Nolefan
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« on: June 07, 2007, 12:18:37 PM » |
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just came across a new Gem today... http://www.51eng.com/en/they claim to be the biggest book importer in China and can accept Cash on Delivery within the major cities. I browsed over their website and the selection is definitely not bad... I have not used them but i figured that maybe someone here could and let us know if everything was alright before moving the link to the library edit: The prices are actually pretty darn good compared to the brick and mortar stores... so scratch that, I might start using them very soon. I saw a john grisham novel for under 60 RMB when the cheapest you can get it in Beijing is 99RMB or 120 |
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« Last Edit: June 07, 2007, 12:26:39 PM by Nolefan »
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alors régressons fatalement, eternellement. Des débutants, avec la peur comme exutoire à l'ignorance et Alzheimer en prof d'histoire de nos enfances! - Random food, music and geek tales from the 'Jing: http://beijingdaze.com |
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« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2007, 01:16:09 PM » |
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Looks good, although I searched for two not-that-obscure books (ones I already have, but just to test the water) - Atonement and the Wind Up Bird Chronicles, and it said it didn't have either  |
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Bugalugs
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« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2007, 01:41:29 PM » |
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Just placed an order so we'll see what happens. I like COD as i dont have a credit card.  |
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Good girls are made from sugar and spice, I am made from Vodka and ice
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« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2007, 07:23:49 PM » |
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I'd be curious to know how much "C" the "OD" was???
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Bugalugs
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« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2007, 06:14:37 AM » |
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12 rmb to have them delivered here to Wuxi. |
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Good girls are made from sugar and spice, I am made from Vodka and ice
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Nolefan
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« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2007, 07:07:25 AM » |
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definitely worth using them then...
I'll start keeping an eye on their website more often...
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alors régressons fatalement, eternellement. Des débutants, avec la peur comme exutoire à l'ignorance et Alzheimer en prof d'histoire de nos enfances! - Random food, music and geek tales from the 'Jing: http://beijingdaze.com |
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« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2007, 08:27:55 AM » |
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Yeah, the selection isn't great right now, but perhaps will improve with time?
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Bugalugs
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« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2007, 06:24:07 AM » |
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Good girls are made from sugar and spice, I am made from Vodka and ice
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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2007, 02:12:24 PM » |
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Bugs, those have all been made into movies in the last year.
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« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2007, 05:51:16 AM » |
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Books are better than movies!
Mostly but not always. Give 'Jaws' a read sometime. |
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« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2007, 06:04:12 AM » |
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Not to mention LOTR. Boring book, really, but fantastic film trilogy.
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« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2007, 10:17:49 AM » |
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I much prefer reading, i don't like watching dvd's all the time and a book is much easier to use on the train than a dvd. Also i wanted to see what the book V for vendetta was like compared to the film. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is one of my favourites that i will pass on to a good friend when I'm finished. As to "My life on Mars" i have never heard of it but I'm enjoying it so far.  |
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« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2007, 05:59:54 AM » |
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The LOTR book is a fantastic idea. The breadth of scope that Tolkien came up with was, no doubt about it, incredible. But he wasn't as great a writer as is sometimes claimed.
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« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2007, 12:46:06 PM » |
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I read The Hobbit to my children when we were on a road trip, and not only was it a fairly long trip we had car problems and were stuck in a one dog town (no horse!) for a couple of days - it kept us sane. They then went on and read LOTR for themselves later. We enjoyed it, and Golem stayed in my head for weeks after.
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