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Old 12-25-2005, 08:32 PM
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I stumbled across this website completely by accident and out of curiosity typed in Civil War... 10 + pages of books at a fractionof the cost. Well worth a look.

http://www.bookcloseouts.com/default.asp?N=0
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Old 12-25-2005, 11:43 PM
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Hey, cool site, Shane, thanks- always on the look out for a bargain on books. ed
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Old 12-26-2005, 02:16 AM
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Thanks Shane, I'm bookmarking it!
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Old 12-26-2005, 11:20 AM
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In a word....OUTSTANDING!!!!!

I will be using this site.

Thanks.
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Pox!

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Neat and thank you! On the other hand, I just dropped over $100 on books, but thanks anyway.
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Thanks, My wife reads about 4 books a week!

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I'm a true bibliophile, with 30 two-cubic-foot boxes moving around with us and 45 more in storage back home. Thanks to you, I just added about ten more volumes to the library.

...my wife will not be happy.
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