The idea for the beloved and iconic bookstore was "birthed on a bar stool less than 50 feet from its front door." Prospero's Books & Media is housed in a brick building with wooden floors and tin ...

Tom Wayne, left, and Will Leathem, owners of Prospero’s Books, are celebrating the shop’s 25 years in Kansas City. Nick Wagner nwagner@kcstar.com Amazon, smartphones, rising rents, shrinking attention ...

Prospero's Bookstore is housed inside of a building that was built in 1890. The first 20 years the building served as a grocery store and then a hardware store for the next 90 years. In 1977, Prospero ...