Big Brother is Watching

Orwell was a prescient sort. Though it was written over 60 years ago, his classic dystopian novel of censorship and surveillance Nineteen Eighty-Four makes for just as chilling and fascinating a read (or re-read) today.

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May's Most Expensive List

Image from Tibet and Lhasa by John Claude White

May's top sale shows a picture is worth a thousand words, with profound photographs from a 1904 military mission to Tibet. The list also has fishes, birds and a trip to Zanzibar.

New & Used Textbooks

Financial Management: Theory & Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt

This semester, save time and money by buying cheap textbooks and used books on AbeBooks. Catch a break on new and used textbooks. You won't believe the bargains.

Penguin's Science Fiction

Into Deepest Space by Fred Hoyle

One of the keys to Penguin's success is their dedication to beautiful, unusual book covers. Happily, their science fiction series is the same. Enjoy this spectacular selection of covers.

Stories of the Notorious

I Was Wrong: by Jim Bakker and Ken Abraham

We are often unable to look away from a scandal. From Tiger Woods to Martha Stewart, to bank robber Jacques Mesrine and more, these books tell the stories of the notorious.

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