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    Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
    Soemtimes I visit a bookshop and if I like the book will note the author and ISBN - take that to my local library and order it there for gratis - been doing this for quite some time.
    For books that I really like though I always want my own copy, either for re-reading, referring back to etc. A wood-pannelled library with wall to wall books, leather loungers, a snooker table and some good quality port are what is required...one day.

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      Originally posted by El_Diablo View Post
      In the office:

      Fundamentals of Neurophysiology - R F Schmidt
      The Fifth Discipline - Peter M Senge
      The Making of Memory - Steven Rose
      The Book of Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi

      Bedside:

      Beyond Fear - Bruce Schneier
      Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
      The Universal Form - Lawrence Tan
      Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu

      Now thats a good read.

      Mind you - the Tao that can be described - is not the true Tao.

      So it goes.

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        Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
        For books that I really like though I always want my own copy, either for re-reading, referring back to etc. A wood-pannelled library with wall to wall books, leather loungers, a snooker table and some good quality port are what is required...one day.

        Well the big fashion trend now is Nationalisation - so the collective spirit means we should reject such bourgeoise concepts as private bookstores and spend our time in the public reading libraries instead.

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          Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
          Well the big fashion trend now is Nationalisation - so the collective spirit means we should reject such bourgeoise concepts as private bookstores and spend our time in the public reading libraries instead.
          I have been assured that I am seldom 'fashionable'

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            Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
            Well the big fashion trend now is Nationalisation - so the collective spirit means we should reject such bourgeoise concepts as private bookstores and spend our time in the public reading libraries instead.
            The credit crunch (read: my being a tight wod) has induced my first visit to a public library since leaving school; I feel guilty spending £15 on a book I shall read only once when the local library has one available!!

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              Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
              I have been assured that I am seldom 'fashionable'
              There is only one thing worse that not being fashionable - and that is - being fashionable.

              He's a dedicated follower of Fashion

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                Ronnie - by Ronnie Wood

                and

                As You Do: Adventures With Evel, Oliver, and The Vice-President Of Botswana: Adventures with Evel, Oliver, and the Vice-President of Botswana
                by Richard Hammond

                bit of Top Gear theme going on

                next on the list Parkinson autobiography
                The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek Points

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                  Originally posted by chef View Post
                  Ronnie - by Ronnie Wood

                  and

                  As You Do: Adventures With Evel, Oliver, and The Vice-President Of Botswana: Adventures with Evel, Oliver, and the Vice-President of Botswana
                  by Richard Hammond

                  bit of Top Gear theme going on

                  next on the list Parkinson autobiography
                  Parkinson? He's crap. Stopped being owt good in the 70s.

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                    Originally posted by HeliCraig View Post
                    The credit crunch (read: my being a tight wod) has induced my first visit to a public library since leaving school; I feel guilty spending £15 on a book I shall read only once when the local library has one available!!

                    Public Libraries are an excellent feature of British life - I often visit after a day on the collective farm, at closing times the cheerful Librarians can be heard singing that inspiring ditty Forward United Kingdom - collective responsibilites we enjoy.

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                      Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
                      Public Libraries are an excellent feature of British life - I often visit after a day on the collective farm, at closing times the cheerful Librarians can be heard singing that inspiring ditty Forward United Kingdom - collective responsibilites we enjoy.
                      I love the library. We have our own Rain Man - if people stay on the PC's longer than 30 minutes he can be seen freaking out on them...

                      ...He is the autistic law (of the library).

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