Five months! Now, where has that time gone since I last posted about books. But at least I have been reading. Here’s another three…
A very interesting book that explains the background, origin and battles fought over earlier centuries that today allows us to simply pick up a jar of Nutmeg, Cinnamon or many other spices without having any inkling of the history of the contents.
This another book that benefits from the use of the Web. Well, at least in my case. So much extra info to be read about as you work through this book.
Packed full of notes, a great Bibliography, lots of illustrations and an excellent index, this book will take you on a great journey of exploration into the history of just why Spice’s meant so much then and still do today.
Many of us like mushrooms and as part of the Fungi family, this book opens up a whole new world about how fungi are interconnected and how that affects just about everything we touch, smell and see.
I’m pretty sure I did not know much about Fungi, apart from those you ate or saw growing on a rotting log on the country walk. However, but this book has certainly changed that.
With over 20 pages of notes, some great illustrations, an extensive bibliography, this book takes some reading, but in the end you get to know just what’s under that mushroom you have just picked!
Amazingly, I purchased this book in 2016 and then somehow it disappeared into a box in my study till rediscovered during a tidy up earlier this year!
I served in the Royal Navy for nearly 16 years and apart from a short stint (four days on loan to fix some equipment) submarines we definitely not for me.
This book (all 835 pages!) is a great read and amongst the many subjects it covers, it is also a great way to find out about the Perisher, or Submarine Command Course to give it its official title. All potential Submarine Captains must pass it first time, if you don’t, you’re out! Surprisingly, there is some thinking about changing that.
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