Books
These are a few favourites of ours but feel free to tell us about the ones you love too.
Book Hopper (www.bookhopper.com)
Book Hopper is a: "book swapping community... you can join... and use your old books to get books you haven't yet read, the best thing is it's free, and always will be."
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A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
"If you read one book about impending doom this year, make it this one" - Ottawa Citizen
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Friedman
"Thomas L. Friedman, three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, offers a tantalizing look at the future" - Boston Globe |
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365 Days to Change the World by Michael Norton, OBE
"How to make a difference..one day at a time."
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
Guardian review by Jonathon Porritt
"extraordinary in erudition and originality..." - New York Times |
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Yes Man by Danny Wallace
"The amazing tale of what happens when you decide to say... YES"
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The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy
Satirical view of histories famous faces
"Philip II ... appointed himself Captain General so that he could uphold the ideals of Hellas. The main ideal of Hellas was to get rid of Philip, but he didn't count that one." |
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River Cottage Diary by Hugh Fearnley–Whittingstall
Recipes, tips, local markets, seasonal foods all added to this recycled paper diary. |
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Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
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We Did Nothing by Linda Polman
Linda Polman witnessed the UN missions to Somalia, Haiti, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
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A Briefer History of Time, written by Stephen Hawking
Apparently very good... |
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Ugly written by Constance Briscoe
Constance Briscoe was severely abused as a child but managed to work her way up and become one of Britain's top judges. |
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Shake Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dallaire
Incredible account of the Rwandan genocide by the General Romeo Dallaire who led the UN Peacekeeping missiom. |
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Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl
Collection of four stories for adults by one of the worlds greatest childrens authors (well, i think so anyway). |
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London A to Z
If you are going to get walking around our fair capital it's a bit of an essential. TINM |
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Change the world for a fiver
A book of 50 simple actions to change the world and make you feel good. |
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The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs (Penguin Press)
"Book and man are brilliant, passionate, optimistic and impatient. " The Economist |
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Eats Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss (Profile Books)
Just because three people have now told me to read it due to my appalling use of apostrophes - for which I apologise! Susie |
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In Praise of Slowness by Charles Honore (Orion Paperbacks)
"an epiphany for those of us who have forgotten how to look forward to things or to enjoy the moment when it arrives." The Herald |
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Carter Beats the Devil by Glen Gold (Hyperion Books)
Carter Beats the Devil website
"Here is a book - a first novel, no less - to blow you away" - Guardian review |
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Life Stripped Bare by Leo Hickman (Eden Project Books)
"Refreshing and funny, this book overflows with ideas for a more sustainable everyday life." - The Ecologist |
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (Fourth Estate Ltd)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2001 |
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The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley (Perennial)
"Mesmerizing... A sweeping, poetic homage to Africa." Publisher's Weekly |
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His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman (Scholastic Press)
Winner of the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Fiction Award |
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The Idler - Various Issues by Tom Hodgkinson (Ebury Press)
"The Idler is a magazine / book that celebrates freedom, fun and the fine art of doing nothing." |
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The Gate Vegetarian Cookbook by Adrian and Michael Daniel (Mitchell Beazley)
"an imaginative book of beautifully created dishes." Will Self |
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The Shackled Continent by Robert Guest (Pan)
"the best book I have ever read on Africa." Roger Bate, IMF Magazine |
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This diary will change your life (Boxtree)
(Dare's you to do hilarious, rogue things - brilliant, TINM) |
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A People's History of the United States - 1942-Present by Howard Zinn (Paperback)
"One of the most important books I have ever read in a long life of reading." Howard Fast |
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Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov - (The Harvill Press)
"Andrey Kurkov's novel is a minor tragi-comic masterpiece." - Daily Telegraph |
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (Simon & Schuster Inc)
"Exhilarating...Profoundly moving, occasionally angry and often hilarious..." New York Times |
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Twelve Bar Blues by Patrick Neate (Viking)
Winner Whitbread Award 2001 |
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The Good Shopping Guide by Charlotte Mulvey (Ethical Marketing Group)
"the essential tool for every shopping trip" - Penny Newman, CEO, Cafe Direct |
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Wild Swans by Jung Chang (HarperCollins)
"a very unusual masterpiece. Everything about it is extraordinary." Sunday Telegraph |
