Happy Face 29 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 HF, as a relative layman could I pick up and enjoy this Greenwald book or is it gonna bore me? Cheers. Certainly in the lengthy 3rd chapter I mentioned, it's aimed at folk who didn't go from the Guardian to Washington Post to the Intercept to the NYT etc. as the leaks were coming out and read all the details as they were reported across the board. It's basically a long list of the major documents that have been disseminated in the press already, more of an NSA leaks primer for someone with a passing interest and perhaps goes too far in providing all the details for the uninitiated. If you don't know most of it then it might be shocking what Google, Facebook, Microsoft etc are getting up to with the government, but I've been bored rigid having lapped it all up last year I've been reading every word from Greenwald for the best part of a decade so it's difficult to say where my own knowledge fills in the blanks but the other chapters are much more of a personal story of how they got together and the time they spent preparing the stories. No background knowledge required and far more entertaining (if not important). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3997 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Simon Scarrow - The Blood Crows. It's alright I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 There's a link to NUFC in the Greenwald book I'm reading as well.... At the 2012 Five Eyes conference, the GCHQ presented an interception program named Thieving Magpie, targeting the increasingly available use of cell phones during flights: The proposed solution envisioned a system to ensure complete “global coverage”. A related NSA document presented at the same conference, for a program entitled Homing Pigeon, also describes efforts to monitor in-air communications. The agency’s program was to be coordinated with the GCHQ, and the entire system made available to the Five Eyes group. TV viewers of the derby a couple of years ago will recognise the picture they've used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Churchill's Most Secret Airfield.RAF Tempsford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15742 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Churchill's Most Secret Airfield.RAF Tempsford. Well that's spoiled the ending now. THANKS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31237 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Just started on "Empire of the sun" by J.G Ballard. Will give the film a go after I've finished aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Just finished Mockingbird by Walter Tevis. Started out really good and then just went all over the shop, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46185 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 @@Tooj You would like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Etape-untold-stories-Frances-defining-ebook/dp/B00H6WN68I/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1402691725&sr=1-1&keywords=etape I'm halfway through and it's quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Cheers man I'll add it to the list. Finished Project Rainbow the other day by Rod Ellingworth which is definitely worth a read if you haven't read it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46185 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Haven't read that, will stick it on the list cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubSpinDoctor 0 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) This Bloody Mary Is The Last Thing I Own. Watched the 3 part documentary The Gambler last year, it was rebroadcast after the lad who was in it died, in pretty grim circumstances apparently. Enjoyed it, and this book by the same guy is class so far. Talented writer. Edited July 17, 2014 by ClubSpinDoctor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20907 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Just started on "Empire of the sun" by J.G Ballard. Will give the film a go after I've finished aswell. One of my fave childhood films. I have just finished 'No White Flag' A book about Leeds Rhinos player Jamie Peacock I now have several books and dont know which one to read first :/ The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cyclings Greatest One-day Races Faster: Obsession with going fast or The Sporting Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Finally got round to reading Moneyball. Really good stuff, I'm about halfway through at the minute. Better than the film I take it? Quite enjoyed the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 0 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Better than the film I take it? Quite enjoyed the film. I like baseball and Moneyball is a great read. I'd probably rate it slightly higher than the film. Probably read it about 4 or 5 times over the years. I think it would be interesting for any kind of sports fan even if you're not at all a fan of the game. Did you finish it Gemmill? And if so what do you think? I know you were over there, but I'd still assume you think baseball is wank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31237 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I don't like baseball and I certainly didn't like the book. I got the general jist of what it was about but a basic understanding of baseball and its terminology would have helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin 0 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Just starting the American trilogy by James Ellroy, read a lot of his other stuff but not this three yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33948 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 'Harry's last stand' by Harry Leslie Smith. Probably the best non fiction book I've read. 91 year old Harry remembers his poverty as a child, remembers the great depression and seeing his parents sending his sister to a kind of workhouse to die as they couldn't afford to look after her nor pay for healthcare as there was no NHS. It is a book of his life and a warning that the old elite are once more trying to grind down the middle and working class. He is absolutely fucking scathing on the right wing media and their war on the poor and benefits claimants, scathing on the tax dodgers and the oxbridge elite who run this country. I feel privileged to have shared Harry's life and memories. A superb read and only £1.09 on the kindle. (I'd force CT to read it if he was only capable of reading a book). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Just got my Kindle Paperwhite. Man alive this is so fucking good, I shouldn't be this happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22192 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I'm currently reading the second part of Stephen King's Under the Dome. For some weird reason, I can't stop picturing Big Jim Rennie as looking like CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35663 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) You Can't Win by Jack Black. No, not that fucking knobhead. A massive influence on the likes of William Burroughs and should be of interest to anyone who likes their dirty realism à la Charles Bukowski, John Fante et al. Pure class. Edited October 30, 2014 by Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Sounds right up my street. Will take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20907 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Finished a few books recently. A couple which @@Tooj and @@Gemmill will appreciate. Faster - A very good read, with some funny stuff in it. Especially when you are nodding in agreement. The Breakaway - Nicole Cooke's Autobiography. Its a great read and its sad also the way she was treated especially by the top powers at BC & the UCI. Shame we have Cookson the prick in charge of the UCI now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I've read some reviews of the Nicole Cooke one like and it is meant to be a fantastic read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20907 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I've read some reviews of the Nicole Cooke one like and it is meant to be a fantastic read Its one of the best cycling Biogs I have read. Great read. I have chatted with her once at the National Champs when it was held at Stamfordham, she comes across really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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