Tuesday, September 9, 2014

The Silkworm

Author - Robert Galbraith (J K Rowling)

Genre - Fiction, Thriller, Detective, Cormoran Strike #2

Source - Audiobook

Rating - 5

September 2014

Dated review:
JKR is a genius. That's all.
If you are a lover of detective fiction, you would not miss this.Go on, what are you waiting for?

Monday, September 1, 2014

Tenth of December

Author - George Saunders

Genre - Fiction, Short Stories

Source - Print

Rating - 5

September 2014

George Saunders is a genius. No, a Genius. With a capital G. I wish I can write short stories with such a macabre twist, with such an evil forbearing and such a light touch. This man is a genius. A Genius.

Best Football Books of all time, as suggested by Football365

This is target, and I will scratch the ones that I have already read. Only scratch out the first word of the books that I have but have not read yet.
The Ball Is Round - David Goldblatt - The bible. The best football book I've ever read, documenting the game from ancient times until the present day around the world. Meaty, but wonderful
The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro

How To Score - Ken Bray - Scientific look at football

Inverting The Pyramid - Jonathan Wilson - The tactics bible

Brilliant Orange - On culture and history of Dutch Football

Calcio - The same on Italy

Tor - The same on Germany

Feet of the Chameleon - Sameish on Africa

Morbo - Same on Spanish.

La Roja - Another same on Spanish

Futebol - Same on Brazil

Behind the Iron Curtain - Same on Russia

Bamboo Goalposts - Same on China

Teambuilding - Rinus Michels - The famous coaching guide

Why England Lose - Stats and science on England

The Manager - Barney Ronay

A season with Verona - Tony Parks

Those Feet - David Winner

The football men - Arthur Hopcraft

Dick Kerr's Ladies - Barbara Jacobs

World Is A Ball - John Doyle

Once In A Lifetime - Gavin Newsham

The Last Game - Jason Cowley

Beautiful Game? - David Conn
Left Foot Forward - Garry Nelson

Floodlit dreams - Ian Ridley

Broken Dreams - Tom Bower

Only a game - Eamon dunphy

The Glory Game - Hunter Davies

The Nowhere Men - Michael Calvin

Football Against The Enemy - Simon Kuper

Football Business - David Conn

Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby

My Father and other working class heroes - Gary Imlach

Bios and Autobios

Paul McGrath

Robert Enke

Cantona - Philippe Auclair

Bergkamp - Stillness and Speed

Garrincha - Rui Castro

Keeper of Dreams - Ronald Reng

Duncan Edwards: The Greatest

Paul Lake