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Watching Harper Lee

By Hugo Munday • July 13, 2015

What's special about July 14, 2015? It's the day that Harper Collins published Go Set a Watchman, which represents half the output of one of the most successful but unprolific authors of the twentieth century, Harper Lee.

Used Books but not Abused Books

Re-stocking Thriftbooks.com Summer Reads

By Hugo Munday • July 06, 2015

We're about to hit the Dog Days of Summer, so it's time for a refresh of our Summer Reads list.

Charles Dickens: Greatest Novelist?

By Paul Ryall • February 05, 2014

Is Charles Dickens the greatest novelist of all?

Ken Goldstein to join Thrift Books Board of Directors

By Mike Ward • August 30, 2013

Tess Gerritsen: Rizzoli & Isles

A Modern Classic Detective Duo

By Paul Ryall • June 27, 2012

As Rizzoli and Isles hits its exciting third sesason on TNT we thought we should point you in the direction of the classic thrillers by Tess Gerritsen that lie behind the series.

The IPCRESS File: Harry Palmer, The 'Anti-Bond' At Fifty

By Paul Ryall • June 15, 2012

Len Deighton's Classic, The Ipcress File, is fifty years old- and yet the prose and the characters are still fresh, believeable and exciting. Check out the backstory and see some great clips of Sir Michael Caine as Harry Palmer.

Queen Elizabeth II, A Woman For All Seasons

Celebrating The Diamond Jubilee In Books

By Paul Ryall • May 30, 2012

From Winston Churchill to JFK and from John Lennon to Lady GaGa, Queen Elizabeth has met them all. As Britain celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, we take at a selection of books which might just tell you a little bit more about this remarkable woman and the Royal Family.

All Quiet on the Western Front

A Book For Memorial Day

By Paul Ryall • May 23, 2012

Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front is a powerful and moving story that explores the impact of the war on the men who fight.

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary

Edgar Allan Poe, The King of American Gothic

By Paul Ryall • April 25, 2012

Poe the king of American Gothic has inspired another horror film-The Raven- this time featuring himself in the lead! So we check out The Raven, tales of and by Poe and the countless adaptations featuring John Cusack, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and much, much more!
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