Reading books for free
tags: book, door, Reading town
Wandering through downtown Reading I often stumble across pleasant surprises.
This is one of those lovely surprises – free books offered from an ostentatious doorway as part of a Healthy planet initiaitive.
Topical that Reading provides free books!
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on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011.
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May 10th, 2011
Thus also proving that Reading matters. And were the books any good?
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I speed dated a few books before coming-over all dizzy with excitement and had to leave
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January 19th, 2013
If something looks too good to be true, it generally is.
Treading a fine line between ‘scam’ and ‘service’ – in Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c77b68cc-112a-11e1-a95c-00144feabdc0.html
Healthy Planet Buys books at wholesale prices -5p per kg- and pretends that they are free, the customer however has already unwittingly paid and dearly.
Healthy Planet actively encourage wealthy landlords to dodge their taxes through their Healthy spaces scheme;
http://healthyplanet.org/projects/healthy-spaces/property-scheme.aspx
£millions then go in the Healthy Planet coffers away from vital resources such as libraries…
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