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Re: Book Promotion
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:55 pm
by Horse
Re: Book Promotion
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:27 pm
by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner
kfae8959 wrote:As people probably know already, AbeBooks was taken over by Amazon some time ago.
I didn't know that. That's a great shame - a typical example of pike swallowing minnow, to all our disadvantages.
Re: Book Promotion
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:35 am
by Gareth
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:kfae8959 wrote:As people probably know already, AbeBooks was taken over by Amazon some time ago.
I didn't know that. That's a great shame - a typical example of pike swallowing minnow, to all our disadvantages.
It happened ages ago, so either the bad things have been with us without anyone noticing, or it wasn't so bad after all!
Re: Book Promotion
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 11:08 am
by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner
True. I just didn't know. I don't mind Amazon, apart from their rather ridiculous P&P charges for small items.
Re: Book Promotion
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:16 pm
by GTR1400MAN
Just about to start reading
this free book from Kevin Williams of Survival Skills.
It's motorcycle based but I'm sure it will be interesting for car drivers as well.
Re: Book Promotion
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:45 pm
by Horse
GTR1400MAN wrote:Just about to start reading
this free book from Kevin Williams of Survival Skills.
It's motorcycle based but I'm sure it will be interesting for car drivers as well.
Kev quotes me, so it must be good
Re: Book Promotion
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 4:41 pm
by GTR1400MAN
Horse wrote:Kev quotes me, so it must be good
He does indeed. He also mentions an incident with a frozen puddle in a car park
Lots of good advice in it.
Re: Book Promotion
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 6:57 pm
by Horse
Yup . . .
The back story is that I'd checked the gravel track from the shed to the road, that was fine, and the roads were dry. I'd phoned the security guard at work to check on the access road and that was ok too.
Re: Book Promotion
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:20 am
by Horse
Horse wrote:jcochrane wrote:Published in 1980 (I think it was) The AA Book of Driving. Good read from what I can remember.
Actually, that's reminded me of one I have. Is it a large paperback, heavily-illustrated, with a black and white 'smashed glass' design on the cover? If so, yes, very good.
Ah, remembered which AA book (without having to disembowel the cupboard to find it):
AA Book of Driving Emergencies
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/AA-Driving-E ... 3448322/bd
Re: Book Promotion
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:37 am
by jcochrane
That’s not the one. The AA Book of Driving was a hardback. Contained some interesting stuff including advanced training such as IAM, RoADA, and BSM’s High Performance Course.