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Benders are a traditional, low-impact dwelling space, traditionally used by travellers and protestors. Having lived in a few, it was lovely to come across a book about them. It is a beautifully illustrated and wryly amusing little book that I read cover to cover in a couple of hours.
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It is pretty rare to read a bok that makes you laugh out loud. Sedaris is a master of observation. Everything he touches turns to bizarre hilarity. The Story of David’s career as a conceptual artist in particular had me screaming with laughter. Wonderful stuff and highly recommended.
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Picked up on spec from the Oxford University Press shop, because it was on 75% discount. I was expecting another trawl through Turing’s considerable achievements in pure maths and his war record. But the collection of essays take you through the story of a computer that Turing conceived, the ACE. And it goes into proper detail about how the ACE worked, how it was programmed, everything. Really fascinating stuff and quite incredible that they managed to use mercury delay lines to build memory before the transistor had even been invented.
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An accessible guide that covers a lot of ground in an easily-digestible style. It is practically focussed rather than diving into theory, although the mathematics appendices are pretty good too. It'd be a great introductory read, or a good way to polish up your rusty crypto-fu.