FREIGHT DELAYS IN AND OUT: MORE INFO
The flashpoint of the death of George Floyd has unleashed a surge of shock and anger that has reached far beyond the borders of the United States, igniting not only support for the Black Lives Matter movement around the globe, but also an urgent demand for a new respect and a deeper understanding of indigenous and minority communities and individuals simply going about their daily lives.
News surrounding diplomatic tensions between China and western nations, Australia and the US in particular, can colour our understanding of the Chinese people as distinct from their leadership. Our bookshop at 131 York Street and our online catalogue features a wide variety books on all facets of China, from ancient history and art, the people and lifestyles, the power struggles and politics, business and trade, to modern day developments.
For language learning and novels in Chinese, our Language Book Centre contains a wealth of textbook resources, readers and children's books: CHINESE
Play by the Rules: The Short Story of America's Leadership:...
Paperback
$29.99
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Traitors and Spies: Espionage and Corruption in High...
Paperback
$34.99
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Code Name Madeleine: A Sufi Spy in Nazi-Occupied Paris...
Hardback
$43.95
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Paul Kelly: The Man, the Music and the Life In-between...
Paperback
$35.00
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How to Sell a Massacre: One Nation, the US Gun Lobby...
Hardback
$34.99
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NEW RELEASES
- Abbey's Double Rewards
- Art Architecture Design
- Biography - Australian
- Biography - General
- Children & Teen Books
- Crime Fiction - Modern
- Crime Fiction - Cosy
- Crime Fiction - Historical
- Crime Books - True
- Economics & Business
- Fiction - Australian
- Fiction - General
- Fiction - Historical
- Food Garden Home
- Foreign Languages & ESL
Our online store is powering along, but here's a few things to note. In Stock items will ship immediately, however items that need to come in from our suppliers may be subject to disruption, so your patience is appreciated.
LENGTHY DELAYS: OVERSEAS BOOKS NOW COMING BY SEA: Books from overseas can normally take 4 weeks or more to arrive here. Unfortunately, international air freight has been disrupted by the pandemic so that many books are now coming via sea and are generally taking over 8 weeks to arrive into store. A title's supplier might estimate as little as 6 weeks, or it could be 12 weeks or longer but we'll update you as soon as we know!
AUSPOST: EXPRESS POST UPDATE: AusPost have temporarily suspended their Express Post guarantee. The Express Post service continues to be our fastest postal delivery option for our customers and we'll continue to prioritise these deliveries. They just may not be delivered next business day every time.
AUSPOST: OUTGOING INTERNATIONAL PARCELS DELAYS: We have been advised of delays of between 5-15 BUSINESS DAYS on parcels leaving Australia.
Abbey's Bookshop at 131 York Street (next to QVB) is an Aladdin's cave for readers and Sydney's much-loved indie bookshop since 1968 ~ Where ideas grow.
It was 1968 when Eve & Ron Abbey founded Abbey's. From that time on we've curated a distinctive collection.
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Abbey's Bookshop at 131 York Street has become an institution among readers and knowledge seekers looking for those hard to find books. Abbey's remains a favourite of many of Australia's academics and authors, politicians and lawyers.
...history, science, crime fiction or literature. Our customers often express their surprise and delight at finding books they were unaware of, whether from smaller publishers or sourced from overseas.
...Thousands of fantasy and science fiction books in our GALAXY Bookshop, plus an enormous range of fiction in other languages within our Language Book Centre.
To read more about our history, click: FORTY MEMORIES. This is the book we published to celebrate our 40th birthday.
Abbey's Bookshops Pty Ltd comprises: Abbey's Bookshop, Galaxy Bookshop and Language Book Centre.
OWNER & CO-FOUNDER
GENERAL MANAGER
MANAGER, ABBEY'S
ASSISTANT MANAGER, ABBEY'S
SENIOR BOOKSELLER & BOOKBUYER
MANAGER, GALAXY
MANAGER, LANGUAGE BOOK CENTRE
131 York Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
