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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:32:08 » |
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No, I haven't, might just get them from the local library(if it hasn't been closed yet!)give them a read.
If you are reading them (Rainmen and Zimmermen) then go for 'Fatty Batter' which is of a similar ilk. |
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You're my incurable malady. I miss the pleasure of your company.
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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:44:06 » |
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Barry Fry's one was pretty good as Was Tony Cascarino's (mostly about his time in France)
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Is this hospital called St. Croc of Shit?!
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« Reply #17 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:54:44 » |
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Away from sport i recently read the second autobiography of Chris Evans, it was really good and he didn't glide over some of the bad parts of his life or his alcoholism he goes into in detail.
Both parts are a good read... but then i quite like Chris Evans |
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« Reply #18 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:56:40 » |
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away from biographies entirely - child 44 is ace
i'm currently reading catch 22 and it's fucking superb
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Drink full and descend.
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« Reply #19 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 16:58:17 » |
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Child 44 is ace...
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« Reply #20 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 17:05:12 » |
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Bounce by Matthew Syed is fascinating.
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« Reply #21 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 17:16:58 » |
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Child 44 is ace...
i know, i said so just before |
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He headed a football.
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« Reply #22 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 19:15:38 » |
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Sarum..by Dennis Rutherford.....a long book but a brilliant history of the City of Salisbury,with 500 years of trades people and a fictional story that is intermingled with the building of the great Salisbury Cathedral that took hundreds of years to build.....loved it.
You may like Pillars of the Earth and World Without End both by Ken Follett, both set in a similar periord (both novels). I thought they were really good. If you like Child 44 don't forget The Secret Speech by the same author. You could try to Glassroom by Simon Mawer using a house to tell the sotry of the major events of the 1930s and 40s, too. All excellent. |
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donkey tells the truth
I headed the ball. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee-aaaaaaaawwwwwww |
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OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR
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« Reply #23 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 19:44:44 » |
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Sarum..by Dennis Rutherford.....a long book but a brilliant history of the City of Salisbury,with 500 years of trades people and a fictional story that is intermingled with the building of the great Salisbury Cathedral that took hundreds of years to build.....loved it.
Ahem...[pedant]Edward Rutherfurd actually[/pedant]....it is very good though. If you like that you will also like London. My favourite of his is New York though (his most recent book). |
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« Reply #24 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 22:50:10 » |
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Bennett... u tried the secret speech yet?
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« Reply #25 on: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 06:09:40 » |
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i have the secret speech lined up, once i finish catch 22 i'll be straight onto it
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