I Hate Borders Online

I am NEVER using Borders Online again. I've been waiting for this book to be published. They had it available. Said 7-10 days delivery which means it's coming from the USA. I factored that in and figured it would still be quicker than getting it from instore.

It is now 26 days later and I still don't have the book. I've sent a couple of emails and no response. I rang the help line to ask how it was posted, normal mail or Air Mail and the person, while friendly, was no help at all. I explained that Normal mail from the USA involved a boat and the Pacific Ocean, so the promised delivery time was not realistic. I am sooooo annoyed, next time I'm ordering from Galaxy.

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Books

I managed to get my hands on a couple of very good books. They arrived today from the UK. The Kendrick one has some good info on historical embroidery and some solid black and white images. The Drury is perhaps the best historical embroidery overview currently available. Not alot of detail but a great starting point.

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Please Send Money - The Trevelyon Miscellany

I am only half kidding, dear reader. The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 has finally been published by the Folger Shakespeare Library. It is $750US or $1500AU. Ouch. I am trying to get my library at work to buy it, but it's gonna be a hard sell.

In case you were wondering why I'm mentioning it here, one of the most famous sections of the miscellany is the large number of embroidery patterns it contains. It also contains all sorts of other things of interest to the person wandering around Shakespeares England, dates for local fairs, astronomy, Bibical quotes and stories, agricultural information etc etc.

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