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He is Australian, isn't he? Which means it is almost certainly bullsh*t.
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Originally posted by Zinedine Kilbane 110 Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote:

Originally posted by alihau41 alihau41 wrote:

Shantaram - gregory david roberts

About a convicted aussie robber and heroin addict who escaped prison and flees to mumbai/bombay. Very good read so far. 900+ pages, but easy to rip through it

It’s a great book. The last 1/3 goes off in a tangent that’s unnecessary but a superb story.
They is always talk of making a movie out of it but it hasn’t happened yet.

I read that a few years ago,really enjoyable but is it mostly bullsh*t ?
 
 
yea, think a decent bit of it has been questioned alright. although he did have a couple of copies of the book taken from him when writing it, so reckon some of the stories took on a different take from the finish article
 
 
he's got a follow-up book to it called the mountain shadow, which is supposed to continue the story. anyone read that?
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just finished a book on the British defeat in Singapore- pretty interesting  it tailed off a bit towards the end 

Just started Adam hochschikd - to end all wars a story of protest and patriotism in ww1

Bought it on the back of his excellent Congo book 

Only a few chapters in but mentions the battle of Omdurman late 1800’s against 50000 sudenese ‘rebel’s ’ armed with spears and antique rifles against 25000 British with six maxim machine guns 

Sudenese causalitys - 10000 dead 12000 injuried
British casualties- 48 dead 
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Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941
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That battle was famously satirised in Blackadder Goes Forth.
 
I just started reading 'No Retreat' which is about the street battles between AFA and the far-right in Britain between the mid-seventies and mid-nineties. Written in the same style as some of the 'hoolie lit' that was largely sh*t, this is quite self-aware, funny and deliberately tongue-in-cheek.
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Onto one flew over the cuckoos nest now
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The stolen village - 200 people or so stolen as slaves from Baltimore in Cork to the Turks in 1630 or so.
It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me,
He wouldn't set me free,
So he kept me soul for ransom.
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Originally posted by horsebox horsebox wrote:

The stolen village - 200 people or so stolen as slaves from Baltimore in Cork to the Turks in 1630 or so.
That's an excellent book. A fascinating piece of history really well told.
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Originally posted by horsebox horsebox wrote:

The stolen village - 200 people or so stolen as slaves from Baltimore in Cork to the Turks in 1630 or so.
Pity they didn't steal the whole of Cork and enslave them.
 
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I was in Alcatraz during the summer and bought a few books there that I'm only getting around to reading now. Really fascinating place 
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Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

Originally posted by horsebox horsebox wrote:

The stolen village - 200 people or so stolen as slaves from Baltimore in Cork to the Turks in 1630 or so.

Pity they didn't steal the whole of Cork and enslave them.
 


True.
In this case, they were English settlers.
It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me,
He wouldn't set me free,
So he kept me soul for ransom.
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Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

Originally posted by horsebox horsebox wrote:

The stolen village - 200 people or so stolen as slaves from Baltimore in Cork to the Turks in 1630 or so.
Pity they didn't steal the whole of Cork and enslave them.
 

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Originally posted by zizu Kilbane zizu Kilbane wrote:

I was in Alcatraz during the summer and bought a few books there that I'm only getting around to reading now. Really fascinating place 
Yeah loved it.
Loved the story from the 70s about the Native Americans taking over the island.
Graffiti is still visible.
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Adam hochschikd - to end all wars a story of protest and patriotism in ww1

Just finished - excellent read , the jingoistic press the propaganda, atrocity stories  the vilification of objectors all repeated years later 
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Just started the founder of Nike Phil Knights , Shoe Dog . Decent read so far 
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Warsaw 1944 - Hitler, Himmler and the crushing of a city.
Written by Alexandra Richie

About a third of the way through it. Harrowing stuff but a very interesting read.

Strangely the uprising has similarities with our own rising in that a poorly trained rag tag bunch, low on arms but high on morale went up against a professional army hardened by years of war - with neither rising ever having any hope of success. The major difference being the scale of death and destruction meted out to Warsaw and its residents.

Highly recommended if you're into second world war history.


Edited by colemanY2K - 02 Oct 2018 at 6:01pm
"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

Warsaw 1944 - Hitler, Himmler and the crushing of a city.
Written by Alexandra Richie

About a third of the way through it. Harrowing stuff but a very interesting read.

Strangely the uprising has similarities with our own rising in that a poorly trained rag tag bunch, low on arms but high on morale went up against a professional army hardened by years of war - with neither rising ever having any hope of success. The major difference being the scale of death and destruction meted out to Warsaw and its residents.

Highly recommended if you're into second world war history.
 
beat you to it CY2K Smile
 
Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

Warsaw 1944 - Alexandra Richie - very good so far ( references nothwithstanding)
 
It a great book but the lack of back up to the references was really annoying - they referenced some website - I tried it but couldn't get the references
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Reading Slash autobiography...one mad bastard
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Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

Warsaw 1944 - Hitler, Himmler and the crushing of a city.
Written by Alexandra Richie

About a third of the way through it. Harrowing stuff but a very interesting read.

Strangely the uprising has similarities with our own rising in that a poorly trained rag tag bunch, low on arms but high on morale went up against a professional army hardened by years of war - with neither rising ever having any hope of success. The major difference being the scale of death and destruction meted out to Warsaw and its residents.

Highly recommended if you're into second world war history.
 
beat you to it CY2K Smile
 
Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

Warsaw 1944 - Alexandra Richie - very good so far ( references nothwithstanding)
 
It a great book but the lack of back up to the references was really annoying - they referenced some website - I tried it but couldn't get the references

I think it was your post on here which alerted me to it. Bought the book at the time but only got around to start reading it at the weekend Big smile


Edited by colemanY2K - 02 Oct 2018 at 9:25pm
"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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