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One Good Turn by Witold Rybczynski
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One Good Turn

by Witold Rybczynski

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jasmyn9 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Jasmyn9's 2009 Books (Aug 31, 2009, 8:09pm)

36. One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw by Witold Rybczynski I'm not quite sure where this book came from. I reached into a box while unpacking, looked down and though "Now why would I ever have this?" I still don't know, it's one of the few mystery books ...

mamalaz in List Five Books Parlour Game : Tools of the trade (Oct 8, 2008, 10:43pm)

... A.J. Cronin The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation by Alan Gurney One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw by Witold Rybcznski

_Zoe_ in Dewey Decimal Challenge : Interesting Books with Boring Classifications (Oct 29, 2007, 9:08pm)

... Earth sciences: The Map That Changed the World 609 Historical, areas, persons treatment: Zipper 621 Applied physics: One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver 635 Garden crops (Horticulture): Tulipomania 641 Food & drink: Caviar: The Strange History and Uncertain Future of ...

katiejaroch in 50 Book Challenge : Favourite book of September (Sep 26, 2007, 12:45am)

One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson

Lilandorth in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 June 2007 (Jun 21, 2007, 10:05am)

... (Does that sound weird??) Anyway I thought it was very powerful...reminded me of The Stone Diaries. I can't wait for One Good Turn to get here. Today I started The Diana Chronicles. I haven't read a Diana book in a long time but this one looks pretty good

magus in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 Sep 2006 (Sep 6, 2006, 6:10pm)

ProdigalReader if you liked Case Histories, Kate Atkinson has written another Jackson Brodie book - One Good Turn - which hilariously has just come up as a Touchstone as "A history of the screwdriver and the screw" :-). Amyway, it is a fine book, not intelectually chalenging, but a ...

LouisBranning in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 Aug 2006 (Aug 28, 2006, 6:48am)

... blew my hair back it was so good. I've already ordered three more of Woodrell's novels and can't wait to get to them. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson was pretty good for about the first 150 pages, then became a major slog to get through, and I was completely disappointed with it in the ...

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