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Biblion is a place to find and buy second hand books, out of print books and rare books as well as ephemera, magazines, journals and used textbooks offered for sale by independent booksellers throughout the UK and the world.

Bodyline Books is the place to come for quality cricket books, Wisdens, photographs, postcards and other items of unique cricket and sporting ephemera.

Bookbrain is for comparing book prices and to see who has the book you’re looking for and in stock to send out.

Blackwell has some good discounts and shipping is free to the UK on orders over £20

Compman started off selling computer books but has now moved into geneal education books and fiction. Some good discounts and quick delivery.

Gays The Word is the largest and most comprehensive lesbian and gay bookshop in the UK.

Harrington Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets and books by the yard, voyages and travel, children’s and illustrated books, fore-edge paintings and fine and rare antiquarian books in all fields.

Hatchards is the oldest surviving book shop in London and has a good choice of titles in hardback and paperback. They also specialise in signed and special editions and very important publications.

Jonkers specialise in modern first editions, fine illustrated books, classic children’s fiction and 19th century literature.

Waterstones is less cluttered than many online bookstores. Delivery is free in the UK on orders over £15.

Football Links

reggaemagic — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:26:57 +0000

FOOTY NEWS

ORGANIZATIONS

Professional Footballers’ Association

FOOTY LEGENDS

FANS

Football Ground Guide

Football Supporters Foundation

Gay Football Supporters Network

Supporters Direct

CAMPAIGNS AND CHARITIES

Bobby Moore Fund

Clubs in Crisis

Hillsborough Justice Campaign

Football Unites Racism Divides

Let’s Kick Racism Out of Football

Safe Standing

Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation

Stand Up Sit Down

Steetleague

MISC

The Famous Football Supporters Page

Ugly Footballers

Albion Road

The History of football on ITV

East Midlands Football

5 & 6 A Side Football

BLOGS AND FANZINES

101 Great Goals

A Cultured Left Foot (Arsenal)

A Funny Old Game

Albion Till We Die (WBA)

A Love Supreme (Sunderland)

Billy Furious (Newcastle United FC)

Bitter and blue (Man City)

Black and White and Read All Over (Newcastle United)

The Offside:Blackburn Rovers FC

The Beautiful Game

Blue Kipper (Man City)

Bluesology (Man City)

BluesMuse

Blind Stupid and Desperate (Watford)

BWFC24 (Bolton Wanderers)

All Quiet In The East Stand (Charlton)

Cute Men In Shorts

Daily Hairdryer (Newcastle United)

Dr Gloom (Newcastle United FC)

Dwight Yorke, Dwight Yorke

East Lower (Arsenal)

EPL Talk

Brylcreem and Bovril (50’s football blog)

Joys and Sorrows (BCFC)

Keep Right On (BCFC)

King Kippax (Man City)

Manchester United Blog

More Than Mind Games

Newcastle United blogger

When The Seagulls Follow the trawler

Okey Doke Football Blog

One Touch Football

Peak Football

Pitch Invasion (Exploring Football Culture around the world)

Pyramid Passion

QPR Report

Real Madrid

Ready To Go (Sunderland FC)

Have You Ever Been To Liverpool?

Red Rants (Man Utd)

Wick to Wembley:FA Cup 2007-08

The Run of Play

Scotszine

Slough Town Soapbox

Sniffing The Touchline

Some People Are On The Pitch

Spurs Odyssey

Talking of Arsenal

Talking Soccer

That Magical Night (Saluting absurdity in football’s nether regions)

The Beautiful Groan

The Cannon (Arsenal)

The Groundhog

The H List (West Ham)

The Offside Rules

The Onion Bag (Picking at the layers of the national game)

WM Collective (Villa, Blues, West Brom)

Villa Talk

FOOTY PHOTOGRAPHY

Homes of Football

GEAR

Arsenal stuff

Help and Support #1 – Anxiety/Panic, OCD, Phobias

reggaemagic — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:37:27 +0000

No Panic

No Panic offers a full range of services for people who suffer from Panic Attacks, Phobias and Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder including, literature, audio and video cassettes, a membership scheme and “contact” book service wherein members are able to make pen-friends or phone friends with other people who have similar problems.

