such hotel: the Hotel Lutetia, which provided refuge for exiles and then, under German occupation, served as HQ for German military intelligence. Now in the bookshop.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 04/07/2026
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." Ray Bradbury
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 03/07/2026
Ever have an uninvited guest basically take over your birthday party? Not a lot of fun. So we will have our own celebration of #Freadom in the bookstore this weekend. Celebrate the freedom of the press and the freedom to read with us this weekend!
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 02/07/2026
A Russian strike targeted our colleagues at the Publishing House Bookchef. 800,000 books were destroyed. We will strive to work even more closely with our friends to bring more titles to our bookstore and into your hands. They aren't giving up, and neither are we.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 01/07/2026
It's going to be hot this holiday weekend, and sadly no Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year. A great reason to stay home and read - to celebrate #FREADOM, enshrined in the US Constitution. Use this coupon code and save 15% FREADOM26 during checkout. bergstrompressbooks.com/en/new-produ...
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 30/06/2026
Important literature is worth reading and we try to offer original and translation where possible. Bestselling author Volker Ullrich in his latest book (German from @chbeckliteratur.bsky.social English from @wwnorton.com), examines how a democracy collapses from the inside. #history #indiebookstore
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 30/06/2026
Today's delivery brought a great mix of new titles and titles back in stock. How's your summer reading list looking? Swing by the bookstore and keep building that TBR pile! #translatedliterature #indiebooks #indiebookstore
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 29/06/2026
Keeping a journal of these "interesting" times? We've got a couple of blank books in the bookstore that might already have the best title!
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 29/06/2026
Me: hmm no birds or even squirrels at the bird feeder this morning... Hawk: oh. Hi there neighbor. I too would like to eat at that bird feeder...
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 28/06/2026
What if you woke up one morning and discovered you had changed overnight into something even your own family didn't recognize or love. Your very humanity gone. How would you react? It couldn't be everyone else or the country you grew up in, right? (Re)Discover this classic tale by Kafka.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 28/06/2026
Is it the prettiest Sunday we have had so far this summer? No. But why sit at home and stare out of the window! Escape to the bookstore! It's nice and cozy, and lots to browse! We will be open this Sunday until 4pm.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 27/06/2026
But I'm not interested in politics, they say, ignoring the increasingly dramatic headlines. Ginster is a war novel about not going to war; about how war, far from the front, comes to warp every aspect of outer and inner life and to infect the workings of language itself.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 26/06/2026
Just in time for the weekend, reorganized the German language section, should be a lot easier to browse fiction and non-fiction. Sections for GDR history, Weimar, and more. Also sections for Austrian literature, children's books, and YA! #austria #Germanlanguage #indiebookstore
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrompressbooks.com · 19/06/2026
It's the weekend! Time for our weekend sale! Use the code 5MZ1KUEC during checkout and save 15%! Support indie bookstores bergstrompressbooks.com/en/
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