A definition of what crime fiction is Here we take a brief look at the working definition of what crime fiction is: Crime fiction is the genre of fiction that deals with crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives. Most - though not all - crime novels crime novels share a common … Read more
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Thousands of used & near new Children’s Books
Children's Books What a beautiful morning, it is the weekend and the rain has stopped. The sun is shining and is quite warm. It is a really good start to the day. A day that children will love. It is also my granddaughter’s birthday. Happy Birthday wishes have been sent to her … Read more
Used Books in a Foreign Language
used books not English but foreign language Quite often we get used books & rare books in a foreign language. These present problems that at first you don't fully realize. Last week I saved some of these used books from a trip to the dump. Mostly German language used books, a … Read more
Maitland Market used books
Used books at Maitland Markets Another day in the search for and sale of second hand, rare and used books. In our search for and sale of used and second hand books , our day begins at approximately 4.30am. We are going to Maitland Markets to sell some of our extensive stock of used … Read more
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Tagged : Alice Springs, Bookbinding, Clive Cussler, Joy Dettman, Maitland markets, Nora Roberts, ozzbooks, secondhand books, used books
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Searching for rare & used books
What a difference a day makes searching for used books Here at Lake Macquarie Second Hand Books at Morisset, we have gone from major disappointment to happiness overnight. We were contacted to peruse second-hand & used books on Thursday evening at Sunshine. A mini jackpot in used … Read more
Posted in : A day at the bookshop, About books, Authors, Freaky Friday, News, Uncategorized
Tagged : Morisset, secondhand books, The Australians, used books, Vivian Stuart, William Stuart Long
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Neil Gaiman, and “All Hallows Read”
Neil Gaiman, and “All Hallows Read”. Join Biblio.com in celebrating our newest, favorite holiday. It has it’s ancient origins reaching all the way back to October 2010, when author Neil Gaiman proposed a global event to be held around Halloween each year, called “All Hallows … Read more
A lifetime collection of books all railway books this time
Great Books As a bookseller one of my main goals is getting the best used books I possibly can. A good way is to get these books is buying whole collections it can either be poetry, art or science fiction Australiana books. Its a delight to find collections, most of the good books I get come from … Read more
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Tagged : rail, Railway, rare books, rare train books, train books, train phamplets, Trains Australia, trains United Kingdom, trains United States, used books
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December 2010 a short story & a fast year
Seeing this is the second last day of 2010 & many funny things happen , why not list some down now before they are consigned to back of my brain to along with millions of other boring details, but fun memories of the people I meet and the things that happen at the Gateway Estate Bookshop. … Read more
People their stories & what makes them tick.
Hardly a day goes past that I don't meet someone that wants to write a book or has written a book. I would say that in the main they are very serious but usually after a short conversation you know who's serious who isn't, I'm always surprised at how candid they are telling details of their books … Read more
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Tagged : Authors, breast cancer, cancer, fatal disease, Lynn McCudden, self help, used books, Wake Up Call
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Book Review The Tribes Triumphant: Return Journey to the Middle East
by Charles Glass HarperPerennial; London; 2007; 472pp This book is very hard work but worth the trouble. The reader must wander with the author from Aqaba to Beirut via Jerusalem, Haifa, Gaza, Petra, Jaffa, Damascus and Beersheva, all the while wondering why we are bothering to … Read more
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Tagged : author, book review, Charles Glass, Dreyfus affair, Hamas, history, Israel, Jewish, lebensraum, Leon Uris, merchant of Venice, Middle East, Muslim, semitism
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