 | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Robert Tressell
Buy used from: £1.95 The first book I read when I came to live in Mugsborough. And this classic, never-bettered depiction of the early struggle for socialism in the early 20c building trade made me a bit of a lefty.
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 | Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Ralph Leighton
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £1.98 First book I read about a scientist. AND found that you certainly don't need to be one to enjoy these endlessly fascinating anecdotes from Richard Feynman. He mends radios by thinking you know!
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 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Penguin Popular Classics) by Lewis Carroll
Buy new: £2.16 / Used from: £0.01 First book I ever became seriously lost in. Mine was an ancient copy though not with the Tenniel illustrations which I consequently find quite unlike my own Alice, who is more like, well, me.
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 | Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.23 The first book I ever read which made me laugh till it hurt. It was Scheisskopf's marching obsessions that did it!
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 | The Tyranny of Health: Doctors and the Regulation of Lifestyle by Michael Fitzpatrick
Buy new: £18.68 / Used from: £8.95 The first time I read a book where the opinions expressed matched mine so neatly that I thought, 'I wish I could have said that!'
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