TSF Book Club

da_grubster

[quote name='Luigi']I've just started the Steve Jobs Biography and am finding it fascinating. 
 
The only problem is that a lot of people are going to read it and think that to become successful and 'charismatic' it's OK to be a complete fluffybunny. 
 
There are a few people I know (and have worked for) who should not be allowed to read it.[/QUOTE] 
 
hey it worked for my old boss Larry ellison!! And proably my new one, Steve baulmer! 
 
must be something to do with software!

da_grubster

Anyone read Gregor Paul's ebook 'redemption'? about the abs winning the world cup

BartMan

saw it advertised, might get my sister to get it on her book thingy!

Virgil

[quote name='da_grubster']Anyone read Gregor Paul's ebook 'redemption'? about the abs winning the world cup[/QUOTE] 
 
Yep, read it last week, good read. Uncomfortable at times though (starts at a certain loss in 2007). 
Interesting bits are revealed,especially regarding Dingo Deans attitude towards the All Blacks and their request after a test. 
 
ebook only cost around $10NZ

BartMan

well, reveal away Virgil - request? attitude?

booboo

Yeah come on Virg. We don't want to have to fork out for the goss. Spill.

Virgil

Toward the end of the book he mentions how the AB;s feel alot of rugby's past ideals have been lost from the game, so they decide to invite the opposition into the changing shed after the game to share a beer and hang out etc..the Boks jumped at the opportunity ( Gregor Paul writes how well the AB's and many of the Boks get on of the field, mentions guys like Matfield, Burger and co as been top guys etc...) 
 
But when the Wallabies were invited not long after Robbie took over, they agreed but Robbie stepped in and declined the invite (was the Bledisloe Test in Christchurch) Which according to the book didnt impress the AB's and management, also pointed out the current Wallabies (guys we love like Quade, Beale and O'Connor etc) would have very little in common with our current crop of players anyway. 
 
Also handy about the book is Gregor Paul goes into the vile anti Henry comments when he was re-appointed and Deans was chosen to coach the Wallabies, especially so the shit spouted by our good mate Ratpoo, even quotes what he wrote. 
 
All in all worth a read especially for $7.65 US 
 
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Redemption-Blacks-Defied-History-ebook/dp/B006LFJG9O/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1325556199&sr=8-8[/url]

booboo

Thanks Virg. Just saved me $US7.65 <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Yztif

If anyone loves a good adventure story recommend reading Mawson by Peter Fitzsimmons - great stories about the race for the South Pole and early exploration of the Antartic continent which quite a few NZers played a part in

Virgil

Just finished reading Ron Jeremy "The Hardest (Working) Man"...not sure what i can post on here or where to begin! 
Bloody good read though, he has lived a life us mortals can only dream about!

BartMan

I am legend. the book of the movie. Book, as per usual, much better! Great twist at the end that you do not see coming, even when you know there is a twist coming, as you do now. Not a long book, but worth the read. Gotta love Kindle!

BartMan

or rather, the movie is of the book. The idea from it anyway, as it strays a long was from the book, more's the pity. A movie that follows the book would be wicked I reckon.

BartMan

Anzacs by Fitzimmons good too - was given to me as present. Focus on the AUssies of course, but bloody god read all the same!

taniwharugby

wasnt I am Legend a remake?? 
 
Another book I read a year or few back which I really enjoyed; [URL="http://www.adam-williams.net/novels/the-palace-of-heavenly-pleasure/"]The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure [/URL]by Adam Williams. 
 
Set during Boxer rebellion in China, great read with some great characters

BartMan

dunno TR, and too lazy to look up. 
 
But book was bloody good, pretty short, took a couple of days to read, very clever, right to the last page! 
 
written by Richard Matheson

Sneakdefreak

[QUOTE]wasnt I am Legend a remake?? [/QUOTE] 
 
A remake of The Omega Man (starred Charlton Heston) which was also based on the book I Am Legend. Need to download I Am Legend onto my kindle thingeemebob.

BartMan

I might have to find that movie!

Crucial

I haven't read the Fitzsimmons book on Mawson but 'Mawson's Will' by Lennard Bickel rates up with 'Into Thin Air' by Jon Krakauer if you want a riveting read of astonishment and man's ability to (sometimes) survive. Right to the last you keep thinking 'this can't get worse' yet something else happens. 
 
In a similar vein, if you are interested in exploration, "Mr Stuart's Track" about John McDouall Stuart opening up the Australian interior is great. Modern day softies will be quite astounded at the lengths he went to to find and chart a passage north from Adelaide through some of the most inhospitable country imaginable. There are some very good books on the Burke and Wills clusterfuck as well. 
 
On a pulpy summer reading note, I have been reading more of the Sam Carver series of stories by Tom Cain. The main character is a hitman that only kills bad guys for good guys and does so by arranging 'accidents'. It obviously gets more complicated than that as the series goes on but if you like readable light 'spy/thriller' stuff this is quite good.

Tim

There was an even earlier movie adaptation of I am Legend too ([I]The Omega Man[/I] was awesome though). Vincent Price starred and Matheson contributed to the screenplay. 
 
[URL]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/[/URL]

BartMan

Crucial - sounds like my kind of trash!

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