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- Colback's Orange Tufts
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I've just read 'the signs were there' about recent disaster on the stock market, cos I'm dead cool like.
Also, despite not being into the genre, read the 'wayfarers' series by Becky Chambers. Its Sci fi but about the societies and cultures in space not pew pew space battles. Reminded me a bit of the council and races of mass effect.
Also, despite not being into the genre, read the 'wayfarers' series by Becky Chambers. Its Sci fi but about the societies and cultures in space not pew pew space battles. Reminded me a bit of the council and races of mass effect.
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- overseasTOON
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You should read Too Big to Fail by Sorkin.Colback's Orange Tufts wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:21 pmI've just read 'the signs were there' about recent disaster on the stock market, cos I'm dead cool like.
Also, despite not being into the genre, read the 'wayfarers' series by Becky Chambers. Its Sci fi but about the societies and cultures in space not pew pew space battles. Reminded me a bit of the council and races of mass effect.
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If you like this books, maybe you like Dexter books. Obviously, is fiction. But Dexter is the best serial killer in the fantastic world.Bodacious Benny wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:04 amI read 'A Life too Short', really excellent (and tragic). Also read a few autobiographies, Shay Given's and Jenson Button's were both decent, Kieron Dyer's surprisingly good too. A few of Guy Martin's books are quite good reads.
I'm getting this next:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Evil-Sc ... B0764FLN97
Love books about serial killers, people in prison etc.
Next book I have bought it's the book in the next link. It's about a brazillian serial killer who killed 492 persons... But I don't know if thera are an English version
https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-4 ... tos/272876
Sorry for my bad english, I am spanish!
- lassassinblanc
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One of my favorite books. Such an important story and as you say a tragic one tooBodacious Benny wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:04 amI read 'A Life too Short', really excellent (and tragic). Also read a few autobiographies, Shay Given's and Jenson Button's were both decent, Kieron Dyer's surprisingly good too. A few of Guy Martin's books are quite good reads.
I'm getting this next:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Evil-Sc ... B0764FLN97
Love books about serial killers, people in prison etc.
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I'm about 1/3 of the way through this now and it's really interesting. It goes into some of the science behind why people do things but without bamboozling you (I have no scientific background since my GCSE grade C in 2001...). It tries to put the reader in the place of people who have done 'evil' things and gets you to ask questions of yourself and what you might have done to other that would be classed by some as a form of evil, and questions how/if committing one act of evil makes you evil for life (or at all) and so on.Bodacious Benny wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:04 amI'm getting this next:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Evil-Sc ... B0764FLN97
Love books about serial killers, people in prison etc.
I'm the scumbag outlaw. You're the pillar of justice. Neither of us like looking at ourselves in the mirror. Do we have a deal?
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Reading and studying To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf for school.
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I recently finished 'The Sun Does Shine' about a guy who was on Death Row for 29 years fighting for his freedom. Really excellent read, highlights many of the flaws, failings, injustices, lies, politics and racism in the US Justice System and really makes you think just how many innocent people may have been executed over the years. It's one of the few books that has given be goosebumps reading it, would highly recommend it. There's a lot in it about the people he was on Death Row with, and who the person behind the crimes were and that not everyone is a monster (thought some are!).
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- overseasTOON
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So far in the lockdown I've read:
Rock the Casbah - the story behind the Arab Spring
Oil Kings - the story behind his the US and Saudi politics destroyed Iran
The Hidden Empire - how the US hides it's overseas territories
The Euro and its threat to the future of the European Union - how fundamentally the EU has f***ed itself.
Cracking on now with the History of the Holy Roman Empire; 900 pages of very dry writing.
Rock the Casbah - the story behind the Arab Spring
Oil Kings - the story behind his the US and Saudi politics destroyed Iran
The Hidden Empire - how the US hides it's overseas territories
The Euro and its threat to the future of the European Union - how fundamentally the EU has f***ed itself.
Cracking on now with the History of the Holy Roman Empire; 900 pages of very dry writing.
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They all sound great, with the exception of the last one perhaps. I'm about to start 'Israel and Palestine: The Complete History'.overseasTOON wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:36 amSo far in the lockdown I've read:
Rock the Casbah - the story behind the Arab Spring
Oil Kings - the story behind his the US and Saudi politics destroyed Iran
The Hidden Empire - how the US hides it's overseas territories
The Euro and its threat to the future of the European Union - how fundamentally the EU has f***ed itself.
Cracking on now with the History of the Holy Roman Empire; 900 pages of very dry writing.
Kindly deeds done for free!
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For anyone into crime novels, I'd recommend The man on the streets by Trevor Wood. Main character is a homeless veteran that witnesses a a murder, set in Newcastle. I'm not from the area myself, but have visited when I can, even that brief knowledge added a little bit more intrigue to the goings on of the story itself.
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I'm the scumbag outlaw. You're the pillar of justice. Neither of us like looking at ourselves in the mirror. Do we have a deal?
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A hammers fans here, just registered just to thank you for a cracking good readCIH wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:07 pmFor anyone into crime novels, I'd recommend The man on the streets by Trevor Wood. Main character is a homeless veteran that witnesses a a murder, set in Newcastle. I'm not from the area myself, but have visited when I can, even that brief knowledge added a little bit more intrigue to the goings on of the story itself.
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Haha you're welcome, I'm sure he'll be glad to know you enjoyedCushley wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:50 pmA hammers fans here, just registered just to thank you for a cracking good readCIH wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:07 pmFor anyone into crime novels, I'd recommend The man on the streets by Trevor Wood. Main character is a homeless veteran that witnesses a a murder, set in Newcastle. I'm not from the area myself, but have visited when I can, even that brief knowledge added a little bit more intrigue to the goings on of the story itself.
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- lassassinblanc
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Starting the below today after finally finishing Jonathan Wilsons Hungary book
https://www.amazon.com/Wings-Change-Big ... 1785317296
As much as people probably dislike how Red Bull has invested and renamed clubs , they've also done an amazing job in developing players
https://www.amazon.com/Wings-Change-Big ... 1785317296
As much as people probably dislike how Red Bull has invested and renamed clubs , they've also done an amazing job in developing players
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