I wish I'd read this years ago (sorry kids!)
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A treasure chest full of secrets and mystery! |
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West of Hayle River - Gerald and Sylvia Priestland (1980) | Fascinating and full of mysteries and interesting things to find |
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Meetings with Remarkable Trees - Thomas Pakenham (1996) | Remarkable |
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Art Nouveau in Belgium: Architecture and Interior Design (1991) | Beautiful |
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Gustav Klimt: Painter of Women - Susanna Partsch (1994) | Beautiful |
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You can Heal your Life - Louise L Hay (1984) | Because it's so positive |
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Mother and Sun: The Cornish Fogou - Ian McNeil Cooke (1993) | Fascinating and full of things to find |
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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, Children are from Heaven - John Gray (1999) |
I wish I'd read this years ago (sorry kids!) |
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The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough (1977) | Epic |
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A History of Suffolk - David Dymond and Peter Northeast (1985) | Because it's a fascinating story |
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Elizabeth I - Neville Williams (1972) | Because her life is so interesting (especially after having such an awful father) |
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Sky Atlas 2000 - Wil Tirion (1981) | Because it' shows you what you're seeing (and what to look for) and astounds you! |
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Macworld Photoshop 5 Bible - Deke McClelland (1998) | Because it's so useful |
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Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway - Susan Jeffers (1988) | Because it makes you realise that nothing that doesn't challenge you is worth doing... |
(from when I used to read only science fiction many years ago):
"When he was twelve, she [his mother] suddenly found herself alone, abandoned by Franz's father. The boy suspected something serious had happened, but his mother muted the drama with mild, insipid words so as not to upset him. The day his father left, Franz and his mother went into town together, and as they left home Franz noticed that her shoes did not match. He was in a quandary: he wanted to point out her mistake, but was afraid he would hurt her. So during the two hours they spent walking through the city together he kept his eyes fixed on her feet. It was then he had his first inkling of what it means to suffer" - The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
"It is very dificult to understand anybody without visiting his home. Houses reveal character" - Gilbert Highet
"Home is not where you live but where they understand you" - Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914)
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful" - William Morris (1834-1896)
"The problems to be faced are vast and complex, but come down to this: 5.5 billion people are breeding exponentially. The process of fulfilling their wants and needs is stripping the earth of its biotic capacity to produce life; a climactic burst of consumption by a single species is overwhelming the skies, earth, waters, and fauna" - The Ecology of Commerce: How Business can save the Planet, Paul Hawken, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993, ISBN: 0 297 81462 1.
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