Originally posted on my blog, Guiltless ReadingYou always need a screwdriver for something!The book in one sentence: Let me take you on a quest to find out why the screwdriver is the best tool of the millennium.My thoughts: I won One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw ...
A pair of women is sitting by a window in a small but elegant room, the boudoir of a Parisian apartment. A servant wearing an apron has just finished pouring hot chocolate from a pewter pot; you can see the steam rising from the cups. He probably brought the drink from a nearby shop, for bunched ...