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Quoted Without Comment
"The Internet is a fantastic creative tool that we don't yet fully understand. Most of the creative content of the Internet is rubbish, but you can say the same for much of the content in any bookstore."--Salman Rushdie, speaking at the University of Arkansas, as quoted in the Fayetteville, Ark., Morning News
Skin Deep
We have a number of good coffee table books for sale on a table at the front of the store. They're incredibly cheap--starting at $4.99--and quite good. You can get the book version of Ewan MacGregor and Charlie Boorman's TV travelogue Long Way Round for a measly $6.99, for example (instore purchases only).But the pick … Continue reading Skin Deep
