Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Secondhand Book Hunting
I've been reading Cass Sunstein, the former law professor who's now working for Barack Obama. And also watching his clips on YouTube. People may have heard of him as co-author with Richard Thaler of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness.
Curious to read more, I looked up his other books. He's written rather a lot. And new, they often cost in excess of £20 / £30.
Except secondhand via Amazon of course. But really, I prefer to give my money to London bookshops, since, if we don't make even a small effort, they'll all disappear. So I tried searching websites to find out where I could take a bus and - cash eagerly in hand - look at and buy some secondhand copies.
Not easy. In fact, disappointingly difficult.
I did find one very friendly bookseller where they have a copy of Sunstein's Republic.com - which sounds like a must read. Do they have any more books by him? The bookseller apologised; she was on her own; but will go down to the basement and look later.
Anyone got some practical ideas about how to find secondhand books in central or north London? Or should we give up and go the mail order route?
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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A short P.S. about finding secondhand books in London. This time it's our own Big Green Bookshop in Brampton Park Road, Wood Green who shine.
As people may know, Michael Gove is moving to privatise local primary schools by forcibly converting them to "academies". I was chatting about this with a friend in Washington who is a retired education researcher. He recommended a book published in the U.S. - "Reinventing Public Education". Which sets out the Neocon ideas underlying Gove's plan.
Simon Key of the Big Green Bookshop got hold of a secondhand copy very quickly and emailed me when it arrived. So if you need an out-of-print or hard to get book do give them a ring.
Of course, they will get you new books within 48 hours - most within 24 hours !
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