http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlzUP_M83W4
Listen to the views of Alexander Stoddart, an admirer of Roger Scruton and Tony Benn, after 47 minutes. Stoddart sculpted the magnificent statue of Adam Smith that was unveiled in Edinburgh a few years ago.
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Britain's Lost Cities - A Chronicle of Architectural Destruction by Gavin Stamp.
The sub-title says it all really.
Mikhail Bulgakov, "A Dead Man's Memoir"
Apollonius of Rhodes' "Argonautica"--in the Greek, of course, and rather tough going it is!
"50 Shades of Grey" Almost finished.
The World Was Going Our Way
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Just finished Qing Bingqi 10/2012 (shang) and 10/2012 (xia).
GIZhou007- Elaborate, please
Captainpreppy: Somebody had recommended the book several months ago. The story starts with historical fiction vignettes from several eras, each of which is interrupted mid tale. Later on they get picked up and the threads tied together.
Marcus Aurelius is always interesting - an emperor talking directly to me.
* Victorial Police Laws
* 1914 Australian Crimes Act
* Text of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871
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The Englishman's Suit by Hardy Amies (and as recently recommended by FNB).
Probably everyone else on this forum knows this already but, this is absolutely essential reading.