Eric Taylor 'The AB Guide to Music Theory, Part 1'This book introduces musical notation and theory for Grades 1 to 5 of the UK Associated Board Theory syllabus. I found it an interesting...
Kingsley Amis 'The Green Man'This is a classic, if rather pretentious, ghost story. Well written, often funny, and occasionally eerie, rather let down by a slightly...
James Lovelock 'Gaia, A New Look at Life on Earth'Uhmmmm, I don't quite know how to approach this book. In the preface Lovelock makes it plain that this is not a technical book and...
Timothy Gowers 'Mathematics. A Very Short Introduction'This book is almost totally the reverse of the preceding book. It avoids any 'gee-wiz' butterfly effect stuff but goes more to the heart...
John Buckingham 'Chasing the molecule'This is a prime example of an irritating class of popular science book, the type that talks about the science without ever attempting to...
William R. Polk 'Understanding Iraq'I suppose it would be fair to say that this book is not a good introduction to the history of Iraq or of the Middle East in general....