King Solomon's Ring New Light on Animal Ways by Konrad Lorenz - "…more than your bog standard reductive behaviourist. Lorenz writes with wit."
Sebastian Faulks chose these books at the Portobello Road Oxfam bookshop.
Reach for The Sky by Paul Brickhill
The story of Douglas Bader. Schoolboy thrills and real grit.
U.S.A. by John dos Passos
One of those great American novels I have always been meaning to read...
Resistance: European Resistance to Nazism 1940-45 by MRD Foot
A fascinating, uncomfortable story told by an authority on the subject.
King Solomon's Ring New Light on Animal Ways by Konrad Lorenz.
A bit more than your bog standard reductive behaviourist. Lorenz writes with wit.
Anish Kapoor Essays by Homi K. Bhabha and Pier Luigi Tazzi
Nothing beats seeing one of Kapoor's marvellous pieces in real life but this little book gives you a taste.
