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Shakespeare
26th November 2007, 10:59
While its off season. Why dont we offer some recommendations for books?

I'll start you off with Yes Man by Danny Wallace. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yes-Man-Danny-Wallace/dp/0091896746/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196071111&sr=8-1)

Its a great read and a book i just couldnt put down. Mr Phil and The Man The Legend will agree.

Shakespeare
26th November 2007, 11:04
Pushing the limits by Mark Eccleston and Andrew Quirke (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pushing-Limits-Mark-Eccleston/dp/0907633080/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196068902&sr=8-1)

Mark is a St Helens man who has overcome tremendous adversity and achieved amazing things in the world of disability sport.

I would have thought that St Helens Council would want to use him as an ambassador and be incredibly proud of him. I would also have thought that the local press would want to feature him too.

The local coverage of his career in general which has been shocking.

*From different thread.

Trev The Bear
26th November 2007, 14:29
While its off season. Why dont we offer some recommendations for books?

I'll start you off with Yes Man by Danny Wallace. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yes-Man-Danny-Wallace/dp/0091896746/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196071111&sr=8-1)

Its a great read and a book i just couldnt put down. Mr Phil and The Man The Legend will agree.

Yes Man is a good read,really enjoyable. On the back of that i bought Join me (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Join-Me-Story-Started-Accident/dp/0091895820/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1196071111&sr=8-1) also by danny wallace,another good read getting stronger and funnier towards the end.

Next up for me is 'around ireland with a fridge' by tony hawk.

RedVee Admin
26th November 2007, 14:53
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cash-Autobiography-Johnny/dp/000274080X

The autobiography of Johnny Cash.

An amazing read of the life and times of John Cash, from growing up on a cotton plantation, to hitting the highs of the music business and the subsequent lows that followed fame as he fought his demons. The writing style is easy to read, poetic and song like as he tells each chapter of his life, it made me feel like I was sat with him as he talked.

10/10 from me.

roby lights up my senses
26th November 2007, 20:55
Anyone read scullys book ? Wouldnt mind that for christmas but if its not much good then i wont bother.

Knight Shadow
26th November 2007, 21:04
Anyone read scullys book ? Wouldnt mind that for christmas but if its not much good then i wont bother.


i enjoyed it though is a personal preference as i know people who have loved it and others who thought it was pointless.


as for a recommendation can not beat a classic!

H.G Wells- War Of The Worlds just, just finished it for the second time

or for trashy more modern - Simon Conway - RAGE- the twilight zone meets Iraq

alf wayliner
26th November 2007, 21:12
These might appeal to those of you with more left wing views!!!

The Vote - Paul Foot is a brilliant read for those of you who want a critical look at democracy for the working classes in England. It chronicles the universal suffrage movement in England from the rise of the Levellers and the Agitators in the Civil War through to Tony Blair in the 21st C.

Live Working or Die Fighting - Paul Mason looks at working class struggles through the ages and compares them to today's struggles against rampant globalisation. He uses the scenarios in present day Bolivia, Iraq, China and London to contrast with historical struggle like the Communards in Paris, The Bund in pre war Poland and the Peterloo massacre. As an aside Paul Mason is from Leigh

alf wayliner
26th November 2007, 23:22
A lighter read, but still one for the left wing is...

Reasons to be cheerful - Mark Steel.
This recounts comedian Mark Steel's political baptism as a schoolboy in the 70s through the miners strike in the 80s and his eventual success as a comedian. A very funny look at life on the left as he gradautes through political life in the SWP and moves on from naive idealist flogging (or trying to at least) the Socialist Worker to hard nosed political satirist. Made me laugh out loud a few times whilst I was reading it in Florida this summer!

Reacher
27th November 2007, 00:01
Any of the "Jack Reacher" series by Lee Child are absolutely superb. Reacher is an all American action hero who mustered out of the Army after 13 yrs as a Major in the Military Police. He is basically now a loner and drifter who moves around helping people who need him. He is all your action heroes rolled into one, 6ft 5 and built like a brick outhouse.

No women has ever refused him and all men want to be him. There is nothing this man cant do. I read one on holiday last year whilst bored round the pool and since then I have been totally gripped. Have read all 11 in the series now and a brand new 12th one is due out in March next year.

Seriously brilliant well written books.

St Steve
27th November 2007, 08:44
Any of the Inspector Tom Thorne books by mark billingham, who is a comedian as well as a damn good thriller writer.Any books by michael connelly.

