One Good Turn: The Natural History of Screwdrivers and Screws – Essential Tools for DIY, Woodworking, and Home Repairs

Loved it. Gave it to a friend to read.Witold Rybczynski deals with far more than the history of the screw andthe screwdriver in this witty extended essay. Rybczynski's other books (onthe house and the weekend, for example) are just as broad-ranging in thesubjects they touch on. His prose is a wonder of precision and clarity,which is hard to believe in the face of his glorious enthusiasm for hissubjects.How a person take the subject of the simple screw and then turn it into an amazingly interesting storey is the skill of this fascinating author.ok