20%  SALE  From Friday, 10 July, thru Sunday, 12 July, 20% off  any used children's books. 

Coming Attractions:
    Stephen Mansfield 
         26 July 2009

In his talk “Tokyo: City of the Imagination,” author Stephen Mansfield  will describe how to look at Tokyo again for the first time. To attend this talk, you’ll need to buy from our shop a copy of Stephen’s book, Tokyo: A Cultural and Literary History.

Past Events                           28 June 2009

Mark Schreiber (shown below) gave an engrossing talk about Western views of Asia through the lens of Asian crime fiction. Mark’s talk ranged from the Massie trial in Hawaii - Clarence Darrow’s last - to current perceptions about North Korea.

BookClubs

On 02 August, our BookClub members will discuss Parts 2 and 3 of Terror and Consent by Philip Bobbitt

On 09 August, members of our  Non-Native English Speakers’ Book-Club will discuss Double Indemnity by James M. Cain.

Conan the Librarian says:

Strangest praise of the month:

I would like your place, even if it was somewhere else!

Strangest e-mail received this month:

I have recreated.  Please confirm. 

Strange Questions of the Month:

Are there many English language type people running around here? 

Is this a restaurant?  (No. We offer only a smorgasbord for the mind.)

If you don’t sell computer manuals, does that mean you only sell books?

Strangest Book Traded this Month: 

My Mother Is a French Fry by Colleen Sydor

Strangest Warning on a book:

“This book contains swearing and poetry” from The Ballad of Cauldron Bay by Elizabeth Honey.