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Henry Irving
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Read anything good recently?
Read Ghost by Robert Harris which is a thriller about a ghost writer for an ex-British prime Minister who may or may not be Blair. Enjoyed it but it was slow moving so if you wanted action every page forget it.
Also Home Run by Home Run: Escape from Nazi Europe by John Nichol & Tony Rennell one of whom was a RAF pilot shot down in the first Gulf war.
Great stories of British troops left behind after Dunkirk or shot down in RAF raids escaping with the help of some very brave French and Belguim locals plus British agents.
Read Ghost by Robert Harris which is a thriller about a ghost writer for an ex-British prime Minister who may or may not be Blair. Enjoyed it but it was slow moving so if you wanted action every page forget it.
Also Home Run by Home Run: Escape from Nazi Europe by John Nichol & Tony Rennell one of whom was a RAF pilot shot down in the first Gulf war.
Great stories of British troops left behind after Dunkirk or shot down in RAF raids escaping with the help of some very brave French and Belguim locals plus British agents.
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Simon Jordans guide to tanning products0
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Been reading the A-Z by Collins for 3 years now. Nearly finished not much of a storyline though.0
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Funnily enough I hate reading but was bought a book called 'How to DJ properly' i am about three quarters of the way through, most of it I would say I already knew but have picked up a few bits which I hope will be useful. Worth a read for any budding DJ...yes that includes people like you Dicko :-)0
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[cite]Posted By: Ledge[/cite]Been reading the A-Z by Collins for 3 years now. Nearly finished not much of a storyline though.
I read that. Don't want to spoil it for you but Zoffany St gets it at the end.0 -
how to dj - geez it ain't that hard stick a record on say what it is and away ya go -
Stick on now that's what I call music cd and job done. lol0 -
[cite]Posted By: Ledge[/cite]how to dj - geez it ain't that hard stick a record on say what it is and away ya go -
Stick on now that's what I call music cd and job done. lol
LOL Ledge close not quite right but close :-)0 -
Paul Oakenfold's Autobiography0
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Just come back from holiday so got a chance to read a few books - below were the best.
Peacock Throne - Sujit Saraf
Engleby - Sebastian Faulks
Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber
Thames - Peter Ackroyd
Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein0 -
Dear Boy, a Keith Moon biography0
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I have just finished:
first man - a neil armstrong biography. Very interesting but quite dense on technical details at time
am about halfway through:
The truth about these strange times - novel about a child genius and a fat scottish guy, was a bit slow starting but it is growing on me now.0 - Sponsored links:
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[cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]Read anything good recently?
Read Ghost by Robert Harris which is a thriller about a ghost writer for an ex-British prime Minister who may or may not be Blair. Enjoyed it but it was slow moving so if you wanted action every page forget it.
Also Home Run by Home Run: Escape from Nazi Europe by John Nichol & Tony Rennell one of whom was a RAF pilot shot down in the first Gulf war.
Great stories of British troops left behind after Dunkirk or shot down in RAF raids escaping with the help of some very brave French and Belguim locals plus British agents.
I have read Ghost. I agree that that it got slow at times, but all the time I was keen to find out what happened in the end - wasn't disappointed with the clever ending.0 -
Midway through The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. By far the best book I have ever read.
And also reading the Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Not that far into it, but I like the tone and style of the fashionistas. Protoganist is very interesting. My mate told me it gets pretty messed up in the middle which should be good, I thought it was a bit too dainty so far considering Plath was a complete lunatic.0 -
Barack Obama - Dreams from my father
Naomi Klein - The Shock Doctrine
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner - Freakonomics0 -
Just finished Stuart Maconie's Pies and Prejudice. It's a good read, but I wish he wouldn't keep using trendy food references. Just started Michael Palin's diaries, might be ok, but it hasn't really grabbed me yet.0
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[quote][cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]Just finished Stuart Maconie's Pies and Prejudice. It's a good read, but I wish he wouldn't keep using trendy food references. Just started Michael Palin's diaries, might be ok, but it hasn't really grabbed me yet.[/quote]
Maconie's book is good. I thought the Palin diaries were excellent.0 -
[cite]Posted By: 1905[/cite][cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]Read anything good recently?
