Wednesday, December 10, 2008

6. If you were putting up to twelve books for browsing on a shelf in a peaceful cafe what would they be?

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posted by Susan Harper at 10:57 AM

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Blogger RUTH said...

Some pretty picture books to look at:
a fabulous book of aerial photographs, Mexicolor.

Some reference works:
a decent dictionary (partly to go with the Scrabble set such a café should have), an atlas.

Some quick reads:
three short story anthologies from three different genres.

Some kids books:
a Dr Seuss collection, Oxford Book of Children's Poetry.

Some humour:
a collection from an amusing columnist, a New Scientist last word book, a Michael Leunig collection.

10:18 PM  
Blogger Susan Harper said...

1. I think I too want a dictionary, and
2. Daniel Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea,
3. Something by Oliver Sacks,
4. Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything,
5. One of those M.I.L.K. books of photographs of people,
6. Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions,
7. John Dawson and Rob Lucas The Nature of Plants,
8. Roizen and Oz You: the owner's manual,
9. Christopher Alexander et al. A Pattern Language,
10. Something by Tove Jansson,
11. And subscriptions to two magazines: National Geographic, and
12. The New Zealand School Journal.

1:49 PM  
Blogger Matt said...

"Everything I know I Learnt from TV" Can't remember the author

"The Twilight of Atheism" By Alistair McGrath

"A short history of nearly everything" Bill Bryson

"Eats shoots and leaves" bu Lynne Truss

"Never hit a jellyfish with a spade" Can't remember the author

A bible

The collected works of WB Yeats and WH Auden

"Going Solo" by Roald Dahl

"A Chinese - English Dictionary of Love" Xiaolu Guo

"The Little Mole who Knew it was none of his business" Can't remember the author

A subscription to New Scientist

11:01 PM  

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