My passion for displaying my book collection isn't difficult to explain. So I won't bother trying. Submit to it? Yeah, that's more like it:
I'm so proud. Books I can get at without breaking any fingers.*
"What about turning it into a competition, dad?"
"Great idea, Andrew."
[In reality, Andrew said "Leave me alone." and switched on Myth Busters.]
He couldn't be arsed to think of a question (a programme he's seen before is more important than a bit of quality creative interaction with his dad). So I've come up with one. I'll tell you what it is in a minute.
The prize. You'll want to know what the prize is. Something unique. A special hardback edition of one of my books. Possibly with extra stuff in it, depending on my mood and workload. Limited editions are all the rage. Can't get much more limited than unique.
The question. Which book did I most recently buy?
* I think I might have cracked a bone tidying the books.
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Beers of Britain? Fine book.
Gary
"Onderzoekingen over het Gistgeslacht Brettanomyces"?
BryanB, on which part of the shelf can you see that book?
"Investigations into the yeast species Brettanomyces"... damn Bryan B beat me to it.
middle shelf in the plastic bag?
The Brettanomyces book isn't in the photo.
"Technologie Brauer und Malzer" - a phrase completely alien to my spell checker!
Ale, Beer, and Stout Bottling?
Good Beer Guide to Belgium
Seems like a recent book....
Brewing Processes, H. Lloyd Hind?
No-one's even close so far.
Here's a clue: it's a book I haven't mentioned on the blog.
Drink in Great Britain?
Gary
I'm going for 'The Railways of Newark on Trent'
I couldn't garner a guess.
What I would like to know is: Does Baron's book "Brewed in America" mention Albany, NY?
Albany was for 60 years the brewing capitol of the U.S. Unfortunatley, it's history is almost totally forgotten. Taylor & Sons produced more than 100,000 barrels in 1850, alone.
Looks like it's 'Beers of Britain' to me.
"Origin and History of Beer and Brewing"
Perhaps one of the books on the stack beneath your main glasses case?
Svierges Oelkrogar?
A foray into Baltic/Swedish brewing would certainly break new ground on this blog.
OK, second guess: The Great Liverpool Pub Crawl.
Any closer?
OK, here's a second clue: it's on the top shelf.
the beer guru guide by ?chris street
Ex-library book help?
Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History, 2 volume set?
It looks new, it doesn't have obvious book marks in it and it doesn't have anything piled on top of it. New, it goes for something like $185 U.S. If it is your new purchase, I hope you got a deal on it!
Thomas Barnes,
well done! Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History was indeed my last purchase.
I paid $77 for the pair. Didn't seem too unreasonable.
Send me an email and we can work out what your prize is.
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