Thrilled to say Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd is now a bestseller on @AbeBooks. Thanks & good luck to the David Bowie book club.
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Welcome to AbeBooks (a.k.a ABE) and our world of wonderful books. Use #foundonabe to celebrate your amazing discoveries.
- Do you buy more books than you can read? The Japanese word for that is 'tsundoku'. Guilty! bit.ly/1rxuNjM
- Cruising through #Jordan with 'Nancy', the vintage @MercedesBenz covered in #books. middleeasteye.net/in-depth/featu…
- Antiquarian bookselling is a male-dominated profession. @rebeccaromney & Heather O’Donnell from @honeyandwaxbks describe the current situation for women sellers and outline the changes that are happening. #WomensDay #PressforProgress bit.ly/2Fjoe1O
- Never read Ulysses by James Joyce? When Matisse was commissioned to supply illustrations for the Limited Edition Club in 1935, he failed to read it and created artwork based on Homer's epic story.
- Dr. John Thorndyke was literature’s first forensic detective. He made his debut in this 1907 novel. A cache of diamonds is stolen & the only evidence is a perfect thumbprint left in a pool of blood. This book paved the way for @1pcornwell’s Kay Scarpetta. abebooks.com/book-search/ti…
- Somebody just bought all 462 issues of the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction that were printed between 1949 and 1989. The stories include Flowers for Algernon, Starship Troopers & Canticle for Leibowitz. There's a lifetime of reading here.
- Wendell Berry, the bookstore dog at Windows Booksellers in Eugene, Oregon. A true guardian of the shelves!
- We give thanks to Olive, Mabel and @MrAndrewCotter for cheering everyone up. Two very good dogs... abebooks.com/9781785303227/…
