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Desert island books - Companion to the disc thread
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:15 pmby woof woof !
You've just got time to grab a book or two as the ship sinks . What would you take as reading matter to your desert island ?
I grabbed
Pocket Guide to Flanges, Fittings, and Piping Data, Third Edition (Paperback) .
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:25 pmby neil
ray mears survival guide
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:27 pmby dawson99
dont gimme that jibba jabba - an autobiography by Mr T - forward by Murdoch
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:37 pmby drummerphil
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
Spike Milligan
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:59 pmby laza
Robinson Crusoe
Pictorial of volleyballs
Dummies guide to building rafts
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:30 pmby The Ace1983
Faust - Goethe
The Monk - Lewis
Beyond Good and Evil - Nietzsche
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:18 pmby JBG
The Ace1983 wrote:Faust - Goethe
The Monk - Lewis
Beyond Good and Evil - Nietzsche
Christ, are you hoping to do yourself in on this island? 
Let me see, if I was stuck on an island and needed some reading material
Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkein
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers George Kennedy
Hitler: Hubris/Nemesis Ian Kershaw
Berlin Anthony Beever
1421: The year China discovered the world Gavin Menzies
The Shield of Achilles Phillip Bobbit
Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedes
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:23 pmby dawson99
people are being serious? well damn..
the bachman books - richard bachman
only forward/spares/one of us - michael marshall smith
zen and the art of motorcycle maintanance - robert pirsig (great book)
still life with woodpecker - tom robbins (very bizarre)
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:32 pmby woof woof !
Fun with sand - W Woof .
Designing Sandcastles - Prof W Woof
Sand and Your Diet - Dr W Woof
More Fun with Sand - W Woof
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:09 pmby woof woof !
Fun with a shovel - Isambard Kingdom Woof .
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:33 pmby The Ace1983
JBG wrote:The Ace1983 wrote:Faust - Goethe
The Monk - Lewis
Beyond Good and Evil - Nietzsche
Christ, are you hoping to do yourself in on this island?
Let me see, if I was stuck on an island and needed some reading material
Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkein
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers George Kennedy
Hitler: Hubris/Nemesis Ian Kershaw
Berlin Anthony Beever
1421: The year China discovered the world Gavin Menzies
The Shield of Achilles Phillip Bobbit
Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedes
No, but if I were stuck on an island for the rest of my days I would employ my time in trying to answer certain unanswered questions involving life, god and existance. If I wanted light hearted I'd take The Hobbit, Feet Of Clay and The Big Book Of Garfield, but I'm thinking ong term.
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:21 pmby woof woof !
If I was thinking long term I take "The Tibetan Book of the Dead "
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:27 pmby zarababe
The Book of the Living - The Mummy
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:30 pmby Mikz
Romance of the three Kingdoms-Luo Guanzhong (Sanguo yanyi)
Lord Of the Rings
The Bible
How to build a raft in 10 easy steps
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Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:06 pmby Effes
Papillion - Henri Cherriere
The autobiography the film was based on - quality read