Briano
10:42 Mon Jul 22
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This is a great read, an insight to what is going on in the world
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Ladybird_Book_of_the_Meeting.html?id=6AO4DAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y
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LA Hammer
10:41 Mon Jul 22
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The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal by Thomas Asbridge.
Marshall is probably the greatest Englishman of all time yet most people have never heard of him.
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Fivetide
10:40 Mon Jul 22
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Peckham, you just made me laugh out loud. Yup, that sure was a problematic boat ride!
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lab
10:34 Mon Jul 22
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The damage done . Can't remember the author , fellowes I think his name , you will read this in two days , you won't put
It down.
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JLAP
10:25 Mon Jul 22
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Fly Fishing by J R Hartley
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Peckham
10:21 Mon Jul 22
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Rose of Tibet. Lionel Davidson.
Fiction but the bloody prologue was written in such a way you could believe it is true.
Fucking good read despite not non fiction.
Peter Crouches book seems amusing, down to earth and good reviews.
Congratulations you have just met the ICF , BG , do not have to have the like of hooliganism to enjoy it. Even my ex Wife enjoyed it and she doesn't even like football.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. Read years ago. He ran into some trouble on a boat ride and managed to triumph over impossible odds. Excellent read.
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tr3bor
10:20 Mon Jul 22
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'Shantaram'
Gregory David Roberts
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Any Old Iron
10:19 Mon Jul 22
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This threads a bit fiction-phobic.
I tend to only read fiction, but a few weeks ago I picked up Ronnie Barkers biography for a quid in a charity shop. It made one of the great comedy performers of the last 50 years come across as really boring.
It's back to fiction for me.
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plankton
9:54 Mon Jul 22
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7970720-road-of-bones
Amazing story of courage, stupidity, and sheer determination.
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arsene york-hunt
9:51 Mon Jul 22
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Jsut finished a book called Sumerians: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman.
Also A History of the World by Andrew Marr
Both very good reads.
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gph
8:52 Mon Jul 22
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A list of winning lottery ticket numbers.
If you spot a pattern, you could be quids in
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On The Ball
8:25 Mon Jul 22
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violator suggested The Aquariums of Pyongyang, which is great. If North Korea interests you, then I think Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick is even better. Incredible book.
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zico
8:10 Mon Jul 22
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Several fabulous autobiographies out there and you can never go wrong with something by Michael Caine or Roger Moore. Have just finished a cheapy I got off the internet called "The Perfect Distance Seb Coe and Steve Ovett". A fascinating insight into their rivalry over the 1500 metres and mile. Fabulous read.
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Nurse Ratched
7:14 Mon Jul 22
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Wansteadman
Try 'This Thing of Darkness' by Harry Thompson, then come back and thank me. It's a masterpiece.
Incidentally, written by the same bloke who wrote 'Penguins'. Completely different type of book, though.
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Heath Hammer
6:55 Mon Jul 22
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Sorchio - is the Marsh book about the Brain surgeon - if so also highly recommend! - coming to terms with the fact that everyone makes mistakes at work, only yours will likely paralyse or kill someone is no mean feat.
I just finished Bad Blood - about a company called Theranos who basically conned investors out of billions of dollars, pretending they had a blood testing device that was going to change medicine
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Bungo
6:55 Mon Jul 22
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El Scorchio 5:41 Mon Jul 22
"This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay"
Another vote for this one. Easy to read on holiday as it's basically his diary entries when he was a doctor. Very funny and a good insight into the NHS and the expectations on the staff at the same time.
The same man who wrote the London Underground song.
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Cheezey Bell-End
6:45 Mon Jul 22
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Wisden's
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Sven Roeder
6:44 Mon Jul 22
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Chernobyl: History of a tragedy
Serhii Plokhy
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wansteadman
6:39 Mon Jul 22
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I quite like fiction books that are based on fact,the conn iggulden series on Rome is one of the best I’ve ever read.
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martinbritt_63
6:36 Mon Jul 22
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A Spy among Friends by Ben Macintyre - about Kim Philby
Pretty much anything by Anthony Beevor - Stalingrad, Berlin, Arnhem etc.
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Nurse Ratched
6:22 Mon Jul 22
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Scorch
I was going to recommend 'Penguins' if Eddie said he likes cricket.
Fo
Funny you should say that, it's in my Amazon 'save for later' list.
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