For me it was Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged, and I begrudged every single penny of the 50 pence I paid for it in the Oxfam bookshop on Byres Road.
It's the only book I've ever intentionally destroyed, too. I soaked it in waste Citroën hydraulic fluid, and took it out to the gravelly yard behind my flat, and burnt it. I couldn't bear the thought of anyone without the intellectual rigour to see it for what it is getting their hands on it.
The only book I intentionally destroyed though was Kaplan’s Advanced Calculus, but that was just the frustration talking.
I remember really liking Fountainhead.
I never read Fountainhead, maybe it's better.
We are not amongst them and have NEVER ONCE apologized about it or otherwise suggested we care to accomodate you perverse moral principle. But do go on ...
Also, I want to reject the imputation of faddish dislike for her. I read this 40+ years ago - I'm not some johnny-come-hately.
Handbook of signalling symbols and terminology
https://rdso.indianrailways.gov.in/works/uploads/File/Handbo...
It’s thinly veiled, but c’mon: “Normal aspect double yellow of a distant signal in rajdhani route( where double distant signal is provided)” is a clear reference to some seriously kinky stuff “rajdhani route” to wit.
And the “symbols” and diagrams - don’t even get me started. It’s like a pictographic Kamasutra.