Gold Bubble & Price Collapse

Jacobs, Yoni, Gold Bubble: Profiting from Gold's Impending Collapse, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012, pp257. Hardback. Dustjacket.

This is relatively new hardback book that I've borrowed from the downtown main branch of the National Library Board yesterday.

The gold bubble, like any other investment bubble, is about to burst sometime in the near future, or has it already burst in the month of April 2013? What do you think? 

A 20 percent or more decline in price over a short period of time usually signals the beginning of a bear market which may take several years to run its course. The last bear market took gold from US$875 an ounce in 1980 to US$275 an ounce in 1991, over a period of twelve years.

Guide to Comets

Moore, Patrick, Guide to Comets, Guildford and London: Lutterworth Press, 1977, revised edition, pp.111. Hardcover, Dust Jacket, Nice Used.

Alfred Hitchcock

Gene D. Phillips, Alfred Hitchcock, London: Columbus Books, 1986, 211 pages with black & white photographs.

Sold to an eBay Singapore buyer.

The Story of eBay

Gilbert, Sara, The Story of eBay, Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Education, 2012, pp48, Hardcover.

This is a new hardback book that I've borrowed from one of the branches of the National Library Board for a period of three weeks.

Powershift: Audiobook & Hardback

Toffler, Alvin, Powershift, Random House Audio Publishing Group 1990, English, Abridged, Audiobook, 4 audio cassettes, 7 hours.

Toffler, Alvin, Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century, New York: Bantam Books, 1990, pp585, Hardback, Dust Jacket.

Save your eyesight by listening to an audiobook instead of reading a lengthy book.

Expedition Whydah: Audiobook & Hardback

Barry Clifford with Paul Perry, Expedition Whydah: The Story of the World's First Excavation of a Pirate Treasure Ship and the Man Who Found Her, New York: Harper Audio, 1999, Audiobook, 2 audio cassettes, 3 hours.

 Barry Clifford with Paul Perry, Expedition Whydah: The Story of the World's First Excavation of a Pirate Treasure Ship and the Man Who Found Her, First Edition, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999, pp312 (inc. illustrations).

Save your eyesight by listening to an audiobook instead of reading a lengthy book.

Ship of Gold: Audiobook & Paperback

Kinder, Gary, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea, New York: Random House Audio Publishing, 1998. Audiobook, 4 audio cassettes, 5 hours.

Kinder, Gary, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea, New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998, pp507. Large paperback. As good as new.

Save your eyesight by listening to an audiobook instead of reading a lengthy book.

Fleetwood Mac, Hardcover Book with Music CD

Fleetwood, Mick, My Twenty-Five Years in Fleetwood Mac, New York: Hyperion, 1992, pp201, Hardback inc music CD.

This pricey hardcover book has a music CD attached. It was bought sometime in the late 1990s from Tower Records at Scotts Road.

They Are Among Us

Hopkins, Budd and Carol Rainey, Sight Unseen: Science, UFO Invisibility and Transgenic Beings, New York: Pocket Star Books, 2004, pp481. Paperback, new.

When I saw a new book like this selling for a reasonable price at a downtown used-book store, I didn't hesitate to buy it right away.

Alien Abduction: The Uninvited

Pope, Nick, The Uninvited: An Exposé of The Alien Abduction Phenomenon, London: Simon & Schuster, 1997, pp316, Hardback w/Dustjacket.

Once in awhile, an interesting book about UFOs would pop up in a small bookshop downtown selling used books. I would not hesitate to buy such a book at the first instance, especially when it was selling at a bargain price.

Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler

Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler, Hardback, Rare Book. Translated and annotated by James Murphy, Unexpurgated Edition, Los Angeles: Angriff Press, pp384, dust jacket and wrapper, new.

The author might be dead, but his work is certainly not out-of-date. You need to read this book when you study your History of World War Two.

Make It Right for Singapore

J.B. Jeyaretnam, Make It Right for Singapore: Speeches in Parliament 1997-1999, Singapore: Jeya Publishers, 2000, pp180. Autographed by J.B. Jeyaretnam on 11 December 2000.

I bought this book from J.B. Jeyaretnam when he was selling many books of the same title at Raffles Place in December 2000. I'd requested him to autograph it for me and he obliged gladly.

Sold

The Omnivore's Dilemma

Pollan, Michael, The Omnivore's Dilemma, London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2007, pp450. As Good As New.

Michael Pollan is an active campaigner against all kinds of fast foods, especially unhealthy fast foods churned out by big business corporations in America.

1998/1999 Singapore Street Directory

Ministry of Law, Singapore Street Directory, 19th Edition, Singapore: SNP Corporation Ltd, 1998, pp591.

As years gone by, this kind of guidebook became larger and larger (due to more roads and highways being built) and its pages have color maps and advertisements.

The size of this issue is almost that of a coffee table book.

Singapore

1991 Singapore Street Directory

Ministry of Law, Singapore Street Directory, 16th Edition, Singapore: Pacific Trade Press Pte Ltd, 1991, pp558. SOLD!

A map of Singapore was included in this issue.

Singapore

1988 Singapore Street Directory

Ministry of Law, Singapore Street Directory, Fifteenth Edition, Singapore: Singapore National Printers Ltd, 1988. SOLD!

Most of such issues were available in paperbacks and not many were available in hardbacks like this.

Singapore

1975 Singapore Guide and Street Directory

Singapore Guide and Street Directory, Eleventh Edition, Singapore: Publicity Division, Ministry of Culture, 1975, pp255 inc color illustrations. SOLD!

This is a nice used street directory bought many years ago from a second-hand bookshop downtown.

Singapore

World Energy Resources

Ion, D C, Availability of World Energy Resources, London: Graham & Trotman Ltd, 1975, pp254 inc appendices. Dust jacket. As good as new.

SOLD!

coal
crude oil

The Metal Investment Handbook

R. S. Taylor-Radford and John A. Pugsley, The Metal Investment Handbook, Costa Mesa, California: The Common Sense Press, Inc., 1983, pp171. Dustjacket. As good as new. SOLD! investments

The Discovery of the Grail

Sinclair, Andrew, The Discovery of the Grail, London: Arrow books Limited, 1999, pp374. Almost new. Christianity Holy Grail Knights Templar