When i first saw the title of her book i was wondering what this book was going to be about. But how wrong i was, the book was honest and to the point. Her revelations about her past really touched me and brought a few tears to my eyes. You clearly see how important her family are to her. Highly recommended!!!
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I struggled mightily with this book and gave up half way through. Carlton Leach is a singularly unlikable individual with a rather strange outlook on life. I've enjoyed stories of hard men in the past (McLean, Shaw etc.) but Leach is just a mindless idiot pumped full of steroids and recreational drugs hiding behind a gun or a knife. I can't think of one redeeming quality he exhibits in the pages I choked down.
I'm sure he's tough enough and have no doubt that he did most (if not all) of what he claims, but by the time I gave up on the book I couldn't give a hoot. I don't mean Leach any harm; I just hope that he's exhausted his literary ambitions and will save an unsuspecting public from further assault.
I loved this book... wasn't what I expected but rather a very honest account of a mother who has been through so much. It made Britney seem more real rather than the entity portrayed to us by the media. Great read even if your not the biggest Britney fan.
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Denis Smith has such a wealth of experience as a player (I saw him play in the 1972 League Cup semi-final against West Ham) and as a manager (he managed by home team, York City to it's greatest achievement) all through the golden age of the early 70s up to today. His experience and philosophy on playing and management, how to find players, how to get the best out of them, comes across well in this book. I just finished reading it yesterday (November 19 which coincidently was Mr. Smith's 61st birthday). If you are a supporter of any of the teams Denis managed or played for, or if you are an aspiring manager and want to learn from someone with a very successful track record - or if you are a Chairman looking to hire a great manager! you'll enjoy reading ... Read More:
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Denis Smith has such a wealth of experience as a player (I saw him play in the 1972 League Cup semi-final against West Ham) and as a manager (he managed by home team, York City to it's greatest achievement) all through the golden age of the early 70s up to today. His experience and philosophy on playing and management, how to find players, how to get the best out of them, comes across well in this book. I just finished reading it yesterday (November 19 which coincidently was Mr. Smith's 61st birthday). If you are a supporter of any of the teams Denis managed or played for, or if you are an aspiring manager and want to learn from someone with a very successful track record - or if you are a Chairman looking to hire a great manager! you'll enjoy reading ... Read More:
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This is the first Bryson book I have read and I really enjoyed it. The book follows Bryson's childhood, into teen years and was very funny. I was laughing out loud at most of the story. It was easy to read, a quick and satisfying read.
Bryson does put the book in historical context and talks about historic events that occurred in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the the threat of atomic bombs. However, this was interesting and often amusing as he explains how these events were viewed through a child's eyes.
He is very honest about what he got up to as a child, including minor thefts and bunking off school. He recalls many funny events and the life he lead in 1950s Iowa. The end was a bit sad, when he ... Read More:
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I read this book due to the current economic climate and found it quite interesting.
I know nothing about stocks, shares and bonds so some of the book went over my head. It is quite easy to get the general gist of the story though and the sheer front these guys had was amazing (if it is all true).
How can anybody lose 4.5 billion in a few months is beyond me.
Interesting if you're in to Wall Street and the stock market.
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It is very difficult to imagine such a complex set of events leading to the indictment of an innocent man. This piece by John Grisham is written with exceptional skill to collate together myriad characters and events to create a compelling narrative of a true story revolving around man wrongly convicted of a brutal rape and murder.
What is fascinating is that the events in the book actually occurred. John Grisham admits himself that he could not in his imagination have come up with such a story. However he does do well in creating an easy "docu-read".
Overall it is a bit of a sad story, but it's certainly one of the best Grisham's I have read.
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This book was written with a true depth of emotion. It showed great love for a horse---a feeling I believe you can only experience if you have a horse of your own with a strong connection. When Lay Me Down was finally put to rest it brought tears to my eyes.
I would recommend this book to anyone with or without horses, it brings out the true feelings of love towards horses and what they can do for people.
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