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 TREVOR BAYLIS: MY SIX BEST BOOKS
INVENTOR: Trevor Baylis 
Friday February 5,2010 TREVOR Baylis OBE, 72, is the Twickenham-based inventor best known for the wind-up radio. His latest venture is Trevor Baylis Brands which helps inventors protect their ideas. For more information go to trevorbaylisbrands.com
Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations edited by Ned Sherrin OUP, £9.99 I give a lot of after-dinner speeches and it always helps if you have a few humorous quotes to drop in as and when required. This book is packed with absolute gems. Eel Pie Island by Dan Van der Vat and Michele Whitby Frances Lincoln, £17.99 I’ve lived on Eel Pie Island on the Thames at Twickenham for more than 30 years and it’s just idyllic. I’m constantly asking myself: “Where else could you possibly want to live, mate?” This fascinating, lavishly illustrated history tells the story of this magical spot. A History of Invention: from Stone Axes to Silicon Chips by Trevor I Williams Out of print Invention is my life and I’m fascinated by the subject. This is a wonderful history of invention, taking in everything from the earliest crude stone axes to the latest communication technology, not forgetting the development of other key inventions such as the train and jet engine. The Second World War
by Winston Churchill Pimlico, £17.99 A superb history of the war which really brings to life its epic nature and portrays it as the good vs evil struggle that it was in reality. What’s more it was of course written by someone right at the centre of the action, without whom victory would not have been possible. The Call-Up: A History of National Service by Tom Hickman Headline, £7.99 I was one of the two million men called up to do national service in the post-war years and this gives a fascinating glimpse into those days. I can still recall my national service number: 23648702. Last Talons of the Eagle by Gary Hyland and Anton Gill Out of print A fabulous book which tells the story of the secret Nazi technology that was being developed in the dying days of the war – from helicopters to jets. If the war had been a year longer such technology could have helped the Germans win. That is a sobering thought 
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