JLumme Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 http://www.amazon.ca/Kingdom-Fear-Loathsome-Star-Crossed-American/dp/0684873230 This is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 The Shadow of the Wind The Angels Game The Steig Larsson Trilogy Absolute Power The Darkest Room The Last 10 Seconds The Reiki Man The Company of Fellows Truth Dare Kill The Grower Shadow The Dead Tracks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions of Nothing Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 The Shadow of the Wind The Angels Game The Steig Larsson Trilogy Absolute Power The Darkest Room The Last 10 Seconds The Reiki Man The Company of Fellows Truth Dare Kill The Grower Shadow The Dead Tracks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Reach for the Sky , Douglas Bader's story truly inspiratational . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Ok well none of the above. However I do think you should try the first 2 and the trilogy. Anyway the best sports books I have read are. I haven't read many in truth. Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby (saw the film which wasn't as good) A River Runs through It by Norman McLean. Ok it's about fishing.......and growing up but it is a great, if short, read. The Damned United by David Peace The Grudge by Tom English (an epic book about character, national identity and two team's will to win. It helped that I lived through it and witnessed it at the time.) The only books I have read on Music are. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (I also saw the film, which wasn't as good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 i haven't read it personallly, but i was looking through the music section of a local bookstore yesterday and saw one called 'EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN; AN ORAL HISTORY OF GRUNGE' http://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Loves-Our-Town-History/dp/0307464431 this link has a lot of professional reviews. i've read the 'oral history' book on punk called 'PLEASE KILL ME' and it's pretty good. the oral history books are interesting in that they're told through the bands themselves, or producers, or people who were actually there. if you're more interested in criticism and just general discussion, there's a book series called '33 1/3.' they are small pocket-sized books, each one dealing with a specific album. i believe there are 85 or so books so far. i've read a few, some are dreadful, some are great. here's a list; http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=33+1+3 enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovech Trick Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Don Quixote 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea Around the World in 80 Days The Count of Monte Cristo Arabian Nights Enders Game ( I've read thhis about 4 times) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humble Rodent Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I have Tiger William's biography and its great, but it was published in the 80's so you might have a harder time finding it. If you're interested in fiction, I would recommend anything by Kurt Vonnegut, particularly Slaughterhouse 5 or Cat's Cradle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaytanic Wehrmacht Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick...will blow...your...mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I'm not a big fan of fiction either. If you want to branch out from your "Sports and Music" genres: - Freakonomics - (if you like that, the follow-up) Superfreakonomics - Guns, Germs, and Steel - No Logo - Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance - Confessions of an Economic Hitman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Into the Wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wizard of AZ Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Bump. But I didn't want to start a new thread. I just finished reading a couple books you might find interesting. One was "Breakaway: From behind the iron curtain to the NHL". Really interesting look at how some players defected to the west and how they coped with living. Some interesting insights into the Green Five(Krutov, Larionov, Makarov, Fetisov and Kasatonov) as well as the Stastny's and Petr Klima/Nedved defections as young teenagers.. Another one I'm almost done reading is "King of Russia: A year in the Russian Super league". It's about Dave King's experiences as the first North American coach to in Russia. About how different their training is and some of the players. Talks a lot about Malkin's last year in Russia and post-lockout players like Datsyuk and Kovalchuck. Pretty easy read in Journal Format. Gonna start reading The Rebel League: The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Enders Game ( I've read thhis about 4 times) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick...will blow...your...mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthNinja Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Some good recommendations in this thread that I'll definitely have to check out. Tennis fans should check out both of Serena Williams's books as well as Rafael Nadal's. And for non sports, has anyone read the Fifty Shades trilogy? I just finished them (read them on iBooks) and they were really good. I've never read "adult romance" novels before but really enjoyed these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 For a classic, The Count of Monte Cristo. Pretty much every adventure movie you've ever seen was based off of this storyline. This book is eternal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 For a classic, The Count of Monte Cristo. Pretty much every adventure movie you've ever seen was based off of this storyline. This book is eternal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Pretty sure every adventure movie or book (including Monte Cristo) stems from those old time Greeks who pretty much nailed down all narrative structure, a billion years before the novel was ever formed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 uh huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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