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.

Postby DB10GOONER on Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:06 pm

Its Up 4 Grabs Now wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:haha - good spot.

NoLifeSlop. :wink:

I fixed the original but left it in your quote to help your post. You need it, mate. :lol: :wink:


Why don’t you just ban me then you fucking wanker? Or do you have to get permission first you class monitoring bastard?! :banghead: :oops: :lol: :wink:



:lol:

Which one of you .con spazzers has hacked Grabslop's account? :shock:

:wink:
User avatar
DB10GOONER
 
Posts: 27068
Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:06 pm
Location: Dublin, Ireland.

Postby skipper on Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:16 pm

Can't believe nobody mentioned yet one of best music autobiographies ever:

John Lydon - No dogs, No Irish, No blacks
Absolute quality.

As for fiction...

John Steinbeck - Tortilla Flat
Albert Camus - Outsider
Erich Maria Remarque - Arch of Triumph

...and anything ever written by Charles Bukowski and Hubert Selby jr

:barscarf:

Also, Erich Fromm wrote some fantastic books about human nature in general, Anathomy of Human Destructiveness being my favourite work of his...
User avatar
skipper
 
Posts: 942
Joined: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:10 pm
Location: Hackney

Postby LeftfootlegendGooner on Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:25 am

2 books I read on holidays last year:

Child 44 and The Secret Speach by Tom Rob Smith, thoroughly absorbing and extremely well researched. Maybe a bit of a heavy read for some but once you start to read very hard to put down.
LeftfootlegendGooner
 
Posts: 3405
Joined: Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:07 pm

Postby Pal Lydersen on Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:09 pm

I'm currently reading ,anyone who liked boardwalk empire would like this

Image

I recommend this from the same author

Image

Two of the best music books ive read

Image

Image

Image
My favourite book of all time
User avatar
Pal Lydersen
 
Posts: 671
Joined: Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:04 am
Location: Saigon... shit; I'm still only in Saigon

Postby goonersid on Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:01 pm

Perryashburtongroves wrote:Dynamo- Defending the Honour of Kiev. A true tale of how the team took on the Nazis and beat them.

Perry Groves' book and Patrick Vieria's are both decent if you haven't read them.


Have a week in the sun planned for May, will give this book a go then.
User avatar
goonersid
 
Posts: 5965
Joined: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:40 am
Location: DERRY CITY

Postby Pal Lydersen on Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:24 pm

finished both in a couple of days ,excellent :barscarf:

Image

Image

currently half way through this ,not bad but not a patch on factotum or post office

Image
User avatar
Pal Lydersen
 
Posts: 671
Joined: Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:04 am
Location: Saigon... shit; I'm still only in Saigon

Postby Demun210 on Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:06 pm

Not actually reading anything at the moment, but flicked through this thread and I've got a load of ideas for the next book, so thanks a lot for the recommendations to all who have posted.
User avatar
Demun210
 
Posts: 603
Joined: Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:50 pm

Postby frankbutcher on Tue May 03, 2011 10:10 pm

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Good read.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/book ... eview.html
User avatar
frankbutcher
 
Posts: 3858
Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:07 pm
Location: Arsenal's Treatment Room

Postby DB10GOONER on Wed May 04, 2011 10:35 am

Just finishing up “The Good Soldiersâ€
User avatar
DB10GOONER
 
Posts: 27068
Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:06 pm
Location: Dublin, Ireland.

Postby goonersid on Tue May 10, 2011 8:21 am

goonersid wrote:
Perryashburtongroves wrote:Dynamo- Defending the Honour of Kiev. A true tale of how the team took on the Nazis and beat them.

Perry Groves' book and Patrick Vieria's are both decent if you haven't read them.


Have a week in the sun planned for May, will give this book a go then.


Just got back, enjoyed the book, but as much an account of the German occupation of Kiev as anything else. It did however dispel the myths surrounding what actually happened and how that myth was preserved for political reasons. 6/10
User avatar
goonersid
 
Posts: 5965
Joined: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:40 am
Location: DERRY CITY

Postby LDB on Tue May 10, 2011 9:48 am

Heres an idea...

Image
User avatar
LDB
 
Posts: 5693
Joined: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:13 pm
Location: Having a cup of tea and waiting for all this to blow over

Postby northbankbren on Fri May 13, 2011 1:16 am

Never read Brave New World started it today, 3 chapters in. And its quite dark isnt it. But enjoying it.

Can I also recomend. Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell, The Swap by Anthony Moore and Mad Dogs by James Grady.
User avatar
northbankbren
 
Posts: 4675
Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:47 pm
Location: Im just behind the bloke sitting in front of me.

Postby DB10GOONER on Tue May 17, 2011 7:06 am

Re-reading Dispatches by Michael Herr. Read it back in the 80s and I'd forgotten what a truly brilliant piece of reportage it is. No book about the Vietnam war has come close since for telling it like it is and being able to put you right in there with the blood, guts and insanity of it all. Incredible read. 8)
User avatar
DB10GOONER
 
Posts: 27068
Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:06 pm
Location: Dublin, Ireland.

Postby SWLGooner on Tue May 17, 2011 7:27 am

Unbroken is indeed a good read.

Simon Kuper is coming out with another football book soon which I'm looking forward to.
User avatar
SWLGooner
 
Posts: 10476
Joined: Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:58 pm
Location: Islington Town Hall, applauding the fourth place trophy.

Postby storrmin571 on Tue May 24, 2011 7:00 pm

Reading Steven Tyler's autobiography the man is as mad as Wenger - but thats probably due to the vast amount of columbian marching powder he has taken over the years.
User avatar
storrmin571
 
Posts: 2554
Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:10 pm
Location: PONTYPANDY FIRE STATION

PreviousNext

Return to The Cannonballs

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 2 guests