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[AlfredJPruffock]

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.

[Bob Dalek]

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.

[chef]

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

[AlfredJPruffock]

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

[HeliCraig]

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!!

[oracleslave]

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'

[AlfredJPruffock]

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.

[AlfredJPruffock]

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.

[oracleslave]

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.

[AlfredJPruffock]

A quick glance at my Amazon order history over the last six months suggests that I pay between £5 and £40 for books across a wide variety of genres. Off the top of my head, I'd guess that I'm happy to pay £7 - £12 for a book that might be of interest to a wide audience, and have no qualms about paying much more for a good technical tome - particularly if I know the author personally, and therefore have a good idea of the likely quality of the work.

I also have no regrets about paying full retail price for this one

Of course many of those books I bought were at Amazon discount prices, but I still find that, for my mix of technical and general interest books, the average price seems fair, given the amount of work the author and/or editor had to put into making it.

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.