Yes, a big thankyou to the hundreds of people who attended our sale on the weekend – it was great to see the smiles on people’s faces as they grabbed some great bargains and found the sort of stuff they never really thought they would ever find! (But geez, it’s a lot of work!)Thanks also [...]
Sorry for the posting lapse – been flat out putting everything together for our Massive Second-hand Book Sale next weekend. But I wanted to let you know about a whole heap of new stock:For the sinister and disturbed minds, we have just received heaps of large-format Koontz, Higgins-Clark, King, Kellerman, Patterson, Cornwell and more. As [...]
OK, diaries out? Pens ready? Here are the details… Saturday, November 7 from 9am to 9pmSunday, November 8 from 9am to 5pmNorwood Town Hall, 175 The Parade (enter off George St) For the uninitiated:Some of you may remember our Massive Hills Sales in Mt Barker & Stirling. While these were a big hit, we are [...]
Drawn in by the blurb which is wonderfully? racist in it’s periodical (’50s) assumption that the major political issue of British mining companies searching for diamonds in South Africa is the nuisance factor of black people in the running of an efficiently legitimate corporate rape of their land!
Picked this up when i realised that in my mad, stupid panic to pack for my holiday I had neglected to include any reading matter! Never expected to get too far into it (we have two young kids who, at the ages of 4 & 2 haven’t grasped the concept of reading for relaxation, or, [...]
I had heard so much about this book that I was looking forward to the day when I read it and my life would be magically perfect as a result. Nothing can live up to such high expectations. So, I was underwhelmed – but it’s not the book’s fault. I love the concept, Gilbert’s writing [...]
This was recommended by one of the lovely volunteers down at the book shed. Its blurb describes it as “subtle,” and it is, but it is oddly gripping as the said Miss Garnet finally starts learning how to live – at retirement age – with a spontaneous solo trip to Venice. With heavy religious references [...]
After rereading all the Bond books by Fleming recently, rereading Pearson’s bio is a revelation. Instead of zeroing in on the authorly side straight away, Pearson gets right at the heart, that sad shy bitter man lurking in the heart of Bond. Every would-be writer must have this on their shelf, if only as a [...]
Nuremberg marked the first occasion where terms such as ‘war crimes’ and ‘crimes against humanity’ entered the legal lexicon. Rather than having a morbid fascination with what was unquestionably one of the most horrific and terrible regimes in modern history, I am looking to learn a little bit more about how the world’s current attitude [...]
Guess where we’re going for a holiday soon! I’m interested in the geology and this has a nice simple overview. Lots of different town and bush walks are detailed too looking at natural and settler history.