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Yep, Black Dahlia is superb. I've read all his books including the non-fiction, the guy's a genius....my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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you're James Ellroy aren't you.. or is that just an RJ Ellroy thing to do.,..Originally posted by Lockhouse View PostComment
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Originally posted by moggy View Post
...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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What not even anything about the First Anglo-Afghan War in the 1840s?Originally posted by zeitghostHow to Lose a War: More Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders: Amazon.co.uk: Bill Fawcett: Books
Oddly, there's not much mention of Afghanistan.
Classic military cock-up if ever there was one.
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The Signal and the Noise - Nate Silver.
An applied statistician shows how much power understanding data, rather than simply manipulating it, really gives you.Hard Brexit now!
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Just finished Congo;A History by David van Reybrouck. It's in Dutch and the English translation comes out early next year. It's about DRC and starts before the Belgians arrived and goes right through the rubber terror, the first and second world wars, independence, Mobutu, Kabila Sr and up to 2010 under Kabila jr, who is a bit of a tyrant, but probably the least tulipty of all the rulers up to now. Brilliant; a history book that reads like a good novel. Good job too as there's 600 pages of it.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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just finished "the thin red line" by james jones. read it many times and will read it again... now onto "nelson: the sword of albion" by john sugden. it's the sequel to his outstanding "nelson: a dream of glory." i've been waiting in great anticipation for this one and if it's anything like the first it will be in the running for top non-fiction book of the year.Comment
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We can't be sure of that - For all we know the one-eyed muppet may have been a godsend for the security services, allowing them to infiltrate hordes of double agents into terrorist cells and training camps both in the UK and abroad, in a masterly campaign.Originally posted by zeitghost
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I'm working my way through the Harry Bosch series, in a few years of train commuting I've done quite a lot of the detective stuff and Michael Connelly is one of the better authors that I haven't ODed on yet. I'm due for something a bit more highbrow
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Currently reading Bette and Joan - The Divine Feud. Even more surprisingly, I'm not gay....my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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