Retired scientist, I read a lot, fiction and non-fiction, on a wide range of subjects, though science, politics, philosophy, law, science fiction and historical detective stories are favourites.
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A classic of Software Engineering, with clear explanations of the thought process behind the design from pioneering programmers. Read many years ago, and the principles behind it have stood the test of time well.
Interested to read his view on what happened to the place of truth in politics.
Loved What If? and was delighted to be given a signed copy of What If? 2 for Christmas.
Patrick Lanigan was once a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then he stole ninety million …
Using his own childhood for inspiration (and leaving the lawyers behind), bestselling author John Grisham sets A Painted House in …
Using his own childhood for inspiration (and leaving the lawyers behind), bestselling author John Grisham …
I found the similarities between the cotton farming community and the Lewis Islanders of The Lewis Trilogy were interesting. Both are economically living on the edge, working extremely hard just to survive. A strongly fundamentalist church plays a strong part in people's lives, on the Sabbath at least.
Bold, professional, ruthless, hero and man of action'Sharpe lost all sense of time. The fear was gone, as it always …
Bernard Cornwell: Sharpe's Devil (Hardcover, 1993, Eagle Books)
An honored veteran of the Napolenic Wars, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe is drawn into a deadly battle, both on land …
Patrick Lanigan was once a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then he stole ninety million …
Bold, professional, ruthless, hero and man of action'Sharpe lost all sense of time. The fear …
Working my way, in random order, through the Sharpe series
