Recommend a Good Autobiography

dvega · 08-01-2007 9:56pm

i recently read 'gerard' by ofc steven gerard.
Good read,goes on about england an awful lot but you have to expect that.

BossArky · 08-01-2007 10:30pm

da_deadman wrote:

I would recommend 'Chronicles: Volume 1' by Bob Dylan. It's an interesting read and he has a great way with words - which isn't really surprising I guess

I thought this book was crap.

Keedowah · 08-01-2007 10:49pm

Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade by Robert Sabbag

Not autobiographies as such, but still good:

The Westies by T. J. English
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner

Esmereldina · 08-01-2007 11:19pm

Steve01 wrote:

The Bible

... autobiography???

I'm reading Interesting Times by Eric Hobsbawm -- I haven't finished it yet, but it's realluy interesting (;) ) if you like European history...

BopNiblets · 11-01-2007 2:57am

Two autobiographies I'd like to read would be Johnny Cash and Clint Eastwood, anyone read them?

r3nu4l · 11-01-2007 10:23am

I'm almost finished 'It's a long way from penny apples' by Bill Cullen and I have to say it's a great read.

Some of the information is shocking but some of it really inspirational and uplifting...then again he has moved into the whole arena of motivational speaking and this book may be the prelude to that event.

Either way, well worth a read - story of an inner-city tenament dwelling street trader who became a multi-millionaire through hard work and determination.

sitout · 20-08-2007 9:39am

bongo85 wrote:

Howard Marks' MR NICE is an excellent read

yep very good indeed

Hitch-Hiker · 20-08-2007 2:25pm

Shakey - Neil Young's Biography.
Not an Autobiography, but a quality book nonetheless.

dubsgirl · 21-08-2007 2:46pm

Paul McGraths & Gordon Ramsays are both good reads...

Psychedelic · 21-08-2007 7:42pm

r3nu4l wrote:

I'm almost finished 'It's a long way from penny apples' by Bill Cullen and I have to say it's a great read.

Some of the information is shocking but some of it really inspirational and uplifting...then again he has moved into the whole arena of motivational speaking and this book may be the prelude to that event.

Either way, well worth a read - story of an inner-city tenament dwelling street trader who became a multi-millionaire through hard work and determination.

i saw bill speaking at a conference last november, he did a presentation on his life etc, probably a lot of the same material the book is based on. fantastic motivational speaker. i must get myself a copy of that book, sounds good.

watna · 23-08-2007 1:07pm

Not an autobiography but a biography if that's ok. It's a biography of the mitford sisters by Mary Lovell. It was fascinating. They were an upper class family of 6 girls born in the 1920s. They all had fascinating lives, one was a close friend of Hitler's, another married Oswald Mosley and another was a communist in America during the McCarthy Era. Another sister, Nancy Mitford wrote a number of books based on her family life which are also very good. I have to say I haven't enjoyed a book as much in a long time.

Gun_Slinger · 23-08-2007 6:24pm

Have to second the Paul McGrath bio. Really heart felt book in which he faces head on all his demons and is very open and honest about his drink problem. In my opinion he was a legend before I ever read the book but now he is even more so. You really feel for him though.

black #8 · 24-08-2007 9:21pm

r3nu4l wrote:

The Wild Swans by Jung Chang is excellent! A young girls life in China during and after teh time of Chairman Mao.

was going to mention that one myself. and for something a little lighter, i'd recommend "on Edge" by Adam Copeland. Adam Copeland is a professional wrestler, whose stage name is "Edge", for those who don't know. And i wouldn't just mark this for wrestling fans.. it's a good read, and really funny regardless of your view on pro wrestling.