Indonesia by Sylvia McNair

Although it's not meant for an adult reader and is full of photos, the writing is execrable nonetheless.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier by Alan Moor

Absolutely terrible.

Worse than the worst of comics.

Very strange given who the author is.

Napoleon's Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped by Tony Perrottet

Mouse or Rat? Translation as Negotiation by Umberto Eco

The erudition on display is humbling. The amount of literary allusions in his works generally, astonishing.

Ozonomics by Andrew Charlton

The Unfolding of Language by Guy Deutscher

Brilliant. Entertaining and wonderfully written.