The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists

On the kitchen thread, try Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell, which describes his experience as a dishwasher in 1930's Paris. For an interesting study of casual labor in the gig economy for house painters in the 1910's, see The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell,

Travels, by Michael Crichton - a sort of autobiography with some excellent lessons on life. I've never met anyone else who's read it for some reason. Ishmael - recommended on here but doesn't seem well known in the UK. Everyone I've recommended to has enjoyed The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Proof that politics hasn't changed much in 100 years Jonathon Livingston Seagull - again well known on here, but not so much generally

Not sure if these books are unknown or fallen out of favor, but I've never spoken to anyone else who's read them without me passing them on first: Travels - Michael Crichton - a number of useful life lessons I'm only just catching up on https://www.amazon.co.uk/Travels-Vintage-Departures-Michael-... (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Travels-Vintage-Departures-Michael-Crichton/dp/0804171270/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3E8SW874CLAC8&keywords=travels+michael+crichton&qid=1579527486&sprefix=travels+micha%2Caps%2C292&sr=8-1) The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ragged-Trousered-Philanthropists-Wo... (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ragged-Trousered-Philanthropists-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/184022682X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DN57D10PVLZS&keywords=ragged+trousered+philanthropist&qid=1579527544&sprefix=ragged+tr%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-1) Ishmael https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ishmael-Novel-Book-1-ebook/dp/B000S... (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ishmael-Novel-Book-1-ebook/dp/B000SEFH6A/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ismael&qid=1579527572&sr=8-1)…

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists