Book suggestions

[Gaz76]

Any good recommendations for a sports biography/book?

Eying up Joe Marler's autobiography and the Southgate book on inspiration.

Currently reading through Max Hastings "Vietnam" so could do with something more uplifting.

Im half way through "today we die a little" the rise and fall of emil zapotek, its been a good un so far, but only whilst typing this reply did I see the rise and FALL bit, Im guessing its all gonna be downhill for emil pretty soon. Recommended

 

[Pezzer2]

Just read ‘Jimmy the Weed ‘ story of the quality street gang in Manchester . What a character and a fantastic read

 

[yeseye]

Read this one a while back.
Quite a good read..
Cocky: The Rise And Fall of Curtis Warren, Britain's Biggest Drugs Baron
Book by Peter Walsh, Richard Elias, and Tony Barnes

 

[Bob Hope]

Nearly finished this amazing book.
11:22:63 by Stephen King.
All about time travel and the Kennedy assassination.

 

[ob]

Just finished Thursday Murder Club which I enjoyed and will definitely read the next one

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Steve cavannagh his Eddie flynn novels are a great series of books to read.

you can smash through them

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Any good recommendations for a sports biography/book?

Eying up Joe Marler's autobiography and the Southgate book on inspiration.

Currently reading through Max Hastings "Vietnam" so could do with something more uplifting.

I just watched an interview with Stephen Fry where he said Andre Agassi's autobiography was one of the best he's ever read.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee. Every American should be made to read just how badly the native Americans were treated.

 

[hammocity]

One of the most entertaining books I've read was Devilfish by poker player of the same name Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott. It's a fantastic read, my mate devoured it in a couple of days, said it the best bio he's ever read and he's not even a poker player, it's utterly brilliant and about a fiver online.

Edit: free on Kindle Amazon Prime or 2.99 for the electronic version to purchase.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

David Hasselhoff "Making Waves"

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee. Every American should be made to read just how badly the native Americans were treated.

The ones that don’t already know are incapable of reading it, others know it and would prefer to ignore it, because they’re “Muricans, Goddammit!”

The rest of us are painfully aware of the brutal past of the American Experiment, esp to those who were not white Europeans, and even many of those were treated in a sub-human manner…and some still are!

To read an American History book, though, you would think it was all “Glory, Glory Hallelujah!”

 

[hammocity]

Ken Follett's trilogy:

1/ Fall of Giants
2/ Winter of the World
3/ Edge of Eternity

1/Events leading up to and including the first WW (and just after)

2/Events leading up to and including WW2, and just after

3/Events after the Second WW leading up to the Cold War

Big books, novels with actual historical background, same families involved, great read.

 

[Blue and still suffering]

Any good recommendations for a sports biography/book?

Eying up Joe Marler's autobiography and the Southgate book on inspiration.

Currently reading through Max Hastings "Vietnam" so could do with something more uplifting.

Gary James's book on Joe Mercer is excellent, currently ploughing through the Peter Barnes book which is more than just a biography and a good read regarding Big Mal's return.
As for Max Hastings his Overlord book about D Day and the period after that is a really good read. It puts into perspective the difference between films of the battles and what really happened.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

One of the most entertaining books I've read was Devilfish by poker player of the same name Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott. It's a fantastic read, my mate devoured it in a couple of days, said it the best bio he's ever read and he's not even a poker player, it's utterly brilliant and about a fiver online.

Edit: free on Kindle Amazon Prime or 2.99 for the electronic version to purchase.

If you enjoyed that try:
For Richer, For Poorer: Confessions of a Player, by Victoria Coren Mitchell.

 

[hammocity]

If you enjoyed that try:
For Richer, For Poorer: Confessions of a Player, by Victoria Coren Mitchell.

Yes, I've read that, very good as well, quite poignant describing her Dad's (Alan) death, I used to listen to him on Radio 4, very clever and interesting man, his daughter is pretty good as well.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Yes, I've read that, very good as well, quite poignant describing her Dad's (Alan) death, I used to listen to him on Radio 4, very clever and interesting man, his daughter is pretty good as well.

It’s been a while since I read it but I’m sure she talked about Devilfish in that book.

 

[hammocity]

It’s been a while since I read it but I’m sure she talked about Devilfish in that book.

She did if memory serves, in a good way, like you I probably read the book when it first came out as I had a hardback copy.

 

[TueartsOHK]

Gary James's book on Joe Mercer is excellent, currently ploughing through the Peter Barnes book which is more than just a biography and a good read regarding Big Mal's return.
As for Max Hastings his Overlord book about D Day and the period after that is a really good read. It puts into perspective the difference between films of the battles and what really happened.

I’ll have to get the Joe Mercer book you mention. I’ve just finished ’The Worst of Friends’ about the relationship between Mercer and Allison which was ok but the dialogue between the two of them is mostly made up, I would prefer a proper biography

 

[chesterbells]

Ken Follett's trilogy:

1/ Fall of Giants
2/ Winter of the World
3/ Edge of Eternity

1/Events leading up to and including the first WW (and just after)

2/Events leading up to and including WW2, and just after

3/Events after the Second WW leading up to the Cold War

Big books, novels with actual historical background, same families involved, great read.

I’d forgotten all about this thread, cheers for bumping it @ob

@hammocity ive not heard of those 3 but I’m definitely interested. I’ve read a lot of the Len Deighton books so this might be of interest I guess. I also really enjoyed Follets Eye of the Needle (as well as the film with Donald Sutherland in). With those 3 do you really need to read all 3 or do they work as free standing novels?

On a different note, @OB1 have you read any of the 3 Martin Popoff books about Rush? I’m midway through Limelight the second one covering the 80s - great for the interviews and details, not so for his personal opinions which I think are often wide of the mark, or debatable at the very least.

Lastly, I know it’s not everyone’s cuppa but finished the last of the Strike novels by JK Rowling recently - brilliant stuff to delve into.

 

[OB1]

I’d forgotten all about this thread, cheers for bumping it @ob

@hammocity ive not heard of those 3 but I’m definitely interested. I’ve read a lot of the Len Deighton books so this might be of interest I guess. I also really enjoyed Follets Eye of the Needle (as well as the film with Donald Sutherland in). With those 3 do you really need to read all 3 or do they work as free standing novels?

On a different note, @OB1 have you read any of the 3 Martin Popoff books about Rush? I’m midway through Limelight the second one covering the 80s - great for the interviews and details, not so for his personal opinions which I think are often wide of the mark, or debatable at the very least.

Lastly, I know it’s not everyone’s cuppa but finished the last of the Strike novels by JK Rowling recently - brilliant stuff to delve into.

Not read any of those books on Rush. Might have to check them out.