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Gordon is a Moron: The Definitive and Objective Analysis of Gordon Brown's Decade as Chancellor of the Exchequerby: Vernon Coleman 2007-08 Best Selling > Books > Britain and Ireland |
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This is an excellent book for some factual research. Trouble is, he tends towards the Michael Moore approach and only presents one side of the argument which weakens his case.
If you do read this and are able to view it in the relevant context, I think you will agree that he has painted a rather realistically bleak picture of what a bad chancellor Brown was. Oh well, what could Brown do now, eh...?!? >>More Details |
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The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Trenches: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenchesby: Harry Patch, Richard Van Emden August 06, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Britain and Ireland |
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Disappointing. Patch's own words are fine, especially for a man of his age, but the ghost-writer (Richard van Emden) is too intrusive and spoils the flow of the narrative.
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Forgotten Fruits: A Guide to Britain's Traditional Fruit and Vegetables, from Orange Jelly Turnips to Dan's Mistake Gooseberriesby: Christopher Stocks May 01, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Britain and Ireland |
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Christopher Stock's book is such a nice, anti-market forces type of book. Stocks has gone all over Britain to research the stories of heritage fruit and veg varieties - the kind that taste really good but maybe don't look quite as uniform, neat and tidy. There's the right amount of history - from the French spy Frézier to Charlotte Knight, cherry breeder - and he's not pretending to have solved every puzzle - the Bascombe Mystery remains just that.
Each variety is treated in a section that's just the right length - about a page or so. The first section alone, Apples, made me want to go to an Apple day and actually try some of the fragrant fruit he enthuses about - the Cornish Gilliflower, the Crawley Beauty. There's lots of practical ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Newcastle: My Kind of Toonby: Bobby Robson October 16, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Britain and Ireland |
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Christopher Stock's book is such a nice, anti-market forces type of book. Stocks has gone all over Britain to research the stories of heritage fruit and veg varieties - the kind that taste really good but maybe don't look quite as uniform, neat and tidy. There's the right amount of history - from the French spy Frézier to Charlotte Knight, cherry breeder - and he's not pretending to have solved every puzzle - the Bascombe Mystery remains just that.
Each variety is treated in a section that's just the right length - about a page or so. The first section alone, Apples, made me want to go to an Apple day and actually try some of the fragrant fruit he enthuses about - the Cornish Gilliflower, the Crawley Beauty. There's lots of practical ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Tunnels, Towers and Temples: London's 100 Strangest Placesby: David Long April 19, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Britain and Ireland |
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Sequels aren't meant to be as good as the original, are they, but having enjoyed David Long's SPECTACULAR VERNACULAR last year I had to have this one, and I'm not disappointed. Far from it. In fact for anyone bored with all those London books which just go over the same old ground again (Tower of London, yawn) these two books have been a revelation to me. Packed full of places and buildings most of us don't even notice, and with every one photographed and explored by an author with a real talent for the subject, they're original, funny, and above all fascinating in terms of the detail, the history and the personalities they describe and which together make London what it is today.
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The Companion to British Historyby: Charles Arnold-Baker March 09, 2001 Best Selling > Books > Britain and Ireland |
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What an amazing book this is. It covers British history from 55 B.C. (Caesar's first raid) to 1986, with a few lines to 2000; and it covers this period with about 15,000 entries; a bit like a dictionary. This sounds boring. In fact every time I look up something I get sidetracked and look up completely different subjects; ones eye gets seduced by entries such as Mercia, Vikings, or Surcouf... or Dogger Bank, Choiseul or Marlborough... the entry will often lead on to other entries, and before you know it you've forgotten what your original purpose was. A delight. I almost gave it four stars only because of the paperback version, as I would much prefer a hardback - but this book has given me, a non-historian, so much pleasure already after only a year's use that ... Read More:
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The Decline and Fall of the British Empireby: Piers Brendon October 02, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Britain and Ireland |
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This is an ambitious attempt to chronicle the rise and fall of the British Empire. And it is by no mean flawless. Still, the book's "unromaticising" of the Empire must not be taken too personally by some of the reviewers here. There is no victimisation - considered the looting the Empire has inflicted on its colonial subjects. This book is one of course readings at the LSE (not the bourse). And it is an eye-opener. I would also suggest "Merchants to multinationals : British trading companies in the nieteenth and twentieth centuries" by Geoffrey Jones, which explains more about the political economic impacts of the British Empire.
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A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britainby: Marc Morris March 06, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Britain and Ireland |
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I got this book for Christmas and from the very beginning it is clear how much research has gone into Morris' work. He is not content just to include troop numbers and tax yields, like some other writers, instead he really paints a picture, right down to what furnishings adorned the young Prince Edward's homes.
However, while this book gives a great insight into the life of this famous Plantagenet, it was the account of his father that i most enjoyed. To this day, i have never found a great text on Henry III, which is of constant frustration to me. For this reason alone, the early chapters will be of interest to many in illuminating this part of Henry's reign. Basically, a well researched and skillfully written piece on two English monarchs. ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Sod That for a Game of Soldiersby: Mark Eyles-Thomas June 01, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Britain and Ireland |
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I was looking forward to reading this book as I have served with a couple of lads from both 2 & 3 Para who fought in the Falklands and have worked with many other Paras in more recent years.
The book started off pretty dull about his life at school but soon got on track once he decided to join the Army, the story of life in the Army, his trip down south and what happened on his return was excellent, but then it went back to being dull again, why he chose to write about his trip to Belize is beyond me and didnt add anything to the book, I nearly stopped reading there, but then it picked up again at the end. His attitude towards the rest of the Army is now very dated, and although there is still inter Regiment rivalry the whole whole way that we view each other ... Read More: >>More Details |
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First Lightby: Geoffrey Wellum May 01, 2003 Best Selling > Books > Britain and Ireland |
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Excellent, I thoroughly enjoyed the read. I,ve now flown a Spitfire, as a passenger of the author! My only criticism is the gaps that appear, it seems to jump missing what I would consider necessary to the storyline. However it is still a must read. My admiration for the author grew with every page, definately one of the "few".
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