GOHD Books will be having a MOVING OUT SALE with all the non-rare books at 50% off! The sale will be held this and next weekend, 1-7pm each day. Dates: 31 March, 1st April, 7 April, 8 April 2012 Time: 1-7pm CASH ONLY. Discounts do not apply to online purchases.
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Start of New Beginner’s Latin Course
Start date: 25 March 2012 Time: Sundays, 4pm – 6pm Duration: 4 weeks Venue: 142 Bukit Timah Road Cost: $400 (for 1st module of 4 lessons; equivalent of $50 per hour) More information: http://anakoinosis.com/readingattic/?page_id=74 If you would like to sign up for the course, please send us an email at readingattic@anakonosis.com to register. If you […]
Continue readingBook Launch @ GOHD Books: The Lion and I by Ariana S.K.
GOHD Books is thrilled to host the launch of the novel The Lion and I by Ariana S.K. on Sunday, 26 February 2012. Set in modern Afghanistan, The Lion and I is the tale of a woman who, in 1997, goes to Afghanistan at the spur of the moment to fulfil her dream […]
Continue readingGOHD Languages & Courses
Dear everybody, GOHD Books is happy to announce the commencement of new Beginner’s Greek and Beginner’s Latin courses. We’ve also started a new series of lectures entitled Introduction to the Classics, covering Ancient Greece & Rome, Ancient India, and the Narrative Arts of Indonesia.
Continue readingSanskrit, Latin and Greek Classes
Hello, hello! GOHD Books is proud to announce we now have SANSKRIT, LATIN & ANCIENT GREEK classes running. Are we the first bookshop in Singapore to offer these? WE THINK WE ARE! If you’re interested in signing up for the classes, e-mail us at gohd[at]gohd.com.sg If you’re interested in teaching another obscure language (preferrably Sumerian), […]
Continue readingThe Borders store at Wheelock, Singapore
On the 16th of August, the Borders store in Singapore was “closed due to a dispute with the landlord”. The official statement now is that it’s closed for good. In Singapore, we’ve seen Tower Books close down, several branches of MPH disappear (to be replaced by establishments of lesser cultural value) and Times downsize into […]
Continue reading1-to-1 Chinese Classes
GOHD Books would like to recommend our friend Si Qiuxue, an excellent Chinese teacher who specializes in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, to anybody interested in learning or improving their Chinese. Qiuxue got her BA in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language from the Beijing Language and Cultural University, afterward teaching at the Civil […]
Continue readingI Love You More Than You Know by Jonathan Ames
Alright. So I realise it’s not exactly in a bookseller’s interest to discourage someone from reading a book you’re trying to sell, but I can’t help it. I really dislike I Love You More Than You Know by Jonathan Ames because it’s, well, boring.
Continue readingThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
No, no, no, no, no! The Black Swan is NOT the book version of the Natalie Portman movie – something I’ve had to clarify a number of times. How unfortunate for its author, Nassim Taleb (and for me because of all the explaining I’ve had to do) that his book should have faded to the […]
Continue readingLove me! Love me!: Self-Help Books as Evidence of Human Regression
As some of you may have noticed, there aren’t many self-help books in this bookshop (and those we have ended up here quite accidentally). This is because we don’t like self-help books. Our forefathers never needed self-help books, probably because they didn’t need as much “self-help”. And even if they did, “self-help” books aren’t usually […]
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