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Advantages: Very well written and wonderfully researched, makes the mundane interesting Disadvantages: Isn't particularly well structured
I must be honest and say that having lived in modern homes and in period properties, I have discovered I far prefer modern homes. My late husband used to call me a philistine for feeling this way, but having endured the joys of broken sash windows, dado ...
Advantages: a very informative, highly detailed, well researched look at the home Disadvantages: might be best suited to those with an interest in social history
...I only acquired this book quite recently, as a birthday present, and must admit that - before I had spotted on Amazon - I hadn’t realised it had even been published. Although I like history in general (I would say At Home is really more of a “history” boo ...
Advantages: Informative and diverting. Accessible social history. Disadvantages: Not a particularly light read. Over 500 pages.
Not normally one to read history books, I was slightly taken aback to receive this substantial tome as a birthday present. Previous titles that I’d read by the same author, Bill Bryson, had all been entertaining travel and/or autobiographical wor ...
Advantages: Interesting till the end, easy to get into and easy to stop and start throughtout. Disadvantages: Only thing I can think of is that the title leads you to believe it might not be for everyone.
I have never read one of Brysons books before and I will admit that there are very few books that I have read by the age of 26. The reason for this, is that I get very board reading a book as I am a slow reader, therefore it takes me a long time to get to ...
Advantages: Thorough, Informative, Interesting Disadvantages: Hard to follow, some russian knowledge required
A very challenging book not for the faint hearted. I am an avid reader of similar books, (prison accounts, WWII Camps) and rushed out to buy as soon as available. I noticed after only a couple of chapters that i was having to look back and cross referenc ...