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Doing the Dream - A journey to independent sustainable home ownership

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Saturday, 18 October 2008 18:35

The Curiosity Bookshop is pleased to announce the publication in ebook form of "Doing the Dream" by Jenna Carol. This inspiring and infomative ebook that takes you along the challenging path to aquiring and implementing the author's dream of moving out of the city to the bush, where she builds an ecologically friendly house. With limited resources, Jenna shows you how she did it against the odds, complete with detailed plans, sketches and photographs of the project.

The digital ebook is offered for download in our shop

Last Updated ( Monday, 15 December 2008 23:18 )

Curiosity Bookshop Back on eBay!

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Saturday, 18 October 2008 15:33

Auction Hammer A lot of interesting collectable items find their way into our shop in Spotswood that vary greatly in value. We took a fews months away from eBay, but we have now begun listing some of our more hot collectable items on eBay for auction.

For your convenience, we have syndicated our current eBay items so that each auction can be viewed as content on our website along with the gallery picture of the item for sale. In other words, you can prevview the auctions from this website and then click through to the auction page on eBay's website if you are interested. You can also email the auction items to a friend with the button.

There are also two affiliate eBayer's who are helping to sell our stock for us on the popular auction site: curiocats and dlo_solutions. All bookshop stock that is listed on eBay will also be syndicated to our Collectables on eBay section of the website

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 October 2008 16:16 )

New categories created: Music, Photography, Theatre and Film

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Sunday, 27 July 2008 08:10

photography books - professional camera We recently received this lovely collection of Music and Photography books from a lady in Sydney who found us via the website. We warmly appreciate the contribution and proudly present them as part of our online showcase.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 July 2008 08:38 )

American Artist Magazine Back Issues

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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 15:30

For over 70 years, all levels of artists, from professional to the beginner, have turned to American Artist for ideas and inspiration to improve their craft. Our unique combination of respected editorial, in-depth profiles in our multi-topic issues, and numerous informative columns makes American Artist the preferred publication to cover all aspects of art instruction.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 July 2008 15:34 )
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The Imaginative World Of Gizmos

Writing Fiction
Friday, 27 July 2007 19:00

Out of all the genres of books that have been written, science fiction seems to be one that is a class apart. The feeling towards the genre is either one of fanatic following or extreme hatred.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:48 )
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Australian Artist Magazine Back Issues

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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 14:03

Australian Artist Magazine is a monthly magazine for the practising Australian artist that mainly covers oil, watercolour & acrylic painting and pastel & charcoal artwork techniques. Packed with in-depth art articles and demonstrations of the secret techniques used by Australia's leading artists in all mediums.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 July 2008 15:11 )
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Early Pets to Potter Books

Writing Fiction
Saturday, 18 August 2007 19:00

Beatrix Potter created the famed children's bunny, Peter Rabbit. She was born in Kensington London in 1866, to a Victorian era family with several servants and a large house.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 July 2007 18:49 )
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Martial Arts Magazines Available

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Saturday, 26 January 2008 11:29

Do You like Kung-Fu?

Now announcing that The Curiosity Bookshop now has a nice collection of Martial Arts magazines listed on the website! We have a diverse range of Martial Arts magazines, including Black Belt, Official Karate, Fighting Arts, Oriental Fighting Arts, Masters of Self Defense, Combat Magazine and Samurai Magazine so far. Relive the golden age of Martial Arts and Fighting magazines of the '70s and '80s and check out our growing online collection...

Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 December 2008 19:27 )

Soldier of Fortune Magazines Now Available

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Thursday, 24 January 2008 15:05

If you like Military Magazines, then you are going to love our back-issues of Soldier of Fortune Magazine that we now have available from our website! The issues we have range from the late 1970's and early 1980's.