David Stevens

Advantages: A very open and honest look at Numan's Career
Disadvantages: Some parts seem to repeat two or three times, Not for Celtic fans

...While on my Dad's side of the family we are Carlisle United fans on my mums side they tend to favour Glasgow Rangers. In fact from a young age I was brought up as both a fan of Carlisle and Rangers but as the years have gone by and I got older Carlisle came to the fore with Rangers becoming a club I looked out for. Over the years though there have been some truly memorable players pulled on the Blue jersey at Ibrox and one of my favourites has to be Arthur Numan. He signed for Rangers for 4.5 million in 1998 after the World Cup and played for the club over 5 years. While Numan himself isn't a universally known superstars like David Beckham or Steven Gerrard the chance to read his autobiography seemed like one I couldn't pass up. The book itself details his career from humble beginnings with his local team in Holland, through his moves... Read review

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Advantages: Very interesting.
Disadvantages: Nothing

...and with the support of his dad also named Steven he was guided into the Liverpool FC team. Steven Gerrard was a professional with the Liverpool team in 1997 after many trials with many other teams. The book tells of his struggles as a youngster after he was rejected by the England youth set up, and the footballer coaches he would never see eye to eye with. In his autobiography Gerrard reveals the dressing banter he experienced after breaking into the side with likes of fellow footballers David James and Robbie Fowler. The highs Steven Gerrard experienced includes his debut senior goal against Sheffield Wednesday football club in 1999 and when Liverpool won 4-1 winning the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup and the Champions League victory against AC Milan in Istanbul two years ago. He also tells of his own family life and the joys of becoming a father... Read review

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Advantages: Great detail, without lecturing you
Disadvantages: None.

..., Stephen Thrower, Adrian Luther-Smith, David Flint, Marc Morris, Brad Stevens and Marc Walkow. The idea of the book is to gather together a series of influential movies on DVD, and talk about the different releases around the world. This focuses on the idea of recommending the best countries release of a movie. An idea of what the book illustrates is obviously the title, the year the movie was made, cast and certain crew (including director), then it goes on to illustrate the different releases on DVD around the world and the picture and sound formats. From there you get a brief synopsis of the movie, followed by the particular reviewer’s thoughts on the movie. Finally the reviewer goes through the different formats available around the world and even tells you where the hidden features are, in case you can’t find them. At the end the reviewer... Read review

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Advantages: Very interesting.
Disadvantages: Nothing

...and with the support of his dad also named Steven he was guided into the Liverpool FC team. Steven Gerrard was a professional with the Liverpool team in 1997 after many trials with many other teams. The book tells of his struggles as a youngster after he was rejected by the England youth set up, and the footballer coaches he would never see eye to eye with. In his autobiography Gerrard reveals the dressing banter he experienced after breaking into the side with likes of fellow footballers David James and Robbie Fowler. The highs Steven Gerrard experienced includes his debut senior goal against Sheffield Wednesday football club in 1999 and when Liverpool won 4-1 winning the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup and the Champions League victory against AC Milan in Istanbul two years ago. He also tells of his own family life and the joys of becoming a father... Read review

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Advantages: Great Player, Great Book
Disadvantages: Not Enough Pages

...I liked this book, I really liked it, but then again I'm a big fan of Liverpool and a very big fan of Steven Gerrard - although most people who pick up an autobiography usually have some interest in the person on the cover. That aside this was still a very good book. It was in depth, interesting and above all honest, I think. When I pick up an autobiography I like to know a bit about the person in question's background, but I don't want to have to sift through 100 pages of family history and be unnecessarily introduced to mum,dad, brothers, sisters etc……. This book, quite literally, starts at the beginning, and at first I got a little annoyed about hearing how little Steven would run around the streets of Liverpool playing football, then about family, then school - but as the book progressed everything seemed to have a purpose and I... Read review

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Advantages: Eddings masterful writing style, and good controlled pace.
Disadvantages: Poor characterisation, weak interaction between characters.

...fine as a stand-alone, light-hearted work of fantasy. However, fans of Eddings, or fans of grittier, sharper work, such as Steven Erikson, beware!... Read review

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