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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

The blizzard is worth getting also.  not a book but a mazgine that is edited by Jonathon Wilson. Some of the best football writing out there and you can get e copies for as little as 1 cent. 
 
His Brian Clough book is excellent also.
 
Simon Kuper's books are great also
Really good book. Mixture of football and economics.
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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

The blizzard is worth getting also.  not a book but a mazgine that is edited by Jonathon Wilson. Some of the best football writing out there and you can get e copies for as little as 1 cent. 
 
His Brian Clough book is excellent also.
 
Simon Kuper's books are great also. 
 
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http://www.theblizzard.co.uk/

here is the link for anyone who is interested.


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Originally posted by HuntysCousin HuntysCousin wrote:

Originally posted by Clonbhoy Clonbhoy wrote:

Originally posted by HuntysCousin HuntysCousin wrote:

Behind the Curtain-Jonathan Wilson.Great read for anyone with interest in football from Eastern Europe
This, along with Jimmy Burns La Roja, is on my to read list. His writing is brilliant. He comes across as intelligent and likeable. Inverting the Pyramid is one of my favourite football books.

A must read for any football fan as far as I'm concerned.
 
Nice one. Geting Inverting the pyramid for Christmas
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reading Killing Pablo - from the author of Black Hawk Down and charts the rise and fall of El Patron. 

Very intriguing read about how America became embroiled in the hunt for the Cocaine Kingpin and how Pablo Escobar became so powerful that he eventually went from admiration from his people to being public enemy no.1


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Originally posted by The Drifter The Drifter wrote:

reading Killing Pablo - from the author of Black Hawk Down and charts the rise and fall of El Patron. 

Very intriguing read about how America became embroiled in the hunt for the Cocaine Kingpin and how Pablo Escobar became so powerful that he eventually went from admiration from his people to being public enemy no.1

read it a few years back ,excellent book.he never really lost the support of the ordinary man in Medillian,the americans just pumped so much cash into the operation they couldnt fail.Check out the documentary as well.
Film coming out based on the book,should be brilliant .Christian Bale is linked to play the main CIA dude.

Link to doc:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x293tf_the-true-story-of-killing-pablo-par_news#.UMaHoqyg6V4


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Reading Alone in Berlin (again) and The man from Beijing.
 
Behind the Curtain is a good read, especially the chapter on Bulgaria.....
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Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

The blizzard is worth getting also.  not a book but a mazgine that is edited by Jonathon Wilson. Some of the best football writing out there and you can get e copies for as little as 1 cent. 
 
His Brian Clough book is excellent also.
 
Simon Kuper's books are great also
Really good book. Mixture of football and economics.
Updated version is called soccernomics, a great read alright.
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How to build a republic by fintan o toole – nothing really new in it, but a decent enough read all the same

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Originally posted by Clonbhoy Clonbhoy wrote:

Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

The blizzard is worth getting also.  not a book but a mazgine that is edited by Jonathon Wilson. Some of the best football writing out there and you can get e copies for as little as 1 cent. 
 
His Brian Clough book is excellent also.
 
Simon Kuper's books are great also
Really good book. Mixture of football and economics.
Updated version is called soccernomics, a great read alright.
Would it be worth getting the new one or is it mostly all the same stuff?
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Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Originally posted by Clonbhoy Clonbhoy wrote:

Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

The blizzard is worth getting also.  not a book but a mazgine that is edited by Jonathon Wilson. Some of the best football writing out there and you can get e copies for as little as 1 cent. 
 
His Brian Clough book is excellent also.
 
Simon Kuper's books are great also
Really good book. Mixture of football and economics.
Updated version is called soccernomics, a great read alright.
Would it be worth getting the new one or is it mostly all the same stuff?
I didn't read the original but think it is just some extra stuff about the 2010 wc. 
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Jonathan Wilson has a new book out about the history of the goalkeeper called "The Outsider". Should be a decent read.
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Just read Eire 32'S greatest ever jokes - what a waste of 30 seconds of my life
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I am the Secret Footballer is a good read.
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Has anyone read the Jim stynes biography 'whatever it takes'?

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recommend a good book, have nothing to read at the moment.Non Fiction only.
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