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Post by nutsberryfarm š on Mar 15, 2021 14:26:40 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 15, 2021 18:03:44 GMT
I bet you enjoy it. Entertaining as hell just picked it up! ordering this soon Might have to try that.
It's the time I usually pull these two off the shelf
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Mar 15, 2021 18:52:05 GMT
Just finished The Truth Behind the Palace Letters by Troy Bramston and Paul Kelly about the role of the monarchy (or lack thereof) in the Australian Governor General terminating the commission of an elected Prime Minister in 1975.
Starting Kelly's "March of the Patriots" about former Australian PMs Paul Keating and John Howard, two fierce political rivals who grew up just 11km from each other and have very similar world views.
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Post by Zos on Mar 16, 2021 12:34:19 GMT
Nice signed copy got for me by my lad..
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Post by msdemos on Mar 16, 2021 22:26:38 GMT
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Post by nutsberryfarm š on Apr 27, 2021 14:24:12 GMT
well...did the pride really matter?
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Post by nutsberryfarm š on Apr 27, 2021 14:25:21 GMT
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Post by msdemos on Apr 27, 2021 15:22:55 GMT
well...did the pride really matter? It did then.......unfortunately, not so much anymore...... SAVE FERRIS
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Post by nutsberryfarm š on May 5, 2021 19:59:05 GMT
well...did the pride really matter? It did then.......unfortunately, not so much anymore...... SAVE FERRIS millar70 TheGoodMan19 any good baseball books you've read lately?
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Post by msdemos on May 6, 2021 1:41:17 GMT
It did then.......unfortunately, not so much anymore...... SAVE FERRIS millar70 TheGoodMan19 any good baseball books you've read lately? Unfortunately, no. Maraniss's books on Lombardi and Clemente were the last sports books I've read. Though I recently DID purchase an old copy of a Time-Life baseball volume from a series of books from back in the day through eBay (specifically, "The Fielders"), in order to get an autograph of my boyhood hero, Brooks Robinson......which was advertised on TV in the late 80's and early 90's, as seen here: SAVE FERRIS
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2021 3:13:46 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on May 6, 2021 3:54:04 GMT
Iām on a 3000+, four volume history of the Battle of Stalingrad. That should keep me busy until football season starts
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 6, 2021 4:07:45 GMT
Read awhile ago now, yet always reccomended.
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Post by nutsberryfarm š on May 7, 2021 3:43:19 GMT
Iām on a 3000+, four volume history of the Battle of Stalingrad. That should keep me busy until football season starts š¤
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Post by nutsberryfarm š on May 7, 2021 3:44:10 GMT
Read awhile ago now, yet always reccomended. Why does England lose?
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 7, 2021 5:51:17 GMT
Read awhile ago now, yet always reccomended. Why does England lose? They break it down as follows: - England go into every WC thinking it can be had. - England meet a former wartime enemy, so the match itself is skewed. - England point to a freakish turn of event in a match as the reason they lose, not because they're inferior. - England paint something awry with cheating - not least the officiating, because England are superior at football. - England gets knocked out nowhere truly a threat to the WC title. - England returns to normal the next day after the loss because they believe it was theirs & it was a fluke. - A scapegoat is found because England football is superior - usually the manager, who actually takes blame. - England go into the next WC thinking it can be had because England. lols Definition of insanity...
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Post by nutsberryfarm š on May 11, 2021 15:20:32 GMT
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Nov 23, 2021 8:36:43 GMT
Just started reading Bradmam vs Bodyline and it's a very easy read. So many books have been written on England's infamous targeting of the body in the 1932-33 Ashes Series, but Roland Perry's ability to weave narratives around the main players: English express pace bowler Harold Larwood, who's seemingly inexorable path to being the greatest bowler of all time hit a brick wall when he ran into a 20yo boy from the Australian bush named Donald George Bradman. Bradman himself, Nottingham captain Arthur Carr, who developed the bodyline tactic in English county cricket and had a massive chip on his shoulder having lost the English captaincy to the inferior Percy Chapman, and up and coming England batsman Douglas Jardine, who's growing animosity towards Australian crowds and the young Don, who he found cocky, made him want to win at all costs.
Perry does a great job of weaving the narratives and making it feel like these 4 men are about to collide.
Some great photos too, including one I've never seen before of Bradman meeting Babe Ruth while in New York on his honeymoon in 1932.
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Post by nutsberryfarm š on May 2, 2022 16:43:22 GMT
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 2, 2022 17:07:41 GMT
I saw this on bookshelves last month. I wish the idea of the numbers not being literal ranking was more prominent, as the author's intent. I browsed the Barry Bonds chapter, & liked the approach - why he's great, why he shouldn't be, etc or whatever. I think I want to be further away from the steroid era to be honest before I invest in another baseball book of that ilk. To that point, I've the SI books of Baseball, Hockey, Golf, Basketball, & Football... & they're all from around 2005... now already 15+ years past... I love their legacies/almanac/stories/photos appeal, & yet they're becoming relics. I'll always keep them, they're excellent... maybe 2030 I'll dive into newer ilk. I did look at the NFL 100, NHL 100, NBA 75 official books & they're all quite underwhelming.
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