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'Right from the start I loved United and I loved an argument'

Advantages: Good book for United loyalists
Disadvantages: Bit boring

So, Sir Alex Ferguson gets to celebrate 25 years in the job, but players like Gary Neville that helped build the legend now hanging up their boots, the type of player that would die for their boss - the United way or the highway. But that type of loyalist ...

thedevilinme 08.11.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Red: My Autobiography - Gary Neville

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Minder and beyond

Advantages: Some interesting stories and a peek into his life
Disadvantages: Lacked emotion, feeling and depth

Background: I like many people seem to have grown up with Dennis Waterman in my living room (not literally obviously!). During this time he has been a very successful actor in many popular dramas and sitcoms and also one of my favourite actors. So ...

CPTDANIELS 05.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Reminder - Dennis Waterman

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Far more than just 'a bit o'rough'

Advantages: Very entertaining, with good insights into the world around him as well as his own life story
Disadvantages: Not strictly chronological

As this endearing autobiography shows, Dennis Waterman's reputation as the living embodiment of 'a bit o' rough' does less than justice to quite an eclectic career. He was born the ninth child of south London parents in 1948, and it was not always a happy ...

JOHNV 17.01.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Reminder - Dennis Waterman

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A book you'll rocket right through

Advantages: very honest
Disadvantages: none

Like Jimmy White, Ronnie O'Sullivan's autobiography has a picture of him smoking on the cover. The similarities don't end there; both snooker players have a reputation on the baize for being great players, and off the baize for their wild and uncontrollab ...

bruffyboy 08.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ronnie - Ronnie O'sullivan

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The original People's Princess

Advantages: Well researched, well written and highly entertaining historical biography
Disadvantages: I would have like to see more illustrations of the major players

There was once a young woman who married the Prince of Wales but discovered that there were three people in her marriage. Feeling neglected and unloved, the Princess of Wales found consolation elsewhere and throughout her marriage attracted a good deal of ...

ladybracknell 17.03.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Rebel Queen - Jane Robins

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