The Best Movies from Books

It's rare that a movie adaptation can live up to the limitless nature of writing - but it does happen. We've put together a selection of books whose film counterpart is equal to - or occasionally, even better than - the original.

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Being There by Jerzy Kosinski Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (film titled Blade Runner) by Philip K. Dick Atonement by Ian McEwan

 

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.

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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.

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50 Collectible Books Under $50

The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming - 1965 hardcover

You can spend a small fortune building the library of your dreams, but it doesn't have to be that way. We've put together a selection of 50 collectible books that can be yours for $50.00 or less.

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Original Art by Famous Folks

Watercolor Artwork by Quentin Blake

We're all about books, including book-related ephemera: in this case, original art. Discover unique pieces by Maurice Sendak, Charles Schulz, Dr. Seuss, Edward Gorey and many more.

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May 2013 Top 10 Bestselling Signed Books


  1. A Delicate Truth
    by John le Carré
  2. Inferno
    by Dan Brown
  3. The End of Vandalism
    by Tom Drury
  4. NOS4A2
    by Joe Hill
  5. And The Mountains Echoed
    by Khaled Hosseini
  6. The Orphan Master's Son
    by Adam Johnson
  7. The Huntsman
    by Whitney Terrell
  8. Wool
    by Hugh Howey
  9. The Rosie Project
    by Graeme Smison
  10. The Yellow Birds,
    by Kevin Powers