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Postby Sean » Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:23 +0000

Medic5 wrote:I'm almost half way throught "Playboy March 2008", made for very interesting reading, full of facts and "Figures"!! Can't wait to get to the half way point of the mag! :lol:


Medic.......im sure it makes for a "gripping" read! :lol: :lol:
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Postby Mise » Thu, 13 Mar 2008 2:14 +0000

Here is a list of recent ( As in the last few months !! Slow reader) books .


Turn Left AT greenland In search of the real America ...Mark Little RTE Correspondant.. Interesting book about life in America by an Irish Political Correspondant

Full Circle Michael Palin ( Monty Python) Story about travelling full circle of the Pacific ocean.... Travel Book..Easy read

Driving over Lemons...Chris Stewart..Fantastic easy read .. The first of two books about CHRIS SETTING UP A NEW LIFE IN THE ANDULULCIAN AREA OF SPAIN..Chris was a drummer in the band Genesis in the early days

Hope...By Mary Ryan..What a book !!! A true story of an Irish EMIGRANT during the gold rush era in America ...Well worth the read

Ellen MacArthur Taking on the wind...Class CLass Class What a Woman !!


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Postby Sean » Thu, 13 Mar 2008 2:05 +0000

Hi mise,i read Mark Littles book and thought it was a great read,i havent read Full Circle by Michael Palin but i have read Sahara,Hemingway Adventure and Himalaya by him.
Driving over Lemons will be next on my list it sounds good and Hope by Mary Ryan to follow methinks!

I can highly recommend "An Irish Navvy-the diary of an exile" by Donall MacAmhlaigh.Its about his experience working in england in the 1950"s........workless and foodless days :? ,the hardships of the work camps :shock: ,lonesome partings after trips home :cry: ,periods of intense isolation and occasional bitterness :x
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Postby Sean » Sat, 03 May 2008 7:03 +0000

Just finished Blackwater-the rise of the worlds most powerful mercenary army by Jeremy Scahill.......very interesting stuff indeed
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Postby Fergus » Sat, 03 May 2008 11:40 +0000

Sean wrote: workless and foodless days :? ,the hardships of the work camps :shock: ,lonesome partings after trips home :cry: ,periods of intense isolation and occasional bitterness :x


Jazus Seanie, sounds like one of yer normal weekends at home :shock:




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Postby ColmG » Sun, 04 May 2008 9:15 +0000

Reading "The Periodic Table" by Primo Levi at the moment. So far so great....
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Postby sspecdave » Mon, 05 May 2008 11:11 +0000

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Postby mx5ash » Mon, 05 May 2008 11:20 +0000

I read that ages ago Dave, good book well worth a read.
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Postby Sean » Thu, 08 May 2008 11:33 +0000

Just started Chopper 5 (Dont go breaking my legs) by Mark Brandon Read.........a complete head-the-ball!!! :lol:
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Postby Midlifecrisis » Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:45 +0000

Few recent reads:
"Red Carpets" - Rupert Everett
"First Man" - Life of Neil Armstrong, James Hansen
"The Prize" - Daniel Yergin (History of Oil)
"Diaries" - Alistair Campbell
"A bright & Shining Lie" - Neil Sheehan (Biography - Vietnam)
"Suite Francais" - Irene Nemirovsky
"Alan Clarke Diaries" - Alan Clarke (brilliant/Hilarious)

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Anything by John Irving, ditto William Boyd
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Postby Steve » Thu, 24 Jul 2008 2:40 +0000

Sean wrote:Just started Chopper 5 (Dont go breaking my legs) by Mark Brandon Read.........a complete head-the-ball!!! :lol:


Just finishing his 10th book at the moment.. he sort of dropped the ball in this one.. I'd give it a skip..
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Postby Mise » Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:54 +0000

Read Fifty dead men walking.. story of a double agent within the IRA Well worth the read http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifty-Dead-Walking-Martin-McGartland/dp/1857822013

Read Seans Book about An Irish Navvy working in the UK during the fifties again worth the read http://www.amazon.co.uk/Irish-Navvy-Diary-Exile/dp/1903464366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218275374&sr=1-1

and am now reading The wisdom of forgivness intimate conversations and journeys with the Dali Lama http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wisdom-Forgiveness-Intimate-Journeys-Conversations/dp/1573222771/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218275562&sr=1-1

Try reading the above book on medication.. whooaahhh 8)
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Postby Sean » Sun, 10 Aug 2008 5:09 +0000

Just finished The Cloud Garden by Tom Hart-Dyke and Paul Winder.......about 2 backpackers kidnapped by rebels in the Darien Gap near Columbia in 2000.True story and a cracking read.Tom Hart-Dyke has also written An Englishmans Home and has appeared on BBC in Save Lullingstone Castle,hes an eccentric bloke and a good laugh.
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Postby Ivan » Fri, 13 Mar 2009 8:47 +0000

I was reading this last night, it's a bit short! but waterproof i won't ruin the ending for you :)
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Postby leamyj » Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:06 +0000

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