Hijacking of a Hockey Tradition – The Rookie Hockey Fan’s Protest
I was a bit irked watching Saturday’s hockey game. No, I’m not referring to the Canucks loss to Dallas, although that was frustrating. I’m referring to the waving of white towels by Dallas fans.Â...
View ArticleBe The Pack Leader by Cesar Millan
Unlike other online retailers, AbeBooks has a single global database of books that is searchable through all of our five websites. We record the bestselling books for each of our websites but...
View ArticleAndrew Davidson’s The Gargoyle
It’s ridiculous, I admit. But when something gets a whole lot of hype, I stubbornly and perversely refuse to try it out myself. For this reason I will never watch Dances With Wolves or drink bubble...
View ArticleAuthor Susan Hill Claims Poor Teaching is Resulting in Loathing of Books
According to an article featured on Telegraph.co.uk, author Susan Hill has claimed that students in the UK are taught “so badly, so dully and so mechanically” that many children are being turned off...
View ArticleShortest book titles
It was announced yesterday that Stephen King has a new book coming out exclusively on the Kindle 2. He is calling the book Ur, and I, for one, think the title sucks. It’s too short, non-descriptive,...
View ArticleKeanu Reeves to Play Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde.
Oh dear. The Guardian says it far better than I could, as I seem only to be able to muster “Oh dear. Oh..why would they..? Oh, that’s not good.” Keanu Reeves has apparently been cast in an upcoming...
View ArticleKitty Lit: Bookish Meets Cattish
Here at AbeBooks Headquarters, we occasionally step away from our bubbling beakers to read books. And we’ve all noticed a disturbing trend throughout classic literature. Many of the so-called...
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