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dixiegrrrrl

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10. Can I add non-fiction?

Sun Dec 20, 2015, 04:06 PM

Dec 2015

One book is ...Rust.
Yep, that is the title of it.
It is a collection of longish articles on rust.
The book opens with how they "repaired" the Statue of Liberty some years ago, and gets into early building history of the statue,
why certain material should have and should not have been used ( but were).
A lot of "tidbits" of info in the articles, rather interesting.
Another chapter tells of making tin cans, surprising amount of fascinating detail ( and does cover BPA problem).

2nd book is The Victorian Internet, which is the inside story of the telegraph.
(did you know the telegraph was invented in 1791 in France? Me neither)
author is Tom Standage. I have his 2 other books

An Edible History of Humanity

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

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Can I add non-fiction? dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 #10

Yes, I don't see why not hermetic Dec 2015 #12

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