Lost bookmarks in Safari

For some reason I have lost all the bookmarks in Safari. I have tried to restore Safari from TimeMachine but I still don't get the bookmarks. Are these stored somewhere that I can retrieve them? If so how?

You've probably tried it but . . .
Right click on Find in the Dock and select bookmarks ?

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Hello Vicki,
Did you trash the cookie.plist file & empty the trash if you did not empty it check the trash bin ? Moving the cookies.plist file out of the Cookies folder should not , I am sure it did not affect the bookmarks, something else must of happened.
Are you sure it was not the bookmark.plist file. Go to Home/~Library/Safari is there a Bookmarks.plist file there ?
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com.apple.Safari.plist
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Hi, Jason, welcome to Apple's user-to-user discussion forums.
Unfortunately, Safari does not make backups of your bookmarks file. It would be up to you to make backups by going to the ~Library/Safari folder and making a copy of Bookmarks.plist by highlighting the file, pressing command-c to copy the file, and then command-v to put the copy in the folder or in some other location of your choosing.
Another way to backup your bookmarks is to export them. Go to File on Safari's menu and click on "Export Bookmarks" which will export your bookmarks to a standard html document. Remember the location you export them to. If you needed to get the bookmarks, you would then go to the File menu and click on "Import Bookmarks" and you would choose the file you had exported. If you use this technique, all your restored bookmarks would be in a "imported bookmarks" folder.
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How do I import my bookmarks from Safari to Firefox?

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_bookmarks#From_Safari
Exporting bookmarks from Safari
Go to File->Export Bookmarks. Safari saves your bookmarks in an HTML file. Save the HTML file to the Desktop or any other location of your choice.
Importing bookmarks to Firefox
Go to Bookmarks->Show all bookmarks. This will open up the Bookmarks Library.
Click Import and Backup...
Select Import Bookmarks from HTML.. from drop down menu.
Locate your HTML file exported from Safari.
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A possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
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