The combination of a recommendation by Philip Adams on Late Night Live (ABC)of author Simon Winchester, and the the range of Book Grocer to access so many of his titles enabled me to acquire five of his books.
Specifically “ Exactly”. Having a passing interest in engineering I bought and read Exactly. As I got into it I kept thinking “ this is outstanding and I know….. would love it, where….. is a friend of engineering bent. I called Book Grocer and they sourced forur more copies for me. The book goes on astounding. The birth of precision engineering and the beginning of the industrial revolution, then birth of ideas that led to todays GPS, comparisons of of US and UK and a need for precision, How the A380 came to grief in Singapore and the almost unbelievable engineering that didn’t go quite right that night. Start to finish one of the best educations I have ever had. The feedback I am getting from friends I ave tow copies to alines with mine. I now am making time to read some of his other titles. I have already read’Land’ and found it just as absorbing.