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A happy surprise at the bookstore
anhaga Started conversation Dec 14, 2004
So, I goes down to the fine local independent bookseller yesterday with a very nice gift-certificate in one hand and my list of "books to read" in the other. To save time, I don't bother looking on the shelves. I just go straight to the desk and ask the lady to check on whether they have a few books.
"T.H. White. The Book of Merlyn"
clickety click
"No."
"Frans de Waal. My Family Album"
clickety click
"No."
"Adam Ferguson. The History of Civil Society."
clickety click
"No."
"George Manuel. The Fourth World"
clickety click
"No."
"Henry Morgan Lewis. Ancient Society."
clickety click
"No."
"Gee. Don't you have any books in this place?
"Ha ha."
"Carel Van Schaik. Among Orangutans"
clickety click
"No."
"Von Clausewitz?
clickety click
"We did have one copy, but . . . No."
"Geoffrey Regan. Blue on Blue: A History of Friendly Fire."
clickety click
"Yes. We have one copy.
"
So, now I've got a 80% of a gift certificate from a bookstore that no longer has any of the books I want.
(the happy surprise was that they had even one of the titles I was looking for.)
A happy surprise at the bookstore
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Dec 14, 2004
Can't you use the book voucher in other stores? In Ireland you can use a book voucher in any book shop.
A happy surprise at the bookstore
anhaga Posted Dec 14, 2004
This particular certificate is from this one store. It's not really a problem as I can use it toward special orders. (And it's pretty unlikely that anybody else would have very many of those titles in stock.)
A happy surprise at the bookstore
Mudhooks: ,,, busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest... Posted Dec 14, 2004
Is this a certain bookstore which shall remain nameless but has the initials "Chapters"?
A happy surprise at the bookstore
Mudhooks: ,,, busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest... Posted Dec 14, 2004
Oh... you did say "independant" bookstore.... sorry.
A happy surprise at the bookstore
anhaga Posted Dec 14, 2004
If it had been Chapters they certainly would have had none of the titles I was looking for, except by accident and filed in the extremely wrong section.
No, in fact, this was Greenwoods: http://www.greenwoods.com/
An Edmonton institution.
A happy surprise at the bookstore
Mudhooks: ,,, busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest... Posted Dec 14, 2004
Needless to say....
A happy surprise at the bookstore
abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein Posted Dec 15, 2004
Hmm need calendars, something for a gift, a childs book ,word games or puzzles a booklight, magnifying glass, bookmarks, diary,appointment book, desk mat, book on tape, pens, fancy book covers,cookbook?
Must be something you can spend it on unless they are strictly books
*just wandering about*
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A happy surprise at the bookstore
- 1: anhaga (Dec 14, 2004)
- 2: Gnomon - time to move on (Dec 14, 2004)
- 3: anhaga (Dec 14, 2004)
- 4: Mudhooks: ,,, busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest... (Dec 14, 2004)
- 5: Mudhooks: ,,, busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest... (Dec 14, 2004)
- 6: anhaga (Dec 14, 2004)
- 7: Mudhooks: ,,, busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest... (Dec 14, 2004)
- 8: abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein (Dec 15, 2004)
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