LEIGH FORBES: Books of all Sorts

26th February 2019
by Leigh Forbes
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Henry Winstanley and the Eddystone Lighthouse

by Adam Hart Davis and Emily Troscianko This book is about Henry Winstanley the man whose life (and death) became intractably linked with the first Eddystone Lighthouse. The Eddystone rocks – an outcrop of slippery, sloping gneiss that barely pokes … Continue reading

3rd June 2017
by Leigh Forbes
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The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu

by Joshua Hammer. The Bad Ass Librarians of Timbuktu tells two stories: one about thousands of ancient manuscripts – on such subjects as history, science, Islamic law, conflict resolution, and poetry – and the librarians who sought to first preserve, then … Continue reading

10th February 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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Attention All Shipping

Charlie Connelly A funny and charming travelogue of the shipping-forecast areas. Charlie Connelly visits those places (on land) that he feels best reflect their adjacent forecast areas. Starting of on the Norwegian island of Utsira, he travels clockwise around the … Continue reading