Not been one of these threads in a while.
Just purchased three this morning.. A Short History of Drunkness (self explanatory, The Man Without A Face (about Putin's rise and how he's dominated and changed Russia), and Fatherland (the Robert Harris novel about an alternate history if we'd lost WW2).
Just started on the Drunkness book and it's a very funny read, and interesting too. I wasn't aware of the theory that civilisation was a by-product of beer, and that the oldest building ever discovered was a temple of sorts for ancient tribes to meet up for a p¡ss up.
But the book is enough to make me a believer.. the ancient Mesopotamians/Sumerians had a goddess of Beer (Ninkasi) who was one of their holiest deities. Amen!
Anyone else read or purchased any good reads lately?
Books
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Tons of stuff on History
That's why it gets a tab of its own on BBC iPlayer.
Unlike those Geography twatts.
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Got oot o the History teaching lark when I actually remembered most of
what was in the course.
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CS<Strange. I read them on my kindle in my house and on breaks at work. I don't work at an airport>
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Do my very best as ever abcdef.
Looks like it's the 9/12 Sat not good for me usually.
Only one I lasted the pace at was the Thursday one 3 years ago.
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xyz mer like
Recognised you after my last mistake.
Hopefully see you & others soon.
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Pirlo's autobiography
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrea-Pirlo-think-therefore-play/dp/1909430161