What have you recently purchased?

j.mills · **#61** by **j.mills** » Jun 15, 2010 11:28 pm

Fallible wrote:Where did you get it from? It was one of the books I was considering buying, but it was one of those 'available from these sellers' books on Amazon, and that always puts me off.

I got mine here. But FWIW, I've often ordered from 'marketplace' sellers and rarely had problems - especially with books: nothing to go wrong!

br0k3nglass · **#62** by **br0k3nglass** » Jun 15, 2010 11:47 pm

j.mills wrote:
Fallible wrote:Where did you get it from? It was one of the books I was considering buying, but it was one of those 'available from these sellers' books on Amazon, and that always puts me off.

I got mine here. But FWIW, I've often ordered from 'marketplace' sellers and rarely had problems - especially with books: nothing to go wrong!

I ordered African Genesis by Leo Frobenius through the Amazon.ca marketplace and they shipped African Genesis by Robert Ardrey by mistake. When I informed them of the mixup, they refunded my money and told me to keep the book. Free book!

j.mills · **#63** by **j.mills** » Jun 16, 2010 12:09 am

Just a coupla weeks ago I ordered a 4-movie Robert Redford box. I got the box, but inside were 4 James Stewart movies! Tough call! Kept 'em, wot's not to like? :grin:

Another time I ordered John Crowley's hard-to-find story collection, Novelty, direct from amazon. What turned up was bound with the Crowley cover, but bizarrely the pages were a treatise on buddhism! Chiz! Sent that one back. You'll be relieved to hear that I did get the right book in the end; but then Crowley brought out a bigger collection containing all the stories from Novelty and then some. So obviously I had to get that too! Bah! :nono:

EquivoKate · **#64** by **EquivoKate** » Jun 16, 2010 12:12 am

Microwave from Amazon with touch controls better value than manual controls and greater capacity.
Claudia Roden book on Italian Food which promises to be good as I have two more of her books, all of which are very enlightening paradoxically because she, like other Middle Class Chefs explicate Peasant Food!!!

Mazille · **#65** by **Mazille** » Jun 16, 2010 6:50 am

James Cleugh - Die Medici
Steven Erikson - Malazan Book 1 (Gardens of the Moon)
Adrian Tchaikovsky - Salute the Dark (Shadows of the Apt Book 4)
Sergej Lukianenko - Das Schlangenschwert ( I think the English title is "Dances on the Snow")
Gerhard Roth - Das Gehirn und seine Wirklichkeit. Kognitive Neurobiologie und ihre philosophischen Konsequenzen (~The Brain and it's Reality. Cognitive Neurobiology and it's Philosophical Consequences.)
Gerhard Roth - Aus Sicht des Gehirns (~From the Brain's Point of View)

Fallible · **#66** by **Fallible** » Jun 16, 2010 6:46 pm

j.mills wrote:
Fallible wrote:Where did you get it from? It was one of the books I was considering buying, but it was one of those 'available from these sellers' books on Amazon, and that always puts me off.

I got mine here. But FWIW, I've often ordered from 'marketplace' sellers and rarely had problems - especially with books: nothing to go wrong!

What the...I could've sworn that was an 'available from these sellers' title when I looked. Well now. Can I justify another little tiny splurgette? :think:

Fallible · **#67** by **Fallible** » Jun 16, 2010 6:48 pm

br0k3nglass wrote:
j.mills wrote:
Fallible wrote:Where did you get it from? It was one of the books I was considering buying, but it was one of those 'available from these sellers' books on Amazon, and that always puts me off.

I got mine here. But FWIW, I've often ordered from 'marketplace' sellers and rarely had problems - especially with books: nothing to go wrong!

I ordered African Genesis by Leo Frobenius through the Amazon.ca marketplace and they shipped African Genesis by Robert Ardrey by mistake. When I informed them of the mixup, they refunded my money and told me to keep the book. Free book!

I ordered the sheet music for the Divine Comedy's A Secret History album once. I waited and waited. Then I waited some more. Every enquiry ended with being told my order was being processed. After about 6 months they finally conceded that they couldn't find it.

br0k3nglass · **#68** by **br0k3nglass** » Jun 16, 2010 8:00 pm

Fallible wrote:I ordered the sheet music for the Divine Comedy's A Secret History album once. I waited and waited. Then I waited some more. Every enquiry ended with being told my order was being processed. After about 6 months they finally conceded that they couldn't find it.

Fallible · **#69** by **Fallible** » Jun 16, 2010 8:59 pm

That was exactly how I looked when they told me.

j.mills · **#70** by **j.mills** » Jun 16, 2010 9:09 pm

Yes, but if there was going to be one piece of sheet music they couldn't find, then surely A Secret History... :dopey:

Next time, order something less fateful. Like The Hidden Score...

Fallible · **#71** by **Fallible** » Jun 16, 2010 9:39 pm

Tim Hendrix · **#72** by **Tim Hendrix** » Jun 17, 2010 1:03 am

Macdoc, what's your verdict on the Kobo eReader ? I'm thinking of buying one.

Kaleid · **#73** by **Kaleid** » Jun 17, 2010 2:01 am

"The Turn of the Screw". One of those famous titles that everyone's heard of, but I haven't got round to reading it until now. Thought it would be a weighty, dusty, slightly smelly leatherbound tome - didn't realise it was a novella. Or a ghost story...

6 pages in. Going by the content so far, I think it's time to switch the rational scepticism off for a while :book:

Fallible · **#74** by **Fallible** » Jun 17, 2010 8:27 am

j.mills · **#75** by **j.mills** » Jun 17, 2010 9:07 pm

The Turn Of The Screw is a deeply cunning story, on which it is impossible to get a firm handle. Bit like Bartleby in that respect.

Almost OT, I noticed that BBC Radio 4 are running a dramatisation of John Le Carré's The Secret Pilgrim, and thought I might pick up the book. Taking a shortcut across a supermarket car park this morning, I came across a couple dozen second-hand books that someone had strewn on the ground. (Why wouldya? :scratch:

) And staring me in the face, in the middle, directed towards my angle of approach, was The Secret Pilgrim! So I did indeed pick it up! :grin:

Wotaretheodds?

Fallible · **#76** by **Fallible** » Jun 17, 2010 9:22 pm

Regarding The Turn of the Screw, I love that little bugger. I still don't know what I think the likely explanation is.

misanthropic_clown · **#77** by **misanthropic_clown** » Jun 18, 2010 8:43 pm

Haha, I had a big parcel of books waiting for me when I got home today. One of life's little pleasures.

DaveScriv · **#78** by **DaveScriv** » Jun 20, 2010 7:16 pm

Bought this morning at a car boot sale for 50p.: 'A Way of Life' (pub 2000) by Reg Kray (as in Reggie & Ronnie Kray)
An autobiography of his years in prison from 1968 to 1997. Fascinating but grim stuff.

GT2211 · **#79** by **GT2211** » Jun 22, 2010 8:51 pm

Only a Theory-Ken Miller.
Found the hard cover at Books-A-Million for $3. Should be adding a few more tom.

EquivoKate · **#80** by **EquivoKate** » Jun 22, 2010 11:34 pm

I forgot to add 'Otto Ottolenghi 'Plenty' ' a Vegetarian Recipe book for my MORE Veggie self to supplement souped up Carnivous side.
Middle Eastern Cookery Claudia Roden (zillions of veggie recipes and lots of healthful recipes bumping up veggie and fruit use)
Italian Food Claudia Roden more mouthwatering goodness for Ms Roden.
Too many things from Amazon uk and on Itunes for Iphone Paid apps.

What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Re: What have you recently purchased?

Who is online