Went to visit a friend in darkest Stockport a while back. On the way back, I was dragged by mysterious forces into a charity shop. Here’s a table of all the books I definitely didn’t buy, how much I didn’t pay for each (they were all 25p), and comments on why I didn’t buy them. Fascinating!
| Book | Comments |
| International War An Athology and Study Guide by Melvin Small and J. David Singer | Will go with my Gwynne Dyer and other war stuff. Have dipped in- there is good stuff (indiv soldier and death) |
| Beyond Fear by Dorothy Rowe | Ozzie shrink/thinker. Comes rated. |
| Build your resilience by Donald Robertson | 25p. What’s to lose? |
| Resources and Man: Committee on Resources and Man National Academy of Sciences. | Always fascinated at how environmental issues were (not) talked about in the late 60s, by who and how… |
| Changing the Past by Thomas Berger | Looks fun. Had been reading about Berger, oddly |
| In between the Sheets by Ian McEwan | McEwan. Short Stories. What’s not to love |
| The Archer Files by Ross Macdonald (ed Tom Nolan) | Like Macdonald. Noir! |
| Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos | See above |
| Brixmis: The Untold exploits of Britain’s most daring cold war spy mission by Tony Geraghty | See war thing. Sucker for this stuff… |
| The Mournful Demeanor of Lieutenant Boruvka by Joseph Skvorecky | Detective stories, pomo etc. |
| Short Sharp Shock by Kim Stanley Robinson | Have read some of his other stuff, liked it. |
And the plan is to review em all. No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
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