Caveat Emptor Used Books

08/20/2026

Through the end of August, all kids' books (including YA) are BOGO (Buy One Get One FREE!)

08/18/2026

Caveat Emptor is teaming up with on Aging to stock their mobile food pantry. Bring in a donation and get 10% off your purchase!

08/16/2026

We are SOOOOO excited about this news from Libro.fm - if you haven't made the switch yet, your time is coming!!

Support our store here: http://libro.fm.caveatemptorbooks

08/15/2026

One more day for BUY ONE GET ONE Education Books!

08/13/2026

A poem from James Russell Lowell. Find his 4th Volume in Our Online Shop.
Link in bio.

ISABEL.
As the leaf upon the tree,
Fluttering, gleaming constantly,
Such a lightsome thing was she,
My gay and gentle Isabel!
Her heart was fed with love-springs sweet,
And in her face you'd see it beat
To hear the sound of welcome feet—
And were not mine so, Isabel?
She knew it not, but she was fair,
And like a moonbeam was her hair,
That falls where flowing ripples are
In summer evenings, Isabel!
Her heart and tongue were scarce apart,
Unwittingly her lips would part,
And love came gushing from her heart,
The woman's heart of Isabel.
So pure her flesh-garb, and like dew,
That in her features glimmered through
Each working of her spirit true,
In wondrous beauty, Isabel!
A sunbeam struggling through thick leaves,
A reaper's song mid yellow sheaves,
Less gladsome were;—my spirit grieves
To think of thee, mild Isabel!
I know not when I loved thee first;
Not loving, I had been accurst,
Yet, having loved, my heart will burst,
Longing for thee, dear Isabel!
With silent tears my cheeks are wet,
I would be calm, I would forget,
But thy blue eyes gaze on me yet,
When stars have risen, Isabel.
The winds mourn for thee, Isabel,
The flowers expect thee in the dell,
Thy gentle spirit loved them well;
And I for thy sake, Isabel!
The sunsets seem less lovely now
Than when, leaf checkered, on thy brow

They fell as lovingly as thou
Lingered'st till moon-rise, Isabel!
At dead of night I seem to see
Thy fair, pale features constantly
Upturned in silent prayer for me,
O'er moveless clasped hands, Isabel!
I call thee, thou dost not reply;
The stars gleam coldly on thine eye,
As like a dream thou flittest by,
And leav'st me weeping, Isabel!

08/11/2026

Calling all Educators!!

Through August 16th, all books on education are Buy One, Get One FREE!!

Happy Back to School! ♥📚

08/10/2026

When was the last time you checked out our calendar? Now through November 6th, you will want to keep your eyes on it. BOGO and 1/2 price sales galore!!

Check it out!

https://www.caveatemptorbloomington.com/caveat-calendar-of-events?view=calendar&month=08-2026

08/09/2026

2026 Audiobook Listening Challenge

📖 Challenge #16 -
Listen to an audiobook by a South West Asian and/or Northern African Author. We recommend:
- White Tears / Brown Scars, How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
- In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
- The Children of the New Sand by Tahar Ben Jelloun

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08/06/2026

Did you know......?
If you find something you like in our on-line shop and want to see it in person, we can bring it to the store for you to view.

Bonus! If you buy it in person, you save on shipping.
https://www.abebooks.com/caveat-emptor-used-and-rare-books/86230492/sf

08/05/2026

We are getting in tons of Agatha Christie lately, and it reminded us of this memory. Publicity stunt that propelled her to stardom or real life mystery?
You decide.

In December 1926, Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime, vanished — s...