I finally finished 'The making of the atomic bomb ( Read more... )

by Richard Rhodes

how could I say not a book with a title like that, haven't even opened it yet but hoping it comes with full instructions and isn't too fiddly I reckon I could be putting the basement to better use.

Well I finished The Shock Doctrine and it's truly one of the most chilling books I've ever read, it's so scary it makes running away to Sweden seem like a good idea ( Read more... )

By Naomi Klein ( Read more... )

The english patient, very enjoyable, made em think about the malleability of national identity and is it worthwhile / pointless, not sure of the answer really ( Read more... )

Well, a reasonably quite weekend, meant I finished 'For Whom The Bell Tolls', which I found incredibly believable, whenever I opened it, it just sucked us into that world, a thoroughly good book and one I'd recommend ( Read more... )

Ernest Hemingway

Been getting thru it pretty quickly, am quite enjoying it, wants me to learn more about the history of the Spanish Civil War, so straight to wiki from here.

The London Lore book was a bit of a dissapointment, not enough lore too many ghost stories, gets repetitive and not very informative.

By Steve Roud.

Just started a few days ago, quite enjoyable and fortunately in bite size chunks, quite enjoy knowing little things about my home town that ain't worth knowing.

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Just started, reminds me of Remains of The Day, as it's by the same author that should be expected, but set in an old gentle England, around the 1920's / 30's and a common theme between the wto books seems to be the discrepancy between how we perceive ourselves and how others perceive us.

Was ok, it was enjoyable, not brilliant but very enjoyable ( Read more... )