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Post by thesensationaljt on Oct 12, 2017 0:11:23 GMT 1
I like autobiographies, so as a pressy, I've asked for referee Howard Webb's book. Very tempted by the upcoming autobiography of Adebayo Akinfenwa. What a great entertainer the bloke is, as well as being a talented footballer. Can't remember who he was playing for at the time, Northampton?
Any road up, to chants of, "you fat barsteward", he turned to us and rubbed his belly! Our fans just erupted in laughter. Might be a funny read.
I've also got Juan on the Forrin Legion.
You got any books coming up?
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Post by shrewder on Oct 12, 2017 6:29:46 GMT 1
Personally prefer novels. Soon to read Chinese Whispers by Peter May. Will then have read all his novels. William Boyd is my favourite author. Blue Afternoon is a great introduction to his work. Personally never been very keen on sports books but it's all a matter of choice.
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Post by jamo on Oct 12, 2017 7:08:49 GMT 1
Half way through The Informer by Sean O'Callaghan. Fascinating account of his time as a senior figure in Provisional IRA, and his hatred for them.
Got Homage to Catalonia and 1984 to go with next.
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Post by wakemanender on Oct 12, 2017 8:59:43 GMT 1
Fancy the Akinfenwa book. It will be all lower league stuff which is so much more interesting than those written by premiership players and managers. Neil Warnocks books are very entertaining. Took his two latest books for him to sign when he came to the Meadow pre season with Cardiff. Find refs books very good as well. Just read the autobiography by Mark Halsey which is entertaining and quite sad. Looking forward to Deadman and Kettle books to see how they have managed to get away with what they have for so many years.
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Post by Nath on Oct 12, 2017 9:16:04 GMT 1
I'm just about to finish Lean In: Women, work, and the will to lead by Sheryl Sandberg - I definitely recommend reading this!
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Oct 12, 2017 11:13:31 GMT 1
Just getting into "When the lights went out: Britain in the seventies". Mainly because you hear a fair bit from one or two about this time in history when looking to what Labour are about today. And so I just wanted to get an idea of what was happening back then.
Just past the "Battle of Saltley Gate" and into the "three day week". I think the Tories are in a spot of bother and in for a bit of a shoeing.
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Post by northwestman on Oct 12, 2017 11:18:09 GMT 1
Just finished reading Presumed Guilty by Simon Warr.
A very disturbing book about one man's fight against being falsely accused and its ramifications.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Oct 12, 2017 11:23:11 GMT 1
I do like this book. One of my favorites. One that you can go back to time and time again and it's always a decent read.
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Post by lenny on Oct 12, 2017 12:08:34 GMT 1
Currently on Why Markets Fail, by John Cassidy. One of the more readable histories of economic thought. Also on the list are Nudge, by the recent Nobel prize winner Thaler, and Thinking Fast and Slow as a couple of eminent books in the fascinating field of behavioural economics. Away from the more serious stuff, I've been meaning to read Ben Smith's book for ages and also have a novel on the go at the behest of my girlfriend - first of the soon-to-be-cinematised Walking Chaos trilogy. The writing is profoundly irritating but the storyline is good.
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Post by siabod on Oct 12, 2017 12:19:08 GMT 1
Just started "The Prince of Centre Halves " the story of Tommy Jones.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 12:44:58 GMT 1
Last book I recently read was Eva Hart's biography (Shadow of the Titanic) a really good read and not just about surviving the Titanic sinking, but also her career in Industrial welfare, politics and also as a magistrate.
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Post by returnofthehype on Oct 12, 2017 14:08:39 GMT 1
Currently loving going through the world of Agatha Christie..can't beat Hercule and his little grey cells
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Post by bertymax on Oct 12, 2017 14:19:59 GMT 1
Storm of steel - Ernst Junger.
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Post by rylehu on Oct 12, 2017 14:41:18 GMT 1
Started Bringing Down The House by Ben Mezrich last night. The 'true' story of how six students took millions of dollars from Vegas casinos by counting cards in Blackjack. You may have seen the film 21 starring Kevin Spacey, which is based on this book.
I loved the film, so thought I'd (eventually) begin reading the book.
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Oct 12, 2017 15:11:25 GMT 1
I've been on holiday in Italy, so recent reading has been fairly lightweight novels set in that country. I'm currently finishing 'Pompeii' by Robert Harris.
For the book I'm about to read I've set myself something more challenging, 'The Death of Homo Economicus' by Peter Fleming. It's described as a polemic on the current economic model. Gulp!
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Post by thesensationaljt on Oct 12, 2017 15:51:15 GMT 1
I've been meaning to read Ben Smith's book for ages
It's ok, funny in places, but he obviously thought he was too good for "the likes of Shrewsbury". I'll bet he ducks in a doorway when Gary Peters comes down the street.
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Post by rylehu on Oct 12, 2017 15:55:10 GMT 1
I've been meaning to read Ben Smith's book for ages
It's ok, funny in places, but he obviously thought he was too good for "the likes of Shrewsbury". I'll bet he ducks in a doorway when Gary Peters comes down the street.
