Back in stock this week! 1. The Prince – Niccolo Machiavelli 2. The Divine Comedy – Dante 3. Life of Muhammad – Ibn Ishaq
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Back in Stock: The Decameron, Greek Myths & Arabian Nights
Back in stock! 1. The Greek Myths (2 volume set) 2. The Arabian Nights, Complete in 3 Volumes (1934) 3. The Decameron – Giovanni Boccaccio (1928)
Continue readingBack in Stock: Alice in Wonderland
Our Franklin Library quarter leatherbound edition of Alice in Wonderland is back!
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Two beautiful books back in stock: 1. Life of Muhammad by Ibn Ishaq 2. The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
Continue readingHow to Start a Book Collection
Recently, a few people asked me how to start collecting books. What should they look out for? How does one know which books to choose? The answer, to me, is simple – collect what you love. Although there exists a “rare book market”, in which rare books are traded as valuable objects like art and […]
Continue readingIs Anna Karenina the best novel ever written?
Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina has quite a reputation. The other Russian literary titan, Dostoyevsky, dubbed Anna Karenina “a flawless work of art”, as did Nabokov and William Faulkner. But is it, really? Some people I know detest Tolstoy, and Anna Karenina especially, even though Russian literature is one of their favourite genres. The debate could […]
Continue readingNew Latin Classes
We are happy to announce that we will be starting a new session of Beginner’s Latin on 22 February 2014. The details are as follows. Latin Module 1 Saturdays 4pm-6pm starting 22 February; 4 sessions The classes will be held at our premises at Burlington Square. For more information, refer to Anakoinosis.com or email readingattic […]
Continue readingCharity Bookbinding Workshop
Update: All places have been filled for The Thistle Bindery‘s bookbinding course at GOHD Books. Stay tuned for the next session! GOHD Books is proud to host our very first charity bookbinding workshop! On Sunday, 16 Feb 2014, The Thistle Bindery will be conducting a 4-hour course on Hidden Japanese Stab Binding in our […]
Continue readingGong Xi Fa Cai!
Happy Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fi Cai to all our friends!! May we all have a galloping Year of the Horse!
Continue readingBook Piracy: A Short History
History certainly repeats itself. Today, book publishers – in fact, any owner of intellectual property – are up in arms about piracy in the Digital Age. But it seems like piracy, in any form, is almost as old as prostitution and spying, said to be the two oldest trades in the world. I got curious […]
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