Paul Cullen's Mantra
27th November 2007, 09:29
www.amazon.com/Life-Prison-Stanley-Williams/dp/1587170949 (www.amazon.com/Life-Prison-Stanley-Williams/dp/1587170949)


Apparently FEKA recommends this as a good read(note the similarity in looks)

warringtonsaint
27th November 2007, 09:31
Anyone with an interest in World War 1 will enjoy either of these two:

"At The Going Down Of The Sun" - ISBN ref 90-209-4528-9
and
"A War In Words" - ISBN ref 0-7434-6906-2

Bought both of them from the In Flanders Fields Museum the last time I went to Ypres.

Note, there are several books called "At The Going Down Of The Sun"; the one I refer to contains the stories of 365 soldiers who were killed in and around Ypres in WW1

Excellent reads, both very personal and moving accounts of the horrors of WW1

Greengrass
27th November 2007, 10:47
A lighter read, but still one for the left wing is...

Reasons to be cheerful - Mark Steel. Made me laugh out loud a few times whilst I was reading it in Florida this summer!


Blimey and you only wanted to go as far as Rainhill on the bus!lol

alf wayliner
27th November 2007, 18:57
Blimey and you only wanted to go as far as Rainhill on the bus!lol
5/10 Must try harderlol

ticker
27th November 2007, 20:16
i got an interactive bob the builder book last xmas.you had to find where pilchard the cat was hiding on each page whilst following the story at the same time.proper edge of the seat stuff.

Trev The Bear
27th November 2007, 20:21
i got an interactive bob the builder book last xmas.you had to find where pilchard the cat was hiding on each page whilst following the story at the same time.proper edge of the seat stuff.

lol lol lol
Is that the one where wendy was caught by bob in a compromising situation with reg the plasterer?

How was Hands of stone? Y'know the Roberto Duran Biography you REALLY wanted.....past the first chapter yet?

Trev The Bear
28th November 2007, 10:14
Have to start by saying that "Yes Man" was an absolute cracker. I read it in two days. The only reason it wasnt one is that my eyes hurt after 8 hours constant reading. Quality. Did I hear a rumour about a film to back it up starring Danny himself? .

Jack Black i believe. Currently being made.

CHANNEL22
29th November 2007, 10:49
Patience Of A Saint- MIke Critchley

Anyone in their 40s will remember those days. Anyone younger can be educated by it

Noah Sleeroader
30th November 2007, 03:05
reasons to be cheerful - Mark Steel.

Try also "Vive le Revolucion" by Steel, a good 'un.
Also, "Lancashire, where women die of love" by Charles Nevin.
Also, "Pies & prejudice" by some Wigginner whose name I forget.
Plus 'owt by Terry Pratchett.

alf wayliner
1st December 2007, 16:00
"Lancashire, where women die of love" by Charles Nevin.
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Ah yes, Saints get a good mention in that one!

Wasn't he part of the Nevins shop family?

Noah Sleeroader
2nd December 2007, 03:34
Ah yes, Saints get a good mention in that one!

Wasn't he part of the Nevins shop family?

He was & still is both a Nevin & a SAINTS fan.

If you can borrow/beg/steal "Unreasonable Behaviour" by Don McCullin then do so. Sometimes disturbing but eminently readable biography by one of the greatest & most influential photo-journalists of all time, an obsessive & driven man both dispassionate & compassionate.

Greengrass
2nd December 2007, 10:01
He was & still is both a Nevin & a SAINTS fan.

If you can borrow/beg/steal "Unreasonable Behaviour" by Don McCullin then do so. Sometimes disturbing but eminently readable biography by one of the greatest & most influential photo-journalists of all time, an obsessive & driven man both dispassionate & compassionate.

From the above I'd say you don't read the Sport or the Star.lol lol

warringtonsaint
2nd December 2007, 14:13
From the above I'd say you don't read the Sport or the Star.lol lol

Does anybody?

Or just look at the pictures..............;)

Noah Sleeroader
3rd December 2007, 02:09
From the above I'd say you don't read the Sport or the Star.lol lol

Ah now there's a thing, I don't buy them ('cos I'm a mean bugger) but if I see one lying around then I flick through it. I try to check out as many sources as I can & then form an opinion, boring I know, it's far easier to read nowt & be a bigot. lol lol

Unreasonable Behaviour !! READ IT!!! It's good, honestly.