I enjoyed it. Managed to plough through it in a day whilst on holiday. Agree with your comments about his time at Salop though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 16:38:29 GMT 1
It's ok, funny in places, but he obviously thought he was too good for "the likes of Shrewsbury". I'll bet he ducks in a doorway when Gary Peters comes down the street.
I enjoyed it. Managed to plough through it in a day whilst on holiday. Agree with your comments about his time at Salop though. Yes a good easy read, and wasted a potential decent career.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 18:36:11 GMT 1
Good thread from the OP (for a change.... ). Have just finished "The Silk Roads" by Peter Frankopan, so I'm in the market for a book I'm 'about to read.' Must say Stutty's and Jamo's current reads seem interesting.
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Post by WATR on Oct 12, 2017 18:40:03 GMT 1
Storm of steel - Ernst Junger. Thanks for reminding me about this book, started reading it last year but for whatever reason never got past 18 pages. Will have to give it another go.
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Post by TheFoz on Oct 12, 2017 19:39:18 GMT 1
About to read I,Partridge (Alan Partridge's autobiography).
I have read his latest book "Nomad" and I have never laughed so much at a book, absolutely brilliant.
Also have had the pleasure to meet Steve Coogan and he is a very nice bloke. He said he often holidays around here, been to Ironbridge a few times.
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Post by zenfootball on Oct 12, 2017 20:05:13 GMT 1
hi i have just finished hammond innes ,the blue ice a blast from the past i have not read any of his books in 40 years original price the princely sum of 3 shillings and sixpence . i have just started Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada a story about the German resistance in 1940 .a present from my daughter probably a book i would not have bought but so far a good read i have a few books lined up to read there was a good sale in the market and bought 6 wilbur Smith books for 50p each.
i had glasses last year and it is a bit frustrated as at one time i would read a book over two nights now i am a lot slower as my eyes get tired, they should keep me out of mischief in an evening but at my age i dont get up mischief any way
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Post by GlosShrew on Oct 12, 2017 21:44:25 GMT 1
Just finished the 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak - narrated by death himself and tells the story of Liesel growing up in Germany during WW2. Excellent. Prior to that it was 'King of the World' (David Remnick) - about the early life of Muhammed Ali, his fights with Patterson and Liston and his conversion to Islam. Another good read.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 22:26:34 GMT 1
Second World War by Anthony Beevor. 500 pages of 800 in. Brilliant stuff. Bit po faced at times compared to a Hastings.
Teddy Atlas' autobiography. Incredible stuff and a very decent book for boxing fans.
Just polished off the Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, the Pulitzer Prize winning alternate history book on slavery in the US. Dark but uplifting.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Oct 12, 2017 22:45:24 GMT 1
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Post by Salopfan99 on Oct 12, 2017 23:38:08 GMT 1
Would highly recommend both Partridge books as posted above - both very, very funny.
Also tempted to by the Akinfenwa book, as as others have said, it's always nice to read about the lower leagues for a change.
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Post by venceremos on Oct 13, 2017 19:59:48 GMT 1
Some really interesting choices here, a lot of them completely unknown to me - eclectic bunch!
I'm reading "The Final Days", Woodward & Bernstein's sequel to "All The President's Men", telling the story of Nixon's final months in the White House. Fascinating account of his attempt to withstand the relentless Watergate investigations and accusations, as the support for Nixon in the Republican party and government gradually disintegrated.
On a similar theme, "It Can't Happen Here" is a 1935 novel by Sinclair Lewis telling "a cautionary tale of liberal complacency in the face of populist tyranny". Told through the eyes of a small town newspaper editor, it's the story of a "vulgar, almost illiterate" US president "who promises poor, angry voters that he will make America proud and prosperous once more, but takes the country down a far darker path". It's a bit old fashioned at times (82 years old after all!) but has astonishing parallels with the US of today. It reads as much like a warning from history as "Animal Farm", "1984" or "Brave New World".
Bit of a theme in those two .....
But I'm about to start a third book, Stuart Maconie's "Long Road From Jarrow", in which he retraces the 1936 march from Jarrow to London. I always enjoy his books but I learned from him months ago, via social media, that I'd be mentioned in this one and, picking up the book today, I see he's true to his word. What a gent. If only I could write and get published a book of my own!
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Post by jamo on Oct 13, 2017 20:18:25 GMT 1
But I'm about to start a third book, Stuart Maconie's "Long Road From Jarrow", in which he retraces the 1936 march from Jarrow to London. I always enjoy his books but I learned from him months ago, via social media, that I'd be mentioned in this one and, picking up the book today, I see he's true to his word. What a gent. If only I could write and get published a book of my own! Thanks for that, I shall check that out. Have read a couple of his books some years ago, Cider With Roadies was a personal favourite.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 20:23:04 GMT 1
Having just read an extract from "Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery" by Scott Kelly, I'll give that a go.
Hope this thread keeps going. An excellent source of information.
Thanks all.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 20:59:13 GMT 1
Just read a book called 'Soldier Spy' by an author called Tom Marcus .
It's a fascinating read about a guy who worked for MI5 and the dangerous surveillance work they carried out tracking terrorists in this country.
Very frightening in places when you consider the fine line between the success and failure of their operations. Thank goodness these people are out there protecting us because without them we would be in serious trouble.
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