This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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Books for learning and whatnot.I love books, me. Although usually just for fun, I don't think that they've ever really changed my life per say, but they've provided me with some of the most entertaining ways of killing time.
One book that I found amazingly insightful was the new scientist book "How to fossilize your hamster (and other armchair sciences)" - It's pure genius. It's explained so much about science that I'd forgotten, or wondered about and never looked into, or had just pondered about. Now, I know that you can actually extract iron from a bowl of frosties, and that it is entirely possible to see DNA using nothing more than a glass of Salt water and some premium spirits!! I found this incredibly cool.
.... I am such a geek...
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There's another bookgoing on my list.
This is the most expensive QOTW I've ever read.
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Thinker, Tue 20 May 2008, 13:17,
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Sorry to tell you ThinkerBut they've got a couple of others as well.
'Why don't penguins feet freeze' (blood vessels)
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'Does anything eat wasps'
I've already spent at least 40 quid on amazon becuase of this damn QOTW.
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I've got all the books mentioned in the posts aboveAnd they are truly very interesting and amusing indeed. Well worth a read.
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Mike Fishcake teamfishcake.co.uk - better than your mum's face, Wed 21 May 2008, 10:41,
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