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Old 9th August 2007, 07:03 PM
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I'll have to give that a look.
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Old 9th August 2007, 07:20 PM
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I've just read Kieth Allens Autobiography which is called "Grow Up" and I can recommend it. Top read. I finished it in just over a week because I really couldn't put it down.
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Old 9th August 2007, 10:11 PM
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Micky Vann's autobiography is a fookin cracker.
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Old 10th August 2007, 12:47 AM
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The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe

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Old 10th August 2007, 12:52 AM
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Redemption by Stanley ''Tookie'' Williams, the founder of the Crips gang. Definitely the best book i've read, basically it tells his life story and it's a very interesting read.
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Old 10th August 2007, 08:40 AM
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Re: Book recommendation
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Redemption by Stanley ''Tookie'' Williams, the founder of the Crips gang. Definitely the best book i've read, basically it tells his life story and it's a very interesting read.
He's the bloke who was completely reformed in jail that Arnie could have saved from the death penalty, but didn't, right?
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Old 10th August 2007, 07:41 PM
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He's the bloke who was completely reformed in jail that Arnie could have saved from the death penalty, but didn't, right?
Yeah he is. He was one of the founding member's of the Crips. He was sentenced to death over an armed robbery that left (I think) two people dead. He always maintained his innocence and there wasn't any evidence linking him to the murder. He reformed in prison and worked his bollocks off to stop kids joining street gangs and was even nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize one year. All this from his jail cell. Sadly he was executed by lethal injection. I didn't know he had an autobiography out. May have to purchase it.
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Old 10th August 2007, 08:09 PM
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Yeah he is. He was one of the founding member's of the Crips. He was sentenced to death over an armed robbery that left (I think) two people dead. He always maintained his innocence and there wasn't any evidence linking him to the murder. He reformed in prison and worked his bollocks off to stop kids joining street gangs and was even nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize one year. All this from his jail cell. Sadly he was executed by lethal injection. I didn't know he had an autobiography out. May have to purchase it.
Yeah, that's him. It's amazing how much he changed from being a total scumbag to doing great work helping kids etc. It is a great read and if you see a copy of it you should definitely get it. I bought mine in Virgin Megastore for about €8 only a few weeks ago.
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Old 11th August 2007, 04:03 PM
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I don't read anything forits literary credentials, to be honest mate. I just want to be gripped. My critique of it was an attempt tro explain why I wasn't. Don't get me wrong, I did like it, but I just didn't see it as the five star read that nearly 50 Amazon reviewers did.
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Old 11th August 2007, 04:06 PM
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Has anybody read the Mark Thomas book "As used on the famous Nelson Mandela"? It is a very good read, its about how easy it is to get set up in the arms trade, from the viewpoint of Mark Thomas the comedian. Ive made it sound shit but its a good read
It's worth reading if only for the bit about the automatic stone-thrower which (apparently) can be used for throwing sweets!
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Old 25th August 2007, 09:28 PM
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The Zombie Survival Guide

Fucking Vital - At the begining you just go with it but by page 50 you are off to B&Q to by an AXE just in case.
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Old 25th August 2007, 09:42 PM
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Five Families by Selwyn Raab.

An exhaustive, illustrated hardback detailing every aspect of New York's Mafia construction, members and policies.

Trails all of the 5 borgatas from the Prohibition-era Black Hand,Charlie Luciano and Bugsy Siegel right up to post-Gotti and Sopranos-cliched reformations including future projected Captains and Bosses.

Essential, if only its atmospheric 1920s glitz, 60s Downtown bustle to 80s industrial Brooklyn grit.
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Old 5th September 2007, 09:41 AM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
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Currently reading The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow - absolutely superb read so far.
Finished it this morning. Gutted not to have Frankie Machine in my life anymore! It's a brilliant novel about a 'retired' mob guy who suddenly has loads of people after him, and it tells the story of him trying to piece together why. It's aching to be made into a probably sub par film..
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Old 5th September 2007, 10:20 AM
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Just finished Terrorist by John Updike, a yarn about a young Muslim kid in New Jersey being groomed for a major bomb attack.

Impressive, reads like a literary thriller.
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Old 5th September 2007, 11:00 AM
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D-Day by Stephen Ambrose. Amazing stuff. Very detailed but it puts you in the thick of it.
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Old 5th September 2007, 11:16 AM
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Just started Dracula again this weekend. Amazing book.
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Dark Sun - The making of the Hydrogen Bomb by Richard Rhodes. A nice mix of history, politics, intregue and science written in his usual readably style.