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Advantages: Awe Inspiring
Disadvantages: Not for the faint hearted.

Some people may show a slight frown on a Christmas morning when they open an envelope containing a £20 Waterstones gift voucher, sat there amongst a sea of discarded wrapping paper wondering how it came to this. Not me sir. A useful gift, that will be put to good use on broadening my mind as opposed to polluting it with cheap ale. Waited for the sales I did, and got my merry behind down to the famous bookshop, with youthful excitement, and an eagerness ...
...Ranulph Fiennes; adventurer, explorer, military man and athlete. Keen to learn of his exploits and daring quests to be the first, I knew I would not be disappointed. Fiennes is a man's man. Calling a spade a spade, combining his daring pursuits with a natural charm and dose of humbling memoirs makes this exceptional reading. I defy anyone who reads this and then is not inspired to get down to the tent shop, pack a bag and walk to Antarctica. Away ... Read review

Advantages: Top English manager
Disadvantages: Self-centered read

...current manager. Sunderland, of course, made the final that year against Liverpool and the rest is history. But when the Nott's County chairman sold star striker Paul Rideout behind his back the nest season the trust was lost and he wished he had taken up the other offers. Neil falls out with all of his chairman. After a short assistant coach gig to help keep Torquay stay up, a dramatic 700 mile round trip and win at Carlisle the requisite, Huddersfeild ...
...low and behold, Plymouth, too, made the play-off final and returned to division one with another victory, surely the play off king now! Here Warnock explains why the Plymouth Argyle chairman was the latest to fall out with him; the petty reason given that Warnock had booked a 'slightly bigger suite' than his chairman's in the same hotel, Warnock informed it was a sackable offence. At one point the relationship was so bad; he charged Warnock for the ... Read review

Advantages: A detailed account of his life to date
Disadvantages: None really

This is an autobiography, about David's life to date. He talks about his childhood and upbringing and how he got into acting. He also talks about his acting career, including his world famous roles as Michael Knight in Knightrider and his role in Baywatch, which he also co-produced, and his brief to date pop singing career and how he made it big as a pop singer in Germany. He also talks about his previous marriages and how he has tried to overcome ...
...Sarah Fergusson, Dutchess of York, and his appearance at the tribute concert in memory of the first aniversary of Princess Diana at Althrop. The book is easy to read and difficult to put down once you start reading it. There are plenty of photographs of him at various stages in his life. If you liked either Knightrider or Baywatch I would recommend this as an excellent read. ... Read review

Advantages: Very detailed and objective
Disadvantages: Not a casual read - one for the specialist

Mao was undoubtedly one of the most influential politicians and philosophers of the 20th century. In transforming China according to his revolutionary ideals, this 800-page book reveals, he took the lives of more of his subjects than any other national leader of the time - including Hitler and Stalin. The author is a former BBC correspondent, and he has used extensive interviews and previously suppressed documentary sources to examine in detail such ...
...Wisely, he refuses to judge Mao's place in history, and asks whether he was a hero, a tyrant, or simply a misguided failure. I have little doubt that this will remain the standard biography for years to come, and recommend it to anybody who is interested in modern world history. ... Read review

Advantages: Eye opening, insightful
Disadvantages: It's all true

...a way they were, however, Marching Powder stood out by having a remarkably surreal aspect to the tale. THE STORY "Marching Powder" (slang name for Cocaine) tells the story of Thomas McFadden's experience as an inmate in a Bolivian prison. McFadden is a young, black Englishman who prior to his sentencing lived in Liverpool. Thomas MacFadden was arrested in 1996 for drug trafficking. Although he had never tried Cocaine, he discovered there was a ...
...After many successful runs MacFadden travelled to Bolivia and attempted to smuggle 850 grams of Cocaine through customs. Having acquired many contacts in high places, he was pretty confident that it was going to be a smooth run having already given a Bolivian official a backhander to turn his eye. However, he was soon to discover he had been "set up" and found himself sent to a notorious Bolivian prison in La Puz; San Pedro. You would be forgiven ... Read review