English-language Books and Newspapers
The News ( www.novedades.com.mz/the-news.htm ) and international weeklies are available downtown from newspaper stands (especially along 5 de Mayo), but for most other items you'll need to head to the Zona Rosa or Colonia Polanco. Sanborn's, dotted all over town, usually have a modest supply of English-language material, much of it business oriented. The airport has numerous small shops partly stocked with English-language magazines and airport novels, plus a few foreign newspapers. The best bets are the Cenca store in Sala E2, and Libros y Arte between Salas C and D. American Book Store , Bolivar 23 (tel 5512-0306). Despite the name, their stock of books in English is limited and mostly business or computer oriented. OK for a few paperbacks, magazines and newspapers. Mon-Sat 10am-7pm. Casa de la Prensa , Hamburgo 141 at Amberes (tel 5208-1419). A good source of magazines and newspapers in English, German and French. Mon-Fri 8am-10pm, Sat & Sun noon-9pm. Cenca , Temistocles 73, near cnr of Mazarik and Arquimedes in Polanco (tel 5280-1666), has a good selection of magazines, novels and even a few guide books, plus a  © 2003 by Rough Guides Ltd. as trustee for its Authors. Published by Rough Guides. All rights reserved. Rough Guides name is a trademark of Rough Guides Ltd. Buy the book here!
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good cafe next door for reading them all. Mon-Fri 8am-10pm, Sat & Sun 9am-9pm. Metro Polanco. La Torre del Papel , Callejon de Betlemitas 6a, beside the Museo del Ejercito y Fuerza, near Bellas Artes. Stocks up-to-date newspapers from all over Mexico and Latin America with a good showing of US, British, Spanish and Italian newspapers, plus magazines such as National Geographic, The Economist, Entertainment Weekly and Paris Match . Mon-Fri 9am-6pm Sat 9am-3pm.
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