{"id":3867,"date":"2011-02-15T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T07:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2017-02-07T19:34:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T19:34:04","slug":"arabian-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/15\/arabian-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"arabian nights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arabian-Nights-Barnes-Noble-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Arabian Nights Barnes Noble 3\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3847\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There used to be a massive Borders bookstore just outside of Manchester.  The Euro and I would spend rainy Saturdays there drinking coffee and reading American Magazines.  It&#8217;s sunnier here (72degrees on Friday!) and more difficult to justify a day indoors but we manage to do it now and then.   A few weeks ago we went to Barnes &#038; Noble, this time to read British Magazines, lunch on lattes and peruse the cinematography books. I had a 50% discount code so I brought home this little lovely for under a tenner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arabian-Nights.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Arabian Nights\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3859\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sinbad-the-Sailor-Arabian-Nights.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sinbad the Sailor Arabian Nights\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3858\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arabian-Nights-Barnes-Noble-Classics.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Arabian Nights Barnes Noble Classics\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3849\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Barnes &#038; Noble Leatherbound Classics Collection is gorgeous.  They&#8217;re not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foliosociety.com\/book\/ARN\/arabian-nights\"target=_blank>Folio<\/a>, which I understand hold up much better under thumbing, but they&#8217;re a steal for the price.  I don&#8217;t buy these books to read &#8211; I use dog-eared paperbacks for that.  I buy them to display.  The Arabian Knights isn&#8217;t my favorite title in the collection but I think it&#8217;s the most beautiful.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/The-Arabian-Nights\/Richard-Francis-Burton\/e\/9781435114883\/?itm=10&#038;USRI=leatherbound+classics\"target=_blank>The Arabian Knights (translated by Richard F. Burton)<br \/>\nBarnes &#038; Noble Leatherbound Classics Collection<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There used to be a massive Borders bookstore just outside of Manchester. The Euro and I would spend rainy Saturdays there drinking coffee and reading American Magazines. It&#8217;s sunnier here (72degrees on Friday!) and more difficult to justify a day indoors but we manage to do it now and then. 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