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By: Tololy’s Box » Blog Archive » An Immodest Indulgence: Book Orgy

Tololy’s Box » Blog Archive » An Immodest Indulgence: Book Orgy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:39:08 +0000

[...] There is a designated parking space outside the premises, and the fair is very organized like the previous one, but on a larger [...]

By: Tololy’s Box » Blog Archive » A Library for Every Home: Too Ambitious for Jordan’s Ministry of Culture

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:56:51 +0000

[...] That said, I went to the fair hoping that it will be somewhat like last year’s book fair which I enjoyed and considerably funded by purchasing a ton of books. I was sorely mistaken, though. I found out that there were only 50 titles on sale, which is something I can understand since the ministry has taken it upon itself to print these books and probably does not have enough funds to print more than 50 titles. But what I could not understand was the absence of 45 of these 50 titles when I went to the event! [...]

By: rebecca_jordan: Books books books

rebecca_jordan: Books books books — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:33:57 +0000

[...] rebecca_jordan (rebecca_jordan) wrote,@ 2006-09-09 22:06:00 Entry tags:home Books books books My last box of books arrived today! With that, I am completely moved to Jordan. Yay!To celebrate, I went to the book fair and got even MORE books. I started with the 1 dinar books and moved up from there. Spent too much money. Ouch!(Post a new comment)Piano tuner? (Anonymous) 2006-09-15 03:05 am UTC (link) I knew a great piano tuner once. Vincent Oppernockittie. He did great work. Lifetime guarantee on tuning. Never had any one call him back to collect on his guarantee. So I guess it’s true, Oppernockittie only tunes once.(Reply to this) (Thread) Re: Piano tuner? rebecca_jordan 2006-09-15 04:01 am UTC (link) Ugh! Puns forbidden on this journal! ;)(Reply to this) (Parent) [...]

By: The Observer

The Observer — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:55:40 +0000

I am definatly going to check this book fair. Thanks for informing us.

By: Peanuts

Peanuts — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:56:01 +0000

Mabrook 3alaiki, especially the social psychology book (which is a textbook, no?). Do you have a background in social psychology at all? If you’re looking for something more readable than a textbook, and not as lengthy (unless, of course, I’m mistaken about the textbook part), I would recommend <i> The Social Animal </i> by Elliot Aronson (same author as the book you mentioned). I don’t know if and where you can get it cheaply, but if you’re interested in the topic, it might be worth a try. Make sure you get the actual book, and not the companion, which is a
collection of social psychology experiments (also worth it, though, if
you are interested in that sort of thing).

But of course, textbooks can also rock.

By: Natalia

Natalia — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:11:24 +0000

It always strikes me as very interesting when people who read Chekhov in English gravitate toward his plays. In Russian, his short stories are way better. Unfortunately, I don’t think they translate quite as well. On the other hand, Chekhov’s plays *work* for me in English in a way that they don’t in Russian.

By: omar

omar — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:08:43 +0000

I want 1984 taba3et George Orwell

hehehe
and I told Amino I want Goosebumps! :D

Tololy,
thanks for the bikshar!

omar

By: Lina

Lina — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:26:42 +0000

It was awesome bumbing into you too =)

I love the pics, love the book list… can’t wait to go there myself!

I bought a used version of the Illiad from a tiny bookshop in a dutch village, you just reminded me that I’ve wanted to share how beautiful that place was with all the used books and the old couple who turned their home into a bookshop! I’ll go dig for the pics :)

By: Batir Wardam

Batir Wardam — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:26:10 +0000

I am going tomorrow sparing 3 hours and 50 JDs for shopping. Your post has made me even more enthusiastic.

By: Tololy

Tololy — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:58:31 +0000

This book fair is located in 3abdali, just beside King Abdullah mosque and the Qasr el 3adel. Just get to 3abdali and you will find it, ask anyone or just pay attention to the signs - it’s a big hanger. It will run until September 16th I think.