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luddite
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Big Charlie

My East End - Gilda O'Neill
Memories of Life in**ney London

I picked this up new from a charity shop for £1, put it on the "to read" pile, flicked through it and found myself reading it enthusiastically.

A brief history of the East End (did you know that Somalians first arrived in the 19th century?), but largely an anecdotal story told of the area from around the turn of the century through personal accounts. Stronger the closer you get to the pre-war and post- war era. Fascinating tales and reminiscences.

ISBN 0 - 14 - 025950 - 3

http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140259506,00.html

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Report orioles • November 7, 2009 4:06 AM GMT
Big Charlie

Coming Together In Harmony - Racial Harmony, Understanding, and Tolerance
(Paperback) by Al Johnson (Author)
Report Joel • November 7, 2009 4:09 AM GMT
Ladycakes

Kenworth Trucks: The First 75 Years (Hardcover)

"This is one of the most exciting truck books to be published in a long time...Great photos and detailed, yet easy-to-read text inform the reader about Kenworth activities in not just the U.S., but also China, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South America and Africa....This is a "must-have" book for any collector of trucking history, and a great book for insights on what made American trucks the standard for the rest of the world to follow. -- rpm Magazine, October 1998 "
Report man of many moods • November 7, 2009 4:15 AM GMT

Tommy Toes

The Great Potato Book
Author - Fabricant Florence

Fascinating essays place the potato in a historical and gastronomic content, while over 50 recipes
feature the noblest of tubers in both classic and innovative preparations, illustrations of over 40
different potato varieties from the workhorse Russet to the exotic Peruvian purple potato help
readers identify the countless varieties on the market.


ISBN-10: 1580081851
ISBN-13: 9781580081856

Report luddite • November 7, 2009 4:15 AM GMT
Tommy Toes/ Sparkmaster

The Old Wives' Tale - Arnold Bennett

I "did" this for A level English, but never read it. The course note digest(can't remember the name) was sufficient for the exam. However, I picked up a copy in that cheap book shop by Waterloo station next door to Coral's where you can get 3 classics for £5, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

As you doubtless know, it's set in the Five Towns, the forerunner of Stoke before it was invented, with the sisters Sophia and Constance raised in Bursley.

"This study of the changes wrought by time on the lives of two English sisters during the 19th century is a masterpiece of literary realism. Constance and Sophia Baines, the daughters of a shopkeeper, grow up in the rural town of Bursley. Sophia eventually runs off and settles in Paris with her husband, who is a cad, and Constance remains behind in England and marries the mild-mannered shop assistant. The sisters are reunited years later when they are old, and Bennett skillfully contrasts what has remained stable in their characters with the differences time and environment have produced in their personalities. This long and ambitious work established Bennett's reputation as a novelist."

(The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature)

Great read
Report Do wah Diddy • November 7, 2009 9:23 AM GMT
THE LADYBIRD BOOK OF ROBIN HOOD ,THERES LOTS OF COLOUR PHOTOS
Report sidthekid • November 7, 2009 9:24 AM GMT
Racing in the Dock - some cheap copies on Ebay
Report Howdi • November 7, 2009 10:16 AM GMT
Joel 07 Nov 05:09


Ladycakes

Kenworth Trucks: The First 75 Years (Hardcover)

"This is one of the most exciting truck books to be published in a long time...Great photos and detailed, yet easy-to-read text inform the reader about Kenworth activities in not just the U.S., but also China, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South America and Africa....This is a "must-have" book for any collector of trucking history, and a great book for insights on what made American trucks the standard for the rest of the world to follow. -- rpm Magazine, October 1998 "

:D
Report luddite • November 7, 2009 4:47 PM GMT
ttt
Report takethestand • November 7, 2009 5:50 PM GMT
the bible
Report GT • November 7, 2009 5:50 PM GMT
Riding The Storm ~ Timmy Murphy
Report Slippy Blue • November 7, 2009 5:52 PM GMT
The Damage Done by Warren Fellows is a good read.
Report G1_Jockey_4 • November 7, 2009 6:07 PM GMT
fly fishing by J R Hartley.
Report Ovalman. • November 7, 2009 6:12 PM GMT
The Life of Pi

Booker prize winner 1992
Report Reyes • November 7, 2009 6:19 PM GMT
Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
Report everythings gone green • November 7, 2009 6:19 PM GMT
Er... aren't the recommendations supposed to be for a particular forumite?

eg. "Make you own antifreeze" for Cannyman
Report luddite • November 7, 2009 6:23 PM GMT
Well spotted, egg.

The problem with this thread is that very few forumites read regularly, I guess, and many don't pick up on the nuances of the characters posting, so it goes in the "too hard for a reply" category.
Report Ovalman. • November 7, 2009 6:25 PM GMT
OK, I'll go with "Make your own Antifreeze" but not for Cannyman, for Mitchel Downie instead.
Report Moon Light • November 7, 2009 6:25 PM GMT
Forumites spend all day reading Chit Chat imo.
Report yeahyeahwhatever • November 7, 2009 7:04 PM GMT
re: Big Charlie

My East End - Gilda O'Neill
Memories of Life in**ney London


If you enjoyed that, try Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth. Incredibly heart-wrenching stories.
Report Gene Hackman • November 7, 2009 7:09 PM GMT
for Redbag

Being Davina
Report digdeep • November 7, 2009 7:14 PM GMT
The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Report Sprake sprawls • November 7, 2009 8:21 PM GMT
Chit Chat Forum Moderator: Strategies of Psychotherapy by Jay Haley
Report Big Charlie • November 7, 2009 8:32 PM GMT
Luddite

Letters to a Love Rat

Niamh Greene


Opening chapter:-

1979 Dear Charlie, You are invited to my birthday party. It is on Wednesday at three oclock in my house. You are the only boy coming but you dont have to wear a dress.

http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/penguin_tasters/index.html
Report hellonewman • November 7, 2009 9:03 PM GMT
Fiction : Alexander Baron : The Low Life
Non-Fiction: The Henry Root Letters
Report Ibrahima Sonko • November 7, 2009 9:11 PM GMT
Filth - Irvine Welsh

Just an amusing story and the scottish dictation is just superb.
Report spellingandgrammarchecker • February 20, 2015 5:30 PM GMT
Annie

the Ladybird book of lorry drivers.

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