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Antiques Roadshow 40 Years of Great Finds

by Paul Atterbury

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"I absolutely adore the original Antiques Roadshow (UK) and was delighted to find this book in my local library. I'm a little lowkey mad that the British experts' books are not readily available over here, but this has been delightful so far!" — 1 hour, 12 min ago

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EuroHackie’s Quotes

“The real significance of Magellan's voyage was not that it was the first to circumnavigate the planet, but that it was the first to realize just how big that planet was.”
― Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

tags: explorers, globe, history, magellan

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“Nothing - really, absolutely nothing - says more about Victorian Britain and its capacity for brilliance than that the century's most daring and iconic building was entrusted to a gardener.”
― Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life

tags: history, humor

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“There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

tags: science

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“You can get some sense of the immaterial quality of clouds by strolling through fog—which is, after all, nothing more than a cloud that lacks the will to fly.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

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“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off.”
― Stephen King, Storm of the Century

tags: god, humor, religion

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