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4th October 2006, 08:11 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
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Have you read Stalingrad by Antony Beevor?
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Yep that's superb too. His book on the Spanish Civil War is good reading too but it's more meaty than the two WWII books. It has a lot to do with Spanish politics which is alright but after a while you tend to blank some names out because you can't absorb any more.
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You just couldn't let me go could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible aren't you? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won't kill you, because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
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4th October 2006, 09:05 PM
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I pity the fool
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Fear Itself by Walter Mosley - great read.
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4th October 2006, 09:05 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Currently re-reading the Adrian Mole books cos I haven't read them since I was a kid. And they're still uproariously funny.
Just finished The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, which is... unforgettably bizarre.
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And they quote from this book which is a fucking fairy tale. It's all just rubbish. You can't walk on water 'cause you'd sink. When you're dead, you can't come back to life. It's that simple. - Jeremy Clarkson
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4th October 2006, 09:08 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Immediate Action by Andy McNab
A sergant advised me to read it and I can't put it down because it's a book that I can relate to, it can be quite funny at times too, well, maybe only for squaddies.
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4th October 2006, 09:50 PM
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class read that, you read the first one? The battle scenes in them are amazing ;]
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Not read the first one no.. so far am really enjoying it and shows what a class writer Bernard Cornwell is.. |
4th October 2006, 10:39 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
How to become an accountant - by Adam Wright.
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4th October 2006, 10:43 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Parachuting for Beginnners - Hugo First
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5th October 2006, 06:04 AM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
1980 by David Peace. It's fucking bleak. Good, though.
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5th October 2006, 08:01 AM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Northern Lights, Philip Pullman. I only started it last night but my missus recommended it.
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At a football club, there’s a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the cheques
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5th October 2006, 08:03 AM
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Sorted, respect due.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham.
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5th October 2006, 08:35 AM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Just started Omerta by Mario Puzo
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5th October 2006, 10:33 AM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. At first I thought it was going to be a struggle with the made-up language, but I'm loving it.
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5th October 2006, 10:35 AM
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Socialismo o muerte
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Just finished that Cocky book about that smack dealer from toxteth...just about to start a farewell to arms.
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5th October 2006, 10:38 AM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Hitlers War - David Irving
Assassin - Shaun Hutson
The Number of the Beast - Robert Heinlein
All easy, light bedtime/khazi-time tomes...
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5th October 2006, 10:39 AM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Breaking Las Vegas. Its about the MIT team that made millions by playing Blackjack.
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5th October 2006, 10:41 AM
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I'm reading the Stevie Gerrard autobiography it's so cool
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5th October 2006, 10:46 AM
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Breaking Las Vegas. Its about the MIT team that made millions by playing Blackjack.
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I just finished Bringing down the house, about the same MIT boys - excellant.. |
5th October 2006, 10:56 AM
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Immediate Action by Andy McNab
A sergant advised me to read it and I can't put it down because it's a book that I can relate to, it can be quite funny at times too, well, maybe only for squaddies.
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Iv liked all his books including the 2 fiction series he writes. I think they are very easy reads you can just sit back and relex without having to have your brain work overtime. He goes into a lot of detail in parts about shiting in clingfilm ect.
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5th October 2006, 11:00 AM
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Breaking Las Vegas. Its about the MIT team that made millions by playing Blackjack.
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Bringing down the house by Ben Mezreich you mean or a different one? |
5th October 2006, 11:00 AM
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