If you’re a reader you’ve probably heard of Johannes Gutenberg, the father of printing. He was the first person to invent a moveable-type printing press. In order for a printing press of this calibre to come into being a number of other things had to be invented. These include adjustable ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
My reading is rather eclectic and this is probably on the more normal side of my reading I think the last two books have been a little out there. I was recommended I read this with a view to figuring out how I could structure the history of my synagogue ...
I found this book in a house I’m happily clearing out. No, I’ve not bought the house or contents, it’s just my task to clear it out. I’m able to take what I want and this book looked like it might be really interesting and potentially useful for a book ...
There are times when I’m glad I started blogging so early. In this case it meant I was on Twitter when Rebecca Skloot started talking about the book she’d written. I didn’t get around to buying in 2010 when it was published and that is my regret. But while we ...
Paratalk or Torque is where I take a paragraph, mostly at random, and talk about it however I wish. It’s an old column I’ve revived. It has fairly broad scope and could go on for ages. Let me know if you get bored, I may not listen though. Today’s paragraph comes ...
Doesn’t everyone follow a long, challenging book with another challenging book? No? It’s only me? Oh well… Who Got Einstein’s Office is a non-fiction book about the life of the Institute for Advanced Study located in Princeton. If you’re one of the rabble and you’d never heard of it then ...
I’ve lost track of how many weeks I’ve been reading this book but last week I finally finished the last page. 540 pages packed full of information. Once I finished the book I wanted to then watch the two movies that have been inspired by Turing and his work: Enigma ...
This book is the first in a series of books about English History. It was published in 2003. I borrowed it from the library as I’m writing a book which hinges on real, historical events. I think I’m a little mad, but others are encouraging me so there you go. ...
This is a book I bought during my American trip in 2019. We were staying with my Travelling Companion’s cousin close to Harpers Ferry, not Harper Valley. Harpers Ferry had a federal armoury. In October 1859, John Brown lead some people to capture the armoury, it was supposed to be ...
I’ve been reading a lot of non-fiction lately, not on purpose as I’ve been choosing the books by their spines. I will read something else in due course, but my current book is also non-fiction. With less than fifty pages to go of my current book I promise to choose ...
I picked this up from my shelf as it’s in the Dymocks Top 101 Books for 2020. I have to read a book from this list for the Dymocks Reading Challenge 2020. It was an amazing read. If you only like light and fluffy then I suggest you take your ...
This book is the thirty year history of the famous icebreaker, the Aurora Australis. It was the first and only icebreaker of its kind to be made in Australia. It has a really exciting story, starting with the idea and going all the way to the end of its life. ...
When I found this book I almost cheered. It’s a different book to what I thought it would be and I’m still trying to decide if that’s a good thing or not. It has some of my family stories in it and I kind of got the impression it would ...
I think I won this a few years ago when I thought I’d have more time for reading. I probably won it on Twitter. I’ve stopped entering book competitions as I’d really like to get through my To Be Read Pile. I’ve put off reading it due to the subject ...
This is a very abridged version of the Burke and Wills exploration story. Their goal was to go north from Melbourne to explore the country and find the Gulf of Carpentaria a distance of about 3,250 km. This was in 1860 when the middle of the country was still to be explored. Sometimes ...