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James Best
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Now starting the final book in the Berlin trilogy by Jonathan Rabb.
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Robbie Parry
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Starting this:
Seems Rump took inspiration from Henry VIII, who once accused the media of 'false fables'.
This is a fascinating book.
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Rebecca Jansen
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Weird! Not the Derek Taylor who was a publicist for The Beatles I'm assuming?
Have the first Jonathan Rabb Berlin book waiting for me. :^)
Edited by Rebecca Jansen on 20 July 2018 at 11:00am
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Robbie Parry
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No, Rebecca, I don't that's the same guy. ;-)
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Robbie Parry
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I went into The Works at lunchtime. A book that should have been £17 was six quid!!!
I'm home now. So here it is:
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Rebecca Jansen
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I was wondering if it had gone under, but there is a new Spaceship Away for anyone interested... 'Part 45', Summer 2018.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XioAAOSwk6hbWHBj/s-l1600.jpg
I know Ken Steacy is another big fan of Dan Dare and Fanks Hampson and Bellamy. Some really gorgeous art most Americans have missed out on.
Reading a book on ITV in England I'd meant to get to before and misplaced. It's about all the regions (Tyne Tees, Yorkshire, Granada, Southern etc.), at least I think it is, seems something of an academic text book but hopefully will satiate my curiosity about commercial TV in the U.K. in the '50s-early '90s and why each step happened where it all was gobbled up with less regional programming. I already know Thatcher in her third term was a sort of killing blow, she seemed to particularly and permanently hate some license holders for their news documentaries exposing things she very much didn't want exposed... shades of Trump! Called them the enemy and thought there should be charges. So long London Weekend and Thames.
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James Best
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Now starting THEIR LIFE'S WORK: The Brotherhood of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers by Gary Pomerantz.
I read the first couple of pages of the book while on a lunch break at my Barnes & Noble store and enjoyed the writing so much that I grabbed the last copy on the shelf. Which is surprising, for me, since I hadn't read a book about the sport of football since way back in 1989.
A terrific read, so far, and I am only a quarter of the way through the book. :-)
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Don Zomberg
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BRUCE LEE--A LIFE by Matthew Polly
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Dave Phelps
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Palisades Park by Alan Brennart (early 80s readers may remember some Batman comics he did)
It has its moments, he does a great job of making one fall in love with the amusement park in the title and there are several references sprinkled throughout to delight and amuse the comic book fan. Unfortunately, attempting to cover 50 years in 400 pages led to a somewhat cursory back half.
The book feels like one thing in the first half and then a decision is made that makes the back half feel very different. As part of that, one character makes an offer to another that is declined. Near the end the person who declined wonders what would have been had they accepted the offer. I would have rather read that book.
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James Best
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| Posted: 30 July 2018 at 1:02pm | IP Logged | 10
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Now starting:
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James Best
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Now starting the latest novel in the ongoing Leo Waterman mystery series, which G.M. Ford has been cranking out since the mid 90's.
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And now back to the world of sports and Indiana Jones' arch enemies...
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