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Postby chris.ph » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:19 pm

i told her how much i can resell them for she shut up then for a change :lol: :lol:
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Postby Tonyblack » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:34 am

I got a copy of Darwin's Watch (I've never read it) for 99p and an unread (as new) copy of Amazing Maurice for £1.50. I also got a Bernard Cornwell thriller - Crackdown and a Sharpe DVD for £1 each from charity shops this morning. :)
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Postby pip » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:39 am

All is calm in wales then :D
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Postby Tonyblack » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:42 am

So far at least. :wink:
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Postby pip » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:47 am

Good stuff. :D
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Postby poohcarrot » Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:09 pm

Darwin's Watch is brill! :lol:
It'll put Last Continent in a whole new light. :D
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Postby chris.ph » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:03 pm

just got the 2002 diary for a tenner and the soul music jigsaw for 3pounds :D
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Postby meerkat » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:09 pm

lucky devil!
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Postby WannabeAngua » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:47 pm

My local library has a book sale going, each book 1 £, and I've picked up some books that caught my eye. Some of them are probably rubbish and I'll end up giving them away to a jumble sale or something.
However I did manage to find a book that my mother's been looking for for ages, so she'll be very pleased :D
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Postby Tonyblack » Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:57 am

I found a first edition hardback of Knight of Madness (short stories by various authors including Terry Pratchett's 'Hollywood Chickens'). That was £3 - more than I'd normally pay for a second hand book, but well worth it. :)

I also found 'Notes From a Small Island' by Bill Bryson for £1. I've never read any of his books, but lots of people have recommended him, so I'll give it a go. :D
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Postby meerkat » Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:03 am

Oh you'll love Bill Bryson, especially if you walk or get around a lot. He attracts wierd people like there is no tomorrow! Great Stuff!
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Postby poohcarrot » Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:47 am

I like Bill Bryson too. I like the one when he went back to the US after living in the UK, then went walkabout in the US. :D
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Postby Dotsie » Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:49 am

The Lost Continent, I'm reading that one now :D
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Postby poohcarrot » Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:05 am

If a non-US guy had written it, I bet there'd have been book burnings in the Bible Belt. :D
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Postby chris.ph » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:01 pm

i just won the four miniature books on ebay for 12 quid, which i think is a bargain :D
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