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Without ploughing through 10 pages of posts has anyone read any of Jonathan Wilson's books such as "Inverting The Pyramid: The History Of Football Tactics" or "Why England Lose: And other curious phenomena explained"
If so are they worth a read ?
Inverting certainly is. I've got his England one too but I'm yet to start. He's a very good writer, an amazing researcher and really knows his stuff. He must have thousand and thousands of hours of interviews because even for a half page he seems to do about six months of study. He's particularly good on Eastern Europe and Russia, but he lives in Argentina now so he'll be an expert on that too soon enough. |
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« Reply #151 on: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 14:26:10 » |
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Just half way through Bad Vibes Britpop and my part in its downfall by Luke Haines erstwhile singer of The Auteurs. Acidic, sarcastic, bitchy and hilarious recollection of the days of 'cool britannia'. Highly recommended.
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« Reply #152 on: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 14:28:45 » |
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I'd forgotten about that book, I'd been meaning to get it at some point - off to Amazon.
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« Reply #153 on: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 14:38:56 » |
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Just half way through Bad Vibes Britpop and my part in its downfall by Luke Haines erstwhile singer of The Auteurs. Acidic, sarcastic, bitchy and hilarious recollection of the days of 'cool britannia'. Highly recommended.
sounds good that, i'll put it on my list. Last book I finished was For Richer for Poorer by Victoria Coren. Its mostly about her love affair with Poker .That makes it sound shit..but its a good read. |
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« Reply #154 on: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 15:49:13 » |
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I've just finished Life....this is an autobiography of Keith Richards. (Rolling Stones man for younger readers)
Proper thick book, but it took me about 3 days to read, as it's very good.
I suppose I can relate to it being an old bugger....Richards is older mind.
Definitely worth a read for any Stones fans out there, if they've not already.
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« Reply #155 on: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 16:05:04 » |
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Just finished reading Oscar De Lahoyas Autobiography. Was one of the best i have read to be honest.
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« Reply #156 on: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 19:00:23 » |
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I've just finished Life....this is an autobiography of Keith Richards. (Rolling Stones man for younger readers)
Proper thick book, but it took me about 3 days to read, as it's very good.
I suppose I can relate to it being an old bugger....Richards is older mind.
Definitely worth a read for any Stones fans out there, if they've not already.
Ive read it-how's he remembered all that stuff? |
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« Reply #157 on: Saturday, September 10, 2011, 10:34:47 » |
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Skimmed through Maus a few years ago but I read it within an evenings sitting earlier this week and it's one of the best books I've read. I'm not a graphic novel/comic book fan by any stretch of the imagination either. It's a heartbreaking tale that we'll never fully understand.
[url width=345 height=475]http://sarahbbc.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/maus1.jpg?w=345&h=475[/url]
Also finally finished Judith Belushi Pisano's biography on John Belushi. It's a interesting read with some decent interviews with his friends and associates. However, I think they the skimmed his later years when he was at his worst by constantly trying to highlight that he was still decent guy inside.
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« Reply #158 on: Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 09:24:41 » |
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Currently ploughling through the series of novels by Jo Nesbo. Thoroughly recommended espec for anyone who is into their crime books (Rankin/Deaver etc). Would read them in order though.
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« Reply #159 on: Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 09:40:21 » |
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I'm currently reading 'The Anatomy of Fascism' in preparation for one of this years modules, and it's a pretty interesting read.
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« Reply #161 on: Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:53:04 » |
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« Reply #162 on: Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 11:01:05 » |
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So that I can tell people what to do with their money for a living.
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« Reply #163 on: Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 11:16:41 » |
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So that I can tell people what to do with their money for a living.
Is that for Cemap or IFA sort of stuff ? |
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« Reply #164 on: Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 11:19:42 » |
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CII Diploma.
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