A good few book bargains

grabec · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:27 pm

...this month in the Book People catalogue. I've just received about £90 worth of books for 11 quid.
You don't need to join anything or buy a set number of books per month, or any of the usual catches. It's www.thebookpeople.co.uk

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

You do know that home reading is ruining public poetry reading. :wink:

grabec · **Posted:** Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:33 pm

Oh, here we go....the lily-livered liberal brigade again..... :evil:

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

BritishWestHpool · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:35 pm **Posts:** 1243

Hawklord wrote:

You do know that home reading is ruining public poetry reading. :wink:

I'm obviously missing a private joke here but not in Newcastle its not. Tony Harrison reading on Thursday. I went to one last Thursday. I'm on twice next month. Thriving monsieur.
I'm off to look at this book people site now...

What books did you get Grabec?

grabec · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:17 am

Well...um...I did get a few poetry books...Carol Ann Duffy. Mr Hawklord must have X-Ray eyes :grin:

In mitigation I also got Shakespeare's complete works. Don't suppose William is that bothered about live performances, where he is. :wink:

I saw Tony Harrison was on, British West. I agree Newcastle is pretty hot on the literature front at the minute....seems to have wrested the initiative from the South at last. I'm looking forward to seeing Benjamin Zephaniah up there, in March

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

I was only being sarcastic. :uhoh:

We've probably got as many books in the house as cd's, tapes and vinyl and that's a lot by the way. Most walls are covered in bookcases or cd racks. My wife works in a large bookshop opposite Kings College, Cambridge and gets discount and freebys.
There does seem to be a dearth of live readings in the South & it's good too hear that things are better in the North. Hopefully I'll be going to see (and hear) John Cooper Clarke down here in a month or so.
I'm currently reading The Olivetti Chronicles by John Peel.

BritishWestHpool · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:35 pm **Posts:** 1243

I didnt know Benjamin Z was playing up here I may well go to that one.
I'm reading Games People Play - that sixties book that was instrumental in forming Transactional Analysis. Its about social interaction and how we're really playing understood but often not talked about games, such as sexual games, marital games, power games and competitive games. Its about how the unconscious rules our lives. After that I'm re-reading "If You See The Buddha on the Road, Kill Him". I'm novelled out for a while though I am doing a big read with prisoners in Frankland where we're doing Lord of The Flies

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:41 pm

You cant beat a good book

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:41 pm

Grabec wrote:

...this month in the Book People catalogue. I've just received about £90 worth of books for 11 quid.

Over 8 quid a book sounds expensive to me.

Are they bound and gilded?

grabec · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:23 pm

[quote="BritishWestHpool"]I didnt know Benjamin Z was playing up here I may well go to that one.
/quote]

No, not playing, reading his poetry at the New Theatre. But I've just found we're too late...he's sold out :evil:

grabec · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:26 pm

Richard Head wrote:

Grabec wrote:

...this month in the Book People catalogue. I've just received about £90 worth of books for 11 quid.

Over 8 quid a book sounds expensive to me.

Are they bound and gilded?

What are you talking about, Richard? :laugh:

Spender · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:33 pm

Hawklord wrote:

Kings College, Cambridge

King's Bollege Bambridge?? :shock:

Dugoutpaddy · **Joined:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:23 am **Posts:** 1772

Ive just ordered Brighton Rock ( Ok the book by GG, nothing else :roll:

nothing to see here, move along...)
Any good?

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:22 am

Paddy, Brighton Rock is the one about the teenage gangster, I think. I can't really remember it in detail, but I don't think it rang quite as true as the GG novels that are set abroad. Still worth reading tho.

BTW, BWH...was wrong about the Zephaniah gig.It's on at Live Theatre. Still sold out, but some other good things going on there.
www.live.org.uk

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Books are shit.

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:24 am

'Crime and Punishment' would be a good one for you, I think, Tree :coool:

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Grabec wrote:

'Crime and Punishment' would be a good one for you, I think, Tree :coool:

Whats it about?

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:27 am

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Grabec wrote:

You

Well if its about a bright, intellectual, happy go lucky person who is always right then il have a read.

:laugh:

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:16 pm

Grabec wrote:

Well...um...I did get a few poetry books...Carol Ann Duffy. Mr Hawklord must have X-Ray eyes :grin:

In mitigation I also got Shakespeare's complete works. Don't suppose William is that bothered about live performances, where he is. :wink:

I saw Tony Harrison was on, British West. I agree Newcastle is pretty hot on the literature front at the minute....seems to have wrested the initiative from the South at last. I'm looking forward to seeing Benjamin Zephaniah up there, in March

My best ever book bargain, The Complete Works of Shakespeare for 99p, bought in a bookshop in Washington Galleries a few years ago, maybe 20+, still use it now for reference.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22665

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

My best ever book bargain, The Complete Works of Shakespeare for 99p, bought in a bookshop in Washington Galleries a few years ago, maybe 20+, still use it now for reference.

What was it about?

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:32 pm

It's about six months in a black Jew's life from 12th night to midsummer's day, during which he won the battle of Agincourt which was caused by two Italian families quarrelling over a skull.
There were some side plots too I believe.

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:38 pm

Much Ado About Nothing really!

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22665

Thats funny but it doesn't sound right to me.

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:47 pm

It could be A Comedy of Errors

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22665

That took a while, I thought I fed you the line perfectly.

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:36 am

I've been busy doing a Bacon Sarnie, for one of the lads. Just asked him if it was As You Like It. bbolt

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:49 am

I hope you put plenty of salt, pepper, and ketchup on - he sounds like a man for all seasonings.

grabec · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:54 pm

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

Grabec wrote:

Well...um...I did get a few poetry books...Carol Ann Duffy. Mr Hawklord must have X-Ray eyes :grin:

In mitigation I also got Shakespeare's complete works. Don't suppose William is that bothered about live performances, where he is. :wink:

I saw Tony Harrison was on, British West. I agree Newcastle is pretty hot on the literature front at the minute....seems to have wrested the initiative from the South at last. I'm looking forward to seeing Benjamin Zephaniah up there, in March

My best ever book bargain, The Complete Works of Shakespeare for 99p, bought in a bookshop in Washington Galleries a few years ago, maybe 20+, still use it now for reference.

Some people are so competitive :wink:

My £7.99 one doesn't seem such a good bargain now. tho I suppose, allowing for inflation........

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