What are you reading?

[jon-nyc]

Listening to this:

I finished the English history book and am still (re)reading Shirer’s Rise and Fall.

Funny to go back and forth between Weimar and Hitler’s Germany.

[Steve Miller]

@AndyD

Beautiful things!

[AndyD]

In London last weekend I got these in an Oxfam bookshop

Today I trawled four charity shops in a nearby town and spent a colossal £5.50 for these (six are really nice, including one on watercolour for MrsA, an interesting flower ID-by-month when they flower; the one with Harold King is a Folio Society from 1973 on the Bayeux Tapestry with complete photography, though Shining Sands will be my first read)

[CHAS]

Dominion:How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
Just started reading. Impressed so far. Holland is not accepted by many academic historians. Some like his work.

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[AdagioM]

Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller.

I read the Little House books a long time ago. I know part of the story is problematic (colonialism, racism), it’s still fascinating. In this case, the story is told from Caroline’s viewpoint (the mother). It’s tender and sweetly told, so far.

[Daniel]

@AndyD said:

So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...

I wonder why England has the best gardens with maybe Italy a close second followed by France. Or maybe it's a matter of personal taste and I'm biased in favor of England because I'm a native English speaker. Who knows. Beautiful book. Congrats.

[CHAS]

@jon-nyc Got a Kindle sample of the English book. May do the same for the Third Reich book.

[AndyD]

@Daniel said:

@AndyD said:

So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...

I wonder why England has the best gardens with maybe Italy a close second followed by France. Or maybe it's a matter of personal taste and I'm biased in favor of England because I'm a native English speaker. Who knows. Beautiful book. Congrats.

Could be partly taste; Japan has lovely gardens, with small stone bridges over water, and I love their stone lanterns.

[dolmansaxlil]

I’m rereading Project Hail Mary. I’m enjoying it more the second time. It’s still not as good as The Martian, but pretty great! I’ll see the movie when it comes to streaming.

[Daniel]

@AndyD said:

@Daniel said:

@AndyD said:

So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...

I wonder why England has the best gardens with maybe Italy a close second followed by France. Or maybe it's a matter of personal taste and I'm biased in favor of England because I'm a native English speaker. Who knows. Beautiful book. Congrats.

Could be partly taste; Japan has lovely gardens, with small stone bridges over water, and I love their stone lanterns.

Yes, how could I forget.