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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: lee celtic on August 01, 2008, 21:44:27
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Hi All
I've just read two biography's Norman Schwarzkopf (Storming Norman) and Michael Caine's both very good reads both amazing people and both have had some amazing experiances .
I get fed up with the boy/girl band idiots doing bio's when they are only 12 (there can't be enough to fill a book)
so now I am on a roll can anyone recommend another for me to read???
I can really recomend the two above Norman (what a guy) Michael Caine (I have a whole new respect for the guy ) :clap:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/It_doesn%27t_take_a_hero.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GYRHP8A9L._SS500_.jpg)
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Sean Connery
read this a few years ago pretty good
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Lance Armstrong's is worth a look - I'm neither a cyclist nor a cancer survivor but have a real respect for the man after reading it.
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I read Ricky Tomlinsons and that was a pretty damned good read.
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I read Richard Hammond's and Sir ranulph Fiennes biographies whilst on holiday - both were good reading
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I've read Jimmy Nail's "A Northern Soul".
The character of Leonard Jeffrey 'Oz' Osborne in Auf Wiedersehen Pet is just a continuation of his real personality as a youth!! Coincidentally, he had a part as an extr in Get Carter with Michael Caine.
Still got Pat Roach's "If - The Pat Roach Story" on the shelf.
:lol: :lol:
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Lance Armstrong's is worth a look - I'm neither a cyclist nor a cancer survivor but have a real respect for the man after reading it.
There's 3 books.
The first 'It's Not About The Bike' was the one that got the William Hill Sportsbook Of The Year award
As Matt says that's the one that deals with the Cancers, surgery & subsequent recovery to iconic sportsman
The second 'Every Second Counts'[/i] deals with the Tour, his marriage breakup, the relationship with Sheryl Crow, & various related issues
As a cyclist & admirer of the man (having met him once, when he was World Champion), they're rivetting reading
Other 'BTM Recommendations' include;
'Walker' (Johnnie Walkers life & -very interesting- times)
'Margrave Of The Marshes' (part auto-biography, part biography, after his death)
'Pies & Prejudice' (not a biography, but still a journey into the authors past, and the 'North-South' divide)
'Can You Tell Who It Is Yet?' (Rolf Harris, quite amusing)
'Rotten' (John Lydon, the problem is you never know when this man's being truthful)
'Back To The Batcave' (Adam West, as much as I don't like the TV Batman, it's a good book)
'Fred' (David Hall, the official biography)
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I'm reasonably sure "It's Not About The Bike" was the one I read, but based on that I'd have no hesitation to buy the sequel.
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"A different kind of life" - Victoria Williams, Frank Williams wife - a very different perspective to F1
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Another one i read when i was younger which i have just remembered about was "unreliable memoirs" by clive james. If you read and arent laughing your pants off after the first chapter then there is sommat really wrong! lol
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whilst not exactly biographies, more 'diaries'
'Wasting Police Time', 'In Stitches' & 'Blood, Sweat & Tea' are also recommended
Google them
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whilst not exactly biographies, more 'diaries'
'Wasting Police Time', 'In Stitches' & 'Blood, Sweat & Tea' are also recommended
http://www.mondaybooks.com/policetime/policetime.html (publisher)
http://coppersblog.blogspot.com/ (original 'blog')
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stitches-Highs-Lows-AandE-Doctor/dp/1905548702/ref=pd_sim_b_1 ('Stitches'. No 'blog' that I can find)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1905548230?tag=randomactsofr-21&camp=1406&creative=6394&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1905548230&adid=0Q078NYF7YN40SH4YXC8& ('Blood')
http://randomreality.blogware.com/blog (blog)
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I forgot another brilliant (& funny) one
'The Life & Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid' (http://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Thunderbolt-Kid-Memoir/dp/076791936X)