It's all a load of Cannonballs in here! This is the virtual Arsenal pub where you can chat about anything except football. Be warned though, like any pub, the content may not always be suitable for everyone.
HashKads
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by HashKads » Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:46 pm
DB10GOONER wrote: flash gunner wrote: I bought i-Partridge yesterday the autobiography of Alan Partridge... Meant to be brilliant
Flicked through it in a
book shop today. Looks top notch.
You have those in potatoland?
SWLGooner
Posts: 10483 Joined: Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:58 pm
Location: Islington Town Hall, applauding the fourth place trophy.
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by SWLGooner » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:09 pm
As 06 says Papillon is top notch.
Recently I've enjoyed Hague's biography of William Pitt the Younger, Norman Gash (I laughed too)'s biography of the first Lord Liverpool, Simon Schama's Citizens, Boyd Hilton's A Mad Bad and Dangerous People, James Michener's Alaska and Tim Parks' A Season with Verona.
I've also not enjoyed Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, which was boring as fuck.
frankbutcher
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by frankbutcher » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:21 pm
Moneyball.
Mike Reid - 'Triffic
US Martin's Guide to Boredom.
SWLGooner
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by SWLGooner » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:44 pm
Moneyball's a great book, Liars Poker (particularly appropriate for you ;) ), the Blind Side and the New New Thing are all good too.
Good film as well.
frankbutcher
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by frankbutcher » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:45 pm
SWLGooner wrote: Moneyball's a great book, Liars Poker (particularly appropriate for you
), the Blind Side and the New New Thing are all good too.
Good film as well.
Read Liar's Poker years ago when I first started work in the City.
Chips and Chocolate
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by Chips and Chocolate » Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:04 pm
Got "Shadowplayers: the rise and fall of Factory Records" for Christmas, well chuffed!
And who was a reader of The End, scouse fanzine in the 80s? They've released a book with all the issues... I'm thinking of buying it but someone might have bought it for me already.
arsenalmorris
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by arsenalmorris » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:14 pm
i am currently reading 3 books
How not to be a footballer by paul merson - hilarious if you have not ready
Steaming in
fever pitch
all good books so far if you have not red em
Gooner_Sam
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by Gooner_Sam » Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:15 pm
Just finished reading The End by Tom Watt.. A fantastic read. Was saddened to finish it really..
Currently reading - John Lennon - The life by Philip Norman. I'd recommend it to anyone here, a great insight to the life of a genius!
cusamano
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by cusamano » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:56 am
former Gunner Moritz Volz has a book out right now about his days in London
olgitgooner
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by olgitgooner » Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:00 am
I'm going to be reading a lot more books from now on.
My daughter bought me a Kindle for my birthday.
Brilliant. Download any new book for two or three quid. Also read the first chapter for free before you decide to buy or not.
SWLGooner
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by SWLGooner » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:39 am
olgitgooner wrote: I'm going to be reading a lot more books from now on.
My daughter bought me a Kindle for my birthday.
Brilliant. Download any new book for two or three quid. Also read the first chapter for free before you decide to buy or not.
Fantastic isn't it, although in truth I prefer the 'feel' of a physical book...
g88ner
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by g88ner » Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:22 pm
SWLGooner wrote: Tim Parks' A Season with Verona.
loved that book!
Barry Bastard
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by Barry Bastard » Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:10 pm
I like travel books and I am writing one at the moment called The Rough Guide to Cottaging. I do quite a lot of my research on away trips.