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The GOT Book Club
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Old Blue 2
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Started reading this a while ago, anyone else read it?
I've read it and even though the language is quite flowery, I really enjoyed it.
I don't think it would be to everyone's taste though
tadao
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I think it's one of those books, that you really need to close yourself away from everything while reading it.
Spot on.
It's difficult to put down too, as you lose the thead if you don't keep reading it.
I believe he's written quite a few, but I've never read any others.
tadao
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I've already got the next one, although apparently it's a prequel (which wind me up).
gonetomorrow
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I couldn't get on with it, I'm afraid.
Started reading this a while ago, anyone else read it?
It happens and is no reflection on the book.
McBain
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Transmetropolitan
A 'Cyberpunk Transhumananist' comic series, following a radical, renegade journalist called Spider Jerusalem. He returns to the City from his drug addled bearded mountain hideaway to take on this futuristic establishment in his own, twisted way.
A 'Cyberpunk Transhumananist' comic series, following a radical, renegade journalist called Spider Jerusalem. He returns to the City from his drug addled bearded mountain hideaway to take on this futuristic establishment in his own, twisted way.
Whitebootman
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Eggs or Anarchy
The remarkable story of the man tasked with the impossible: to feed a nation at war
By William Sitwell
One of the great untold stories of World War Two—about the man responsible for feeding the people of Britain during the war—written by award-winning food writer and restaurant critic William Sitwell.
Eggs or Anarchy reveals the heroic tale of how Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, really fed Britain during World War II. With supply routes under attack from the Axis powers and resources scarce, it was Woolton’s job to fulfill his promise to the British people—and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in particular—that there would be food on the shelves each week. Persuading the public to not resort to the black market and to manage on the very limited ration was one thing, but Woolton had to maintain supplies in time of crisis. A grammar school-educated genius, he was a fish out of water in Churchill’s cabinet and faced harsh criticism from colleagues, the press, and public.
But Woolton used every trick in his entrepreneurial book to secure supplies, and battled to outwit unscrupulous dealers on the streets of cities within the British Empire—such as Alexandria in Eygpt—persuading customs authorities to turn a blind eye to his import schemes. If Britain had gone hungry the outcome of the war could have been very different. Now, for the first time, readers will find out the real story of how Lord Woolton provided food for Britain and her colonies, discovering that for Woolton, there were indeed days when it was literally a choice of “eggs or anarchy.”
One of the great untold stories of World War Two—about the man responsible for feeding the people of Britain during the war—written by award-winning food writer and restaurant critic William Sitwell.
Eggs or Anarchy reveals the heroic tale of how Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, really fed Britain during World War II. With supply routes under attack from the Axis powers and resources scarce, it was Woolton’s job to fulfill his promise to the British people—and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in particular—that there would be food on the shelves each week. Persuading the public to not resort to the black market and to manage on the very limited ration was one thing, but Woolton had to maintain supplies in time of crisis. A grammar school-educated genius, he was a fish out of water in Churchill’s cabinet and faced harsh criticism from colleagues, the press, and public.
Give it a go guys.
The remarkable story of the man tasked with the impossible: to feed a nation at war
By William Sitwell
One of the great untold stories of World War Two—about the man responsible for feeding the people of Britain during the war—written by award-winning food writer and restaurant critic William Sitwell.
Eggs or Anarchy reveals the heroic tale of how Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, really fed Britain during World War II. With supply routes under attack from the Axis powers and resources scarce, it was Woolton’s job to fulfill his promise to the British people—and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in particular—that there would be food on the shelves each week. Persuading the public to not resort to the black market and to manage on the very limited ration was one thing, but Woolton had to maintain supplies in time of crisis. A grammar school-educated genius, he was a fish out of water in Churchill’s cabinet and faced harsh criticism from colleagues, the press, and public.
But Woolton used every trick in his entrepreneurial book to secure supplies, and battled to outwit unscrupulous dealers on the streets of cities within the British Empire—such as Alexandria in Eygpt—persuading customs authorities to turn a blind eye to his import schemes. If Britain had gone hungry the outcome of the war could have been very different. Now, for the first time, readers will find out the real story of how Lord Woolton provided food for Britain and her colonies, discovering that for Woolton, there were indeed days when it was literally a choice of “eggs or anarchy.”
One of the great untold stories of World War Two—about the man responsible for feeding the people of Britain during the war—written by award-winning food writer and restaurant critic William Sitwell.
Eggs or Anarchy reveals the heroic tale of how Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, really fed Britain during World War II. With supply routes under attack from the Axis powers and resources scarce, it was Woolton’s job to fulfill his promise to the British people—and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in particular—that there would be food on the shelves each week. Persuading the public to not resort to the black market and to manage on the very limited ration was one thing, but Woolton had to maintain supplies in time of crisis. A grammar school-educated genius, he was a fish out of water in Churchill’s cabinet and faced harsh criticism from colleagues, the press, and public.
Give it a go guys.
orly
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...I'm on holiday in a few weeks and I often buy a war related book to read around the pool. I couldn't resist this one with my name in the title, just hope it's on sale in the airport.
Just finished this, I think @bluebrotha77 recommended it ?.
Superb read and the author doesn't take the moral high ground for either side, just tells it as it was.
Highly recommended.
bluebrotha77
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Ya very good read.god them wars are horrible and as a soldier on the ground you must wake up every day saying why why oh why am i here.
Just finishing off a book on the vietnam war at the minute and same thing.did they not learn a thing from the russians about afghanistan and the french from vietnam.
Let us know what it's like.
I'm just about to start one on the German occupation of Crete in WW2
bluebrotha77
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Will do
is that anthony beevor book?