Don’t miss some great titles for dad – we’re having a special sale for Father’s Day and you can find all the details here!
As part of our business we spend a lot of time going through secondhand books and some of the things we find get me pondering, snickering and sometimes, a little annoyed. So here is a small list of suggestions of what not to do with your books… Names in books. Please, please, please if you’re selling or giving away a secondhand book don’t twink, black out or cut out a name that’s been written in the book. All you will do is make the book uglier and if you just leave your name there, I can say with a high level of confidence that you will NOT be stalked by subsequent purchasers. Even if you have at some point written your phone number on the first page, it is very unlikely that you will recieve a call at 2am asking for your opinion on whodunnit or complaining the book is no [...read more...]
Twitterers are a hungry lot! Again with many thanks to the classic Edmond’s Cookbook. Base 125gms butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/2 cups plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground ginger Cream butter and sugar, sift flour, baking powder and ginger. Mix dry ingredients into butter mixture. If you want you can tip this mixture out and knead, or you can be lazy like me and just bung it in a shallow slice pan. Bake at 180 degrees until slightly golden brown (15 – 20 minutes depending on oven). Pour hot icing over whilst still warm. Cool. Icing 75gms butter 3/4 cup icing sugar 3 teaspoons of ground ginger 2 teaspoons golden syrup Mix in a saucepan over a low heat until smooth and butter is melted. Cut when cool and enjoy making suitable piggy noises and bragging on Twitter. NOM NOM NOM!
by Graham Walker and Douglas Walker Description: Toward the end of the millennium, the World Rock Paper Scissors Society had fallen on hard times. Long gone were the heady days when an RPS champion would be honoured by a tickertape parade. By the time brothers Graham and Douglas Walker joined in the late 90s, the society had been reduced to little more than a loose collection of drinking companions with a common interest. It was then that Graham and Doug decided to take the helm and re-chart the course of the World RPS Society by bringing its teachings to the masses via the Web. Relying on their background in advertising, they established a website (www worldrps.com) and began a campaign to increase membership and return the World RPS to its former glory. In 2002, they achieved their greatest coup yet: rebuilding the International World Championships of Rock Paper Scissors. Now [...read more...]
Because we think dad’s are extra cool at BookieMonster we’ve decided to have a sale on some specially selected titles that Dad might be interested in. There’s a range here for almost every dad – from science to sport to DIY, gardening, cooking, miltaria, music, Monty Python and William Shatner. That’s right, William Shatner! Here’s a selection of the titles included: Fly-Fishing for the Clueless Steak Lover’s Cookbook SAS : Behind Enemy Lines, Covert Operations First-time Father : Starting Out As A Dad New Kitchen Garden : Organic Gardening & Cooking Modern Cruising Under Sail The Pythons : Autobiography by the Pythons Cars of the Sizzling ’60s The World War II Desk Reference Complete Guide to Home Repair and Improvement In the Cockpit : Inside 50 History-Making Aircraft John Lennon : All I Want Is The Truth And there is plenty more to choose from! You can find the [...read more...]
Some of the highlights this week in new books available from BookieMonster: What Pets Do While You’re At Work. SHOCKING! If you’re a fan of lolcats (and why wouldn’t you be if you’re reading this website) this book will make you giggle. The rest of you prepare to be appalled at such animal behaviour! Just $13.95 from BookieMonster 100 Simple Secrets Why Dogs Make Us Happy. It doesn’t really take a rocket scientist to tell us why we love looking at the simple faces of a fluffy (or non fluffy) doggie but this gorgeous little book gives you 100 absolute facts on why we love those goggies! Just $12.95 from BookieMonster How to Pee Standing Up : Tips for Hip Chicks. A totally cute and quirky little book packed with info – including, yes, how to pee standing up! Just $17.95 from BookieMonster Ghost Soldiers : The Story of The [...read more...]