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rony31

Team Captain


Was at Chapter's today in the sports section looking at all the ****ty books the WWE put out themselves when I stumbled upon this. I remembered wanting to buy Mick Foley's "Have a Nice Day" but they didn't have it anymore, and since I loved Bret Hart's book, I figured why not for $10.
 
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rony31

Team Captain
It's nowhere near the level that Bret Hart's book was at. Hart's was basically a chronicle of his entire life and was really an eye-opener. After reading 2 chapters of Jericho's book, it's written in a much more comedic tone and only really chronicles his life from 1990-1999. But so far so good, a very fun read.

BUT, if you haven't already and you were a fan of wrestling as a kid, pick up Hart's book first. I used to read that **** during uni lectures because I couldn't put it down.
 
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Daz

Everyone's Favourite Diabetic
Read both of Foley's a few years back, real interesting reads. The Rock's isn't half as... eye opening, but interesting nonetheless. Been meaning to get hold of Bret Hart's for a while, always been a fan of his.
 
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MikeyM

Big Daddy
Re-read the first 6 Harry Potters and then Deathly Hallows for the first time. Brilliant books, I enjoyed reading them so much I'm a bit miffed there's no more!

Just completed Richard Hammond "On The Edge" and "As You Do". Now about to re-read the entire works of the 21st century phillosopher, Jeremy Clarkson! :innocent_smile_1:
 
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All these books have to do with North American history:

1. Nobody Knows My Name - James Baldwin

2. Before The Mayflower - Lerone Bennett
Traces black history from its origins in western Africa, through the transatlantic journey and slavery, the Reconstruction period, the Jim Crow era, and the civil rights movement, to life in the 1990s. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
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And one of the best books I've read: 3. They Came Before Columbus - Ivan Van Sertima (I would HIGHLY recommend this book........AMAZON LINK = http://www.amazon.com/They-Came-Before-Columbus-Presence/dp/0394402456)
This controversial book by Ivan Van Sertima, the Guyanese historian, linguist, and anthropologist, claims that Africans had been to the New World centuries before Columbus arrived there in 1492. Citing--among other things--the huge Negroid-looking Olmec heads of Central Mexico and the similarities between the Aztec and Egyptian calendars and pyramid structures, Van Sertima pieces together a hidden history of pre-Columbian contact between Africans and Native Americans. He also puts forth the possibility that Columbus may have already known about a route to the Americas from his years in Africa as a trader in Guinea. The ideas in this book have been debated and discussed since its first publication in 1976; even those who choose not to believe Van Sertima's theories should take his argument seriously.
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Boy, the history of North America is just fascinating, isn't it? There's so much I didn't know. I mean, you learn the basics in school but that doesn't even scratch the surface.
 
Zlatan

Zlatan

Fan Favourite
Africans, Chinese and Vikings were all already partying in America when Columbus finally showed up on the scene. There's also one Aziatic nomad folk, that crossed to America via Alaska and settled there forever. We now know these people as the Indians.
 
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I honestly think that, in high school history courses, I was really only remotely interested in World War I and II.......and never really paid much attention to North American history...which is why I found those books really interesting.

Zlatan;2747998 said:
Africans, Chinese and Vikings were all already partying in America when Columbus finally showed up on the scene. There's also one Aziatic nomad folk, that crossed to America via Alaska and settled there forever. We now know these people as the Indians.
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The Chinese and their connection to the Olmecs was quite surprising. Be that as it may, I always assumed that it was only later that the both of them had any sort of connection to Africans, in North America. That the later part could be wrong is what really got me interested in reading, in particular, that last book.
 
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Mandieta6

Red Card - Life
Life Ban
Pygmy - Chuck Palahniuk

Palahniuk is awesome. I haven't managed to read a proper book in a while, but I couldn't put this one down once I got it. Very entertaining, funny, and disgusting. From the guy who wrote Fight Club, the novel details the exploits of a 13-year-old terrorist (from some sort of Nazi Commie Kim-Jong Castro mash-up) infiltration of American life, where he goes to Wal-Mart, church, and sodomises a guy in the bathroom. Btw, I didn't know Wal-Marts had toilets, I've never seen one at any supermarket or shop here (or anywhere).

Highly-recommended. Although I'm a big Palahniuk fan, so I'm biased. Already read Haunted, and am now looking for the next one to go through, accepting recommendations.

On the off-chance that anyone reads the book, pay attention to the things the narrator repeats (the martial arts stuff, the periodic elements...). I seriously laughed out loud when I realised what Chuck was doing with them.
 
ShiftyPowers

ShiftyPowers

Make America Great Again
Supermarkets all have bathrooms, but they're usually in the back and you have to ask someone who works there to take you. People are working long shifts, they can't just refuse to have a bathroom.

Walmart has public bathrooms though, yes.

Recently I've read:

Brilliant Orange by David Winner
The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons
Klosterman IV by Chuck Klosterman
Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman
Soccernomics (not as stupid as it sounds)
The Lie by Chad Kultgen
Happy Hour is for Amateurs by Philalawyer

Not sure what to read now.
 
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