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fubar 20 Dec 09 9.35pm

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Quote j77 at 31 May 2009 3:24am

bill brysons a brief history of nearly everything.


Wonderful book. The first part might equally have been sub-titled A Collection of Great British Eccentrics.
One thing he mentions in it is the Swine Flu epidemic of 1918. It apparently started fairly benignly and then, seven months later, mutated into a killer that swept the world. Disturbing.

A very good read indeed, and a great accomplishment for a non-science author to develop a perspective on such a broad subject.

I've just finished reading 'Ultramarathon man' by Dean Karnazes. A true athletic freak but phenomenal drive and willpower. Very inspiring to challenge the limits both we ourselves and society sets for us.

 


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jamiemartin721 Flag Reading 29 Dec 09 1.39am

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Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

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maarlon Flag 05 Jul 13 3.56pm

I'm reading this sh*t article.

 


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Quote Catfish at 10 Nov 2009 9.43am

Quote j77 at 31 May 2009 3:24am

bill brysons a brief history of nearly everything.


Wonderful book. The first part might equally have been sub-titled A Collection of Great British Eccentrics.
One thing he mentions in it is the Swine Flu epidemic of 1918. It apparently started fairly benignly and then, seven months later, mutated into a killer that swept the world. Disturbing.


Killed more people than the War, didn't it?

 


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the greatest salesman in the world - og mandino... great book, short but well worth reading.

 

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Currently reading Neil Warnocks book. Great little read. Very interesting to read that Shaun Derry landed one on Taarabt during a game at Spurs. Taarabt doesn't across very well at all.

Defo worth a read. Includes stuff about Palace.

 


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Papillon - Henri Charriere

Don't know why I've left it until now to read this book it has all the elements or a story I love - true, cunning prison escape, adventure through far-off exotic locations and high seas, and of course a dash of savagery here and there

 

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Papillon - Henri Charriere

Don't know why I've left it until now to read this book it has all the elements or a story I love - true, cunning prison escape, adventure through far-off exotic locations and high seas, and of course a dash of savagery here and there


Great book....The sequel Blanco is good but not in the same league.

 


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Quote Frickin Saweet at 14 Oct 2013 3.25pm

Papillon - Henri Charriere

Don't know why I've left it until now to read this book it has all the elements or a story I love - true, cunning prison escape, adventure through far-off exotic locations and high seas, and of course a dash of savagery here and there

One I still havent got around to...next on the list I think

I picked up a cheap copy of The Boys From Brazil which isnt one of Levins best but is OK

Dare I say the filum was better thant the book for once ???

Mind you any film where Steve Guttenberg is brutally killed has got to be up there hasnt it ?


 


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Quote Frickin Saweet at 14 Oct 2013 3.25pm

Papillon - Henri Charriere

Don't know why I've left it until now to read this book it has all the elements or a story I love - true, cunning prison escape, adventure through far-off exotic locations and high seas, and of course a dash of savagery here and there

One I still havent got around to...next on the list I think

I picked up a cheap copy of The Boys From Brazil which isnt one of Levins best but is OK

Dare I say the filum was better thant the book for once ???

Mind you any film where Steve Guttenberg is brutally killed has got to be up there hasnt it ?


Bump it up the list it's a good read. Funnily enough Boys From Brazil is on my watch list. Cheers elgrande was doing a bit of research on Charriere and all the theories about whether it was a story of his life or stories he nicked from other inmates and Blanco came up in that. Would be interested to know what happened to all those loose ends in his life that needed tying up.

 

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Am reading CJ Sansom's latest, can't remember the title cost its upstairs in the bog! All about a 1960s Britain basically crushed by Hitler. Fascists are rounding up Jews and there's a resistance movement growing but small. Pretty good read.

 

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