Inspiring Older Readers
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Cheltenham Rare Books posted on 14 Nov 2015
Here's some great news - a new second hand book shop has opened. Situated right next door to the brilliant Peter Lyons....
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The Weird Thing Is, Someone Once Paid Money For These….. posted on 13 Nov 2015
Just recently I have been sorting through boxes of books that have been donated for free ...
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Once in a House on Fire posted on 11 Nov 2015
Guest post by Yushra Fatima. I first saw this book in my brother’s room after he had to read it for his assignment a few years ago. ...
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Oh no! It’s nearly the season of the ‘funny book’… posted on 10 Nov 2015
Oh no! It’s nearly the season of the ‘funny book’… I’ll be straight with you – I’m not a fan of Christmas.
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Foyles in Birmingham Grand Central posted on 10 Nov 2015
I finally got to see the newly re-designed New Street Station in Birmingham and pretty impressive it is too.
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I Am Legend posted on 09 Nov 2015
Richard Matheson’s sci-fi / horror hybrid has become something of a classic and is cited by many authors – Stephen King included....
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Mr Norris Changes Trains posted on 08 Nov 2015
Published in 1935, Mr Norris Changes Trains, is the first part of what would become the Berlin Stories
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Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights posted on 08 Nov 2015
These two volumes were published in 1945 by the New York publisher, Random House.
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Cornell's Books, Tewkesbury posted on 06 Nov 2015
Cornell's Books, Tewkesbury This is a second hand bookshop in a really lovely old, half-timbered building that's full of character. Access to the shop is d
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House of the Sleeping Beauties posted on 04 Nov 2015
Kawabata is, I think, something of an acquired taste. He was Japan’s first ever winner of a Nobel Prize winner...