No More Panic

This site provides valuable information for sufferers and carers of people with Panic, Anxiety, Phobias and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD).

Living with OCD

Site created by an OCD sufferer looking at OCD from the sufferers point of view.

Cragface

Dedicated to all the individuals out there suffering from anxiety, panic attacks, anger and associated symptoms.

Anxiety Care

Anxiety Care is a registered charity based in East London that specialises in helping people to recover from anxiety disorder and to maintain that recovery. With the support of our trained volunteers, clients are enabled to plan, initiate and carry through personal recovery programmes using cognitive behavioural techniques and gradual exposure exercises.

OCD Action

Largest and Longest Serving UK National Charity for People Affected by OCD Spectrum Disorders

OCD-UK

OCD-UK is the leading national charity, independently working with and for people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

OCD Youth

Information about OCD for young people

Freedom From Fear

National Non-Profit Mental Illness Advocacy Organization

Dental Fear Central

The web’s biggest Dental Phobia, Dental Fear and Dental Anxiety Resource

Anxiety Alliance

Anxiety Alliance is run by former anxiety sufferers, so they fully understand the physical feelings and negative thoughts that sufferers have.

First Steps To Freedom

First Steps to Freedom is a registered charity which aims to help, in a practical way, those who suffer from phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder (excessive washing, checking, unwanted thoughts etc.), general anxiety, panic attacks, anorexia and bulimia, and those who wish to come off tranquillisers, together with help for their carers.

Mental Health.org

UK charity for everyone’s mental health

MIND

Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.

SANE

SANE was established in 1986 to improve the quality of life for people affected by mental illness.

BABCP

The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

Social Anxiety

SA-UK is a volunteer-led organisation

TOP UK

Triumph Over Phobia (TOP UK) runs a national network of self-help groups to help people with phobia or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) to overcome their problems using graded self-exposure.

Christmas #1 – A Sweet Tooth

reggaemagic — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:03:10 +0000

Chocolate Buttons offers Gourmet & Old Fashioned Sweets (some good stocking fillers here for kids too) which includes long forgotten treats such as Pear Drops, Rhubarb & Custard, Rosy Apples and Fizz Balls. There are also various Christmas treats, selection boxes and more. Worth a look.

Dark Sugars sells some beautiful rich chocolates. How about Peach strips soaked in peach schnapps dipped in 70% couverture chocolate

Hotel Chocolat offers some delicious chocolates including The Chocolatier’s Table which for £38 offers 65 pieces of chocolate like Melt-away truffles, smooth pralines, zingy real fruit creations, nibbly nuts, caramel, pure chocolate including single estate, soft buttercreams, manons and more.

Thank Heaven For Chocolate offers some attractive sets and includes novelty chocolates including the lovely handmade giant mosaic chocolate bar. This is nine chunky tiles of milk, dark and white chocolate generously decorated with a luxury array of nuts, fruits and marshmallows made by James Chocolates and presented in a purple box for £30 (postage included).

The Chocoholic’s Dream by John Lewis is slightly more expensive at £50 but offers Bovetti chocolat blanc marbre noir, Chesters of St. Andrews Cappuccino flavoured chocolate beans, Dormen’s Belgian chocolate jumbo peanuts, Green & Blacks organic hazelnut chocolate spread, Guylian Belgian chocolate powder, Chocca Mocca luxury chocolate coated biscuits and Lir cafe truffles. A gift sure to be well appreciated!

Harrods offer a range of choices that wont break the bank including a nice indulgent treat – Christmas pudding biscuits for £4-50!

Debenhams provide the answer to “What does £50 worth of jellybeans look like?”. Don’t eat them all at once!

Green and Blacks Stock a wide range of gifts that will suit most budgets

Thorntons are ever dependable when it come to attractive gifts for any occasion including Christmas of course. Look out for their blueberry and raspberry fudge!