Maps of the Seven Kingdoms, Guides to the Galaxy and other bookstore finds
The Lands of Ice and Fire. Twelve full-color 24 x 36-inch maps illustrated by Jonathan Roberts offer the definitive dragon’s-eye view of George R.R. Martin’s fictional universe. Whether you’re planning to invade The Twins to kill all the !@#$%^ Freys, go beyond The Wall to get Jon Snow out of the clutches of a certain wench, or cross-stitch a tapestry for your apartment, you need these fabulous maps. (Will post price later, we forgot to check.)
The beloved series by Douglas Adams, now in a single hardcover volume with pages edged in silver. Php1055.
Japanese horror stories about bodily fixations. That’s all we need to hear. Php559.
The latest story collection from the master. Php995.
Thanks to our constant nagging, more NYRB titles have been appearing on National Bookstore shelves, including this revised translation of a Russian masterwork that could not be published during its author’s lifetime. Php565.
These books are now available at National Bookstores.
By the way, we think Rizal’s Noli me tangere should be an NYRB book. It deserves a global audience—how many novels can claim to have created a nation? The translation by Soledad Lacson-Locsin is terrific, or they could commission a new one. What’s Gregory Rabassa doing these days? Edith Grossman?
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
February 1st, 2013 at 08:00
I’m emerald green with envy over those Game of Thrones maps. If I recall correctly, it’s around PHP1,600. I wanted to buy one for myself last Christmas but I’m too much of a Santa that it eventually got crossed out of my list, haha.
Incidentally, there’s also a Game of Thrones cookbook which I haven’t seen in any local bookstore yet. I love cooking so I probably won’t be able to resist buying that one if I see a copy.
February 1st, 2013 at 08:54
Yes! Gregory Rabassa.
February 1st, 2013 at 14:47
I think I’ll get a copy of Body.