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Advantages: Inspirational, extremely personal
Disadvantages: Will always be overlooked as its 'fake'.

Oh god he's at it again, I'm sure the groans are going out around the world of Ciao right now, but yep - as I sit here watching Wrestlemania 22 I bring myself to think of how a book can inspire you to do better, or how it can inspire you to overcome bad times in your life. A quick introduction to who Lita actually is, needless to say as its a wrestling autobiography that this review is about, Lita (real name Amy Dumas) is a member of the WWE (formerly ...
...this means that she is a female wrestler or as WWE would prefer you to see it - she's a 'WWE Diva' which means that when they do the photo-shoots with women stripping down to bikini's in various locations around the world - more often than not there'll be pictures of Lita involved. Now on reading that previous paragraph you'd be forgiven for thinking of Lita as little more than the American equivalent of the UK's Page 3 girls, even more so when ... Read review

Advantages: Informative
Disadvantages: Inexperienced readers may find it long and linguistically difficult

At last I found the quality time in my life to read the story of this living legend. The story of just a man but a man with the strongest convictions of any man in history. A man who lived through his imprisonment to see his dream begin. I say begin because as we know there are still many injustices in his country which are not yet ironed out. Mnay things have been said in previous reveiws and I shall not attempt to repeat them. i only say that this ... Read review

Advantages: Inspiring, Inspring, Inspiring
Disadvantages: You whant to read it again and again

If you don't know who Richard Branson is...don't panic, you will soon discover one of the world's greatest business men ever! This book has a gripping and most inspiring influence once you start to read it. This is not the type of book you read to get a theory in business, this is the type of book that will release the zeal to do business and the need to be great! Reading this book will most certainly inspire you to action. The start of such a massive ...
...no for an answer. It is fun and astonishing to experience the way this man's head works. It is pure genius. The book is written in plain English and the integrity and honesty of the man shows on every page. By now you would have realised that Branson is one of a kind. Get the book! ... Read review

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: Some parts can be sad

About the book: The book begins with Victoria's years at school and how she had trouble fitting in. Victoria knew what she wanted to do when she was older, to become famous so she begged her mum to let her got to dance classes. She tells us how she was one od the worst dancers at the dance school she went to and always ended up at the back and because of this she suffered grief from the teachers. Victoria gives us an insight to the years of being ...
...Victoria had the determination to make this successfull. She tells us how they could be in a few different countries in a day. Victoria then goes into talking about her life with David Beckham, when and how they met and why they had to be secretive from the Manchester united boss, who David was playing for then and from the spice camp. Victoria was protective over Brooklyn (one of her sons) when people threatened to kidnap him and how this affected ... Read review

Advantages: Good read and amusing
Disadvantages: Will bore some

...distinctive way with words. LONDON BORN Day lived in one of the poorest streets in northwest London, near the Archway. Local landmarks including Highgate, Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath and numerous pubs will interest local readers. It's important to point out this is not just another London memoir; most events in this book took place anywhere there was abject poverty. As he puts it, everyone was on the fiddle in order to get by, and sometimes ...
...based in a part of London other than the East End, which had no monopoly on hardship. Readers may suspect this is yet another 'my terribly poor childhood' memoir, yet this is upbeat, and not remotely maudlin. The author spends much of his time as a child trying to find food. With his father in the trenches his mother is armed only with ration books and little in the way of money. Making a few pennies from odd jobs any way young Day can, even thieving ... Read review