P.J. O’ Rourke has a book on Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. This looks like the ideal Christmas gift to give someone who might be undecided politically, has an open mind and can be moved by the wisdom of a man who persuades with wit rather than the blunderbuss of masses of statistics or over-preachy bromides. I must say I really enjoyed O’Rourke’s little gem “Eat the Rich”, which is still available and which came out a few years ago. He may have veered away from the uber-hilarious form of books like Parliament of Whores, Republican Party Reptile or the Batchelor Home Companion, but it is good to see that O’Rourke is still writing and making people think and laugh at the same time. His is a special and all-too-rare talent.
Man I love Amazon. The way you can change the .com to a .co.uk (and change nothing else in the URL) and get the same item in UK pricing is a wonderful example of great web design.
(Gonna buy the book, see)
I didn’t realise you could do it as simply as that. I did it the slower, harder way. Useful information. (Gonna buy the book, too)
Speaking of URLs, I didn’t know you could use Google to search within a specific website by doing this.
Another book to add to my pile. Right now I am reading Londonistan and some novel about spread betting.