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| Originally Posted by aclivity Travelog type books - I do really like Bill Brysons books, although his best works were not travel books but ones about the English language (Mother Tongue and Made In America). |
Have you read his dissection of Science yet? As a scientist I found it brilliant as he really has done a good job of explaining what is essentially a very complicated subject in numpty terms
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| Originally Posted by aclivity my favourite book of all time is called "The Ragged Trousered Philaphropists" by Robert Tressell. It's pitched as a socialist tract but it's also a jolly good story about working men (and there are some decorating hints in there too). |
I always remember from the Adrian Mole books, and I think it was Pandora's Dad, Ivan, who he mentioned read the 'Ragged Trousered Philanthropist'
Mark.