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Stuff I bought in 2005 that made me happy

	The System of the World: Volume III of the baroque cycle by Neal Stephenson Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £5.06 Amazing conculsion to amazing Trilogy. Now what!
	Affinity by Affinity Buy new: £10.48 / Used from: £9.25 Brilliant vocals from Linda Hoyle - why had I not heard this before?
	Takemitsu: In An Autumn Garden by Kinshi Tsuruta Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £13.86 Beautiful sparse ethereal Japanese masterpiece. Hear the sounds of nature...
	Perdido Street Station by China Mieville Buy new: £4.83 / Used from: £0.91 Extraordinary fantasy - and yet ... so real.
	If... [VHS] [1968] Buy used from: £0.69 So pleased I found this again. Haven't seen it since I was a teenager (at a public school in the '70s)
	King Crimson Songbook Vol.1 by The Crimson Jazz Trio Buy used from: £77.95 Excellent reworking of early King Crimson - very successful transition to Jazz Trio
	The Truth About Dogs: The Ancestry, Social Conventions, Mental Habits and Moral Fibre of Canis familiaris by Stephen Budiansky Buy used from: £1.19 Recommended for all new (and existing) dog owners. Wish I had read it 15 years ago for Amber...
	Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 by Jethro Tull Buy new: £8.28 Where it all started - and amazingly good sound (for the Isle of Wight festival). Wish I'd been there...
	Always Forever (Gollancz S.F.) by Mark Chadbourn Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £1.34 Loads of fun with fantastic Celtic myths wrapped up in today (well - tomorrow, perhaps...)
	Colosseum - The Complete Reunion Concert [1994] [DVD] Wonderful return to form of ageing blues-jazz-rockers.
	The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks Buy new: £5.32 / Used from: £0.01 Great Sci-Fi. Terrific story. Wonderful imagination
	Batman Begins - 2 Disc Edition [DVD] [2005] Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £2.29 Much better than all the other Batman movies put together.
	Van Der Graaf Generator, The Book: A History of the Band Van Der Graaf Generator 1967 to 1978 by Jim Christopulos An excellent history of the most wonderful progressive rock band.
	The Map Book by Peter Barber Buy new: £16.00 / Used from: £10.95 Beautiful images and historical notes about Maps since the dawn of time
	The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life by Richard Dawkins Buy used from: £22.99 Superb backwards history of evolution - from the master...
	Long Walk Home - Music From Rabbit-Proof Fence Buy new: £10.78 / Used from: £12.86 Evocative soundtrack from the brilliant "Rabbit Proof Fence"
	Belonging by Keith Jarrett Buy new: £10.78 / Used from: £7.98 Thrilled to find this again - after my LP wore out ages ago.
	Present by Van der Graaf Generator Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £5.00 What more could you want for Christmas. The ultimate "Present"...
	Lunar Men: The Friends Who Made the Future by Jenny Uglow Buy new: £5.95 / Used from: £1.93 Splendid history of splendid polymaths inventing the modern world.
	House Of Flying Daggers [DVD] [2004] Buy new: £7.97 / Used from: £0.89 More beautiful than Crouching Tiger. Glorious colour cinematography
	Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome Buy new: £9.74 / Used from: £4.92 Just had to read it again - after a holiday in the Lakes brought it all back.
	Bright Young Things [DVD] [2003] Buy used from: £3.99 Makes Agatha Christie and Wodehouse look like amateurs. Glorious revisiting of the Edwardians
	The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the Extraordinary Number of Nature, Art and Beauty by Mario Livio Buy used from: £7.99 Well explained journey through the magical landscape of mathematics
	Seven Days of Falling by Esbjorn Svensson Trio Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £13.31 Storming jazz with a terrifying rock-undertow
	The Music of the Primes: Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Matters by Marcus du Sautoy Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £2.49 Someone PLEASE solve the formula for the Nth Prime number!