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It is that time again. Uniforms are being labelled, bags are being packed, and somewhere in the UAE right now, a parent is typing "back to school reading list" into Google at eleven at night, hoping the algorithm hands them something their kid will actually finish. We have been that parent. Some of us still are.

Here is the thing though, you do not need forty books on a list like this. You need six good ones.

Used books have more advantages than new ones, especially when you buy them from online bookstores. To answer your big WHY on this, we’d like to tell you that pre-loved books from online bookstores such as Bookends come at a...

Albert Einstein, the genius scientist once said “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” The word fairy tales itself is enough to...

There is a never-ending debate over second-hand books and new books, one which this blog aims to address. As you already know, we at Bookends are always team pre loved books! Let’s for a moment compare cars and books. This...

The best gift we can give ourselves on the eve of every New Year’s is a new year's resolution. One that can guide us towards self-help, progress and joy through tasks we pledge to do for our own betterment as...

Books are books! Irrespective of the fact that they are new or second hand. Books are a workout for the mind, they are gateways to different worlds, they are the best tools of learning. Books are indeed the mind’s best...