Read Ghost by Robert Harris which is a thriller about a ghost writer for an ex-British prime Minister who may or may not be Blair. Enjoyed it but it was slow moving so if you wanted action every page forget it.
Also Home Run by Home Run: Escape from Nazi Europe by John Nichol & Tony Rennell one of whom was a RAF pilot shot down in the first Gulf war.
Great stories of British troops left behind after Dunkirk or shot down in RAF raids escaping with the help of some very brave French and Belguim locals plus British agents.
I have read Ghost. I agree that that it got slow at times, but all the time I was keen to find out what happened in the end - wasn't disappointed with the clever ending.
Agree, didn't see that coming.
Liked his other books Fatherland, Archangel and Enigma. Not read his Roman books.
Also really liked The Importance of Being Kennedy about a fictional nanny to the Kennedy clan. really well written and damning of them.0 -
Ronnie Woods auto - Excellent read
Howard Marks Senor Nice (Sequel to MR Nice) - Also excellent
Barry (Barry Sheene) by Steve Parrish - Good
Bomber Boys by Patrick Bishop - RAF bomber campaign in WW2 (great read, true heroes, less than 50/50 chance of making the thirty trips)0 -
Vulcan 607 by Rowland White - Story of the Black Buck raids on Port Stanley.0
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"mud,blood and Poppycock" about the First World War myths etc very very good by Gordon Corrigan
"Blood River" about a jurno following HM Stanleys journey through Africa by Tim Butcher , very good.
BBC guide to Arabic which is boll*x .0 -
[cite]Posted By: Goonerhater[/cite]"mud,blood and Poppycock" about the First World War myths etc very very good by Gordon Corrigan
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I read that. Excellent and very funny comments by the author on army life.0 - Sponsored links:
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"Blood River" about a jurno followinf HM Stanleys journey throgh Africa by Tim Butcher , very good.
Looks a good book, cheers.0 -
Haunted by Chuck Phallank - Christ thats the darkest thing i've read in a while
21 - the story of the Harvard card counting teams that cleaned up in casinos in the US
I also enjoyed freaknomics, and read libaries of 'commuter' crime thrillers!0 -
Henry are u sure its that book ? mainly talking about the myths of how people were fed, died, joined up, were executed, etc. Its the tiny bits in it that are stunning the guy from the Army Medical Corp who won The Military Cross, and TWO Victoria Crosses !! stunning.0
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Blood River is brilliant as is Haunted - both mentioned above.
Currently reading easy going chick lit, of which most of you will have no interest!0 -
[cite]Posted By: T[/cite]Haunted by Chuck Phallank - Christ thats the darkest thing i've read in a while
21 - the story of the Harvard card counting teams that cleaned up in casinos in the US
I also enjoyed freaknomics, and read libaries of 'commuter' crime thrillers!
21 is actually a book called Bringing down the house0 -
[cite]Posted By: Goonerhater[/cite]Henry are u sure its that book ? mainly talking about the myths of how people were fed, died, joined up, were executed, etc. Its the tiny bits in it that are stunning the guy from the Army Medical Corp who won The Military Cross, and TWO Victoria Crosses !! stunning.
Yes, same book. About how the two paramilitary "armies" from either side in Ireland both signed up as whole regiments and fought alongside each other, why a 1/4 of all the goods transport across the channel was horse feed but that wasn't for the cavalry.
His little asides about army life and the way soldiers behave etc were very funny but appropriate in a quiet serious topic.0 -
Have read all the Robert Harris books as well, thought Ghost was alright.
Last couple of weeks I've started reading the Christopher Brookmyre books in order (after reading a few out of sequence). They are absolutely fantastic, although potentially embaressing when reading on the tube and breaking into laughter (guaranteed to get you a few strange glances!!).
Next on the list is 'The Bromley Boys' as recommended on here. Really looking forward to that.0 -
Anyone read the Book Thief. picked it up last night. Seems good.0
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The Railway Man by Eric lomax , true story , makes one cry i must admit0
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Reading White Heat by Dominic Sandbrook-a history of britain in the swinging sixties almost 800 pages..very interesting so far.0
