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- Thu August 4th, 2011, 6:21 pm
- Forum: Feature of the Month
- Topic: August 2011 BOTM: Queen by Right by Anne Easter Smith
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4937
I'm reading this but it's not grabbing me. Way to many modern sensibilities for my liking, plus the same old cardboard stereotypes, York=good Lancaster=bad. If only the politics of the time were that simple! Maybe I to am suffering from reading too many sugary Yorkist novels set in this time period...
- Fri July 8th, 2011, 3:22 pm
- Forum: Book Sellers/Traders
- Topic: Amazon, Abe books or book depository
- Replies: 117
- Views: 18759
[quote=""Veronica""]I don't really believe their map- according to the map on my computer there is always someone buying a book in Alice Springs, Australia (and it's not me!) - what about the rest of the country? Just happen to be one buyer?[/quote] They don't differentiate the different parts of Oz...
- Mon July 4th, 2011, 1:45 pm
- Forum: Book Sellers/Traders
- Topic: Amazon, Abe books or book depository
- Replies: 117
- Views: 18759
[quote=""Misfit""]Found this and a few other mentions by googling the two.[/quote]
Thanks Misfit.
Figured it was Amazon buying out the competition in their bid to rule the world...lol. Just hope they don't feel the need to fix something that's not broke--BD works just fine how it is!
Thanks Misfit.
Figured it was Amazon buying out the competition in their bid to rule the world...lol. Just hope they don't feel the need to fix something that's not broke--BD works just fine how it is!
- Mon July 4th, 2011, 1:17 pm
- Forum: Book Sellers/Traders
- Topic: Amazon, Abe books or book depository
- Replies: 117
- Views: 18759
[quote=""Amanda""]Well the options are narrowing now that Amazon are going to buy The Book Depository. Hope they keep their free shipping rates to Australia then.[/quote] NOOOOOOOOO!! That can only be be bad news! Do you know if it's Amazon.com or Amazon UK that's buying it? And is it both the US an...
- Thu June 9th, 2011, 11:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where Are You Now?
- Replies: 1456
- Views: 113294
- Thu June 9th, 2011, 5:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where Are You Now?
- Replies: 1456
- Views: 113294
[quote=""Vanessa""]It's 1189 and I, Lady Alix of Wanthwaite, am on my way to London disguised as a boy. Soothly, I am accompanied by a cunning Scot, none other than Lord Enoch Angus Boggs of Dingle-Boggs, and being chased by a knight by the name of Magnus Barefoot who wants my head on a spike! Oh wo...
- Sat March 19th, 2011, 4:02 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Forthcoming Books: 2011 Edition
- Replies: 826
- Views: 75876
[quote=""Tanzanite""]The Traitor's Kiss by Pauline Francis. UK release July 1, 2011. This is the captivating true story of the young Elizabeth I, as she struggles to survive the treacherous world of Tudor England. After the death of her father, Henry VIII, a young Elizabeth journeys to London to liv...
- Sat March 19th, 2011, 8:05 am
- Forum: Movies, Television, Radio, and Music
- Topic: The Tudors chat
- Replies: 204
- Views: 16904
- Wed March 16th, 2011, 4:14 am
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: What Are You Reading? March 2011
- Replies: 230
- Views: 23076
[quote=""fljustice""]Thanks for the laugh! As they say, a picture is worth.....[/quote] [quote=""Margaret""]Love that pic, Jemidar. You ought to go into designing greeting cards - wouldn't that one be irresistible for certain occasions?[/quote] Glad you both liked it :D . And yes, it would make a go...
- Wed March 16th, 2011, 3:15 am
- Forum: Feature of the Month
- Topic: November/December 2010: Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4404