Out ..........
Well, at least I was headed in the right direction today and went down to Oxford. Wasn't there for long. Was quite surprized that I recognised my way from the station into the town as I've only been there once before and it was two or three years ago. In fact I recognised the place as if I knew it quite well, must've made quite an impression on me I guess.
I was headed for Blackwells to have a look through their language books/dvds. The first door that I went into took me into the section where the law books are. Shelves and shelves of them. I wondered if there might be a larger selection here than they stock in Hammicks the law bookshop in Fleet Street. I didn't have a good look through them, just a quick glance through the EU law books, and they did stock some of the OUP books that you'd normally have to order in London. You know the ones that cost £75 or so a book. I know some of these books are actually printed to order and you just have to wait for them to be done for you. They had quite a few copies of some books too so I really don't know if their selection is bigger, but it might be. But Blackwells might not stock some books that Hammicks do. Hammicks is just down the road from The High Courts of Justice in a specialised part of London and it's possible that they have a selection of books that Blackwells don't stock. Didn't check what was there though so I don't know.
Anyway I drifted out after having a look through the EU books. Asked one of the staff how to get to the language section and they said it was easier to go back out again and through another door two doors up.
Back in and off to the language section. Found what I wanted. There was a guy buying his partner some Arabic textbooks for her birthday and we had a chat. I said I thought the Alif Baa books were a good grounding to start off with as they explain things really well.
I do hope she likes them!!!!!!! They come with a dvd now so they've changed format a bit but they are excellent. Probably even better now.
Some people were very friendly there and smiley. I suppose I looked happy heading for Blackwells and a bit awed when I left.
There was snow on the railway banks between Banbury and Oxford. None here. When I got off the train at Oxford it was snowing. I'd left my umbrella in the flat and felt a bit guilty but it was ok walking up the road in the snow. It'd eased off by the time I reached the town centre so I wasn't out in it for that long. And it soon stopped. I didn't mind walking up there in it though there was quite a lot of coming down.
Wasn't there long. Waited about ten minutes at the station for a train back. We were delayed for a while but nothing too bad. I'd enjoyed looking out at the countryside on the way to Oxford but it was much darker coming back and there wasn't much to see but the silhouttes of the trees and the new moon.
I was headed for Blackwells to have a look through their language books/dvds. The first door that I went into took me into the section where the law books are. Shelves and shelves of them. I wondered if there might be a larger selection here than they stock in Hammicks the law bookshop in Fleet Street. I didn't have a good look through them, just a quick glance through the EU law books, and they did stock some of the OUP books that you'd normally have to order in London. You know the ones that cost £75 or so a book. I know some of these books are actually printed to order and you just have to wait for them to be done for you. They had quite a few copies of some books too so I really don't know if their selection is bigger, but it might be. But Blackwells might not stock some books that Hammicks do. Hammicks is just down the road from The High Courts of Justice in a specialised part of London and it's possible that they have a selection of books that Blackwells don't stock. Didn't check what was there though so I don't know.
Anyway I drifted out after having a look through the EU books. Asked one of the staff how to get to the language section and they said it was easier to go back out again and through another door two doors up.
Back in and off to the language section. Found what I wanted. There was a guy buying his partner some Arabic textbooks for her birthday and we had a chat. I said I thought the Alif Baa books were a good grounding to start off with as they explain things really well.
I do hope she likes them!!!!!!! They come with a dvd now so they've changed format a bit but they are excellent. Probably even better now.
Some people were very friendly there and smiley. I suppose I looked happy heading for Blackwells and a bit awed when I left.
There was snow on the railway banks between Banbury and Oxford. None here. When I got off the train at Oxford it was snowing. I'd left my umbrella in the flat and felt a bit guilty but it was ok walking up the road in the snow. It'd eased off by the time I reached the town centre so I wasn't out in it for that long. And it soon stopped. I didn't mind walking up there in it though there was quite a lot of coming down.
Wasn't there long. Waited about ten minutes at the station for a train back. We were delayed for a while but nothing too bad. I'd enjoyed looking out at the countryside on the way to Oxford but it was much darker coming back and there wasn't much to see but the silhouttes of the trees and the new moon.
posted by Lemuure at 11:47 AM
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