Books - biographies etc

[Lindsayt]

I'm currently reading "Substance" by Peter Hook.

It's as thick as a bible.

I've been really enjoying it. Written in an easy to read style. Some great stories. Like the one about the support band member who nicked a Ferrari, didn't know what to do with it and put it in his front room. He'd sit in it with his wife and watch TV though the windscreen.

[Fretless]

Thanks for the tip, Lindsay. I hadn't heard of this one. Hooky was one of my idols when I first picked up the bass.

[slinger]

I've just picked up Rick Wakeman's "Grumpy Old Rockstar: and Other Wondrous Stories" and "Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rock Star" as well as "Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd " by Nick Mason

[Jonty2547]

Mark Oliver Everetts "Things the grandchildren should know".
Despite the fact i'm a huge Eels fan, this is the best books of type that i've ever read.
Also the documentary "parallel words, parallel lives" is an absolute must watch imo...

[Shevans]

Recently started reading Dickens... not read fiction since primary school.

Great Expectations, Dombey & Son and now on Nickolas Nickleby.

[slinger]

Did you know that Amazon waive postage if you spend £10 or more on book orders delivered/fulfilled by Amazon? This applies second hand books, not just new ones and consequently I've ordered this little lot over the past 2 days.

Play On: Now, Then and Fleetwood Mac
Mick Fleetwood

Bringing It All Back Home
Ian Clayton

John Peel: A Tribute to the Much-Loved DJ and Broadcaster
Mick Wall

Unzipped
Suzi Quatro

The Olivetti Chronicles
John Peel

The World According To Noddy
Noddy Holder,

Pete Townshend: Who I Am
Pete Townshend

Ronnie: The Autobiography
Ronnie Wood

The Whispering Years
Bob Harris

Cider With Roadies
Stuart Maconie

All are good or very good quality second hand, all for under £24.00 delivered and all but 2 of them are hardbacks.

And now for some silly maths.
If I'd bought the first four books on my list they would have cost me £8.81 plus £11.96 in postage (Yes, Amazon seem to charge £2.99 postage per book whilst their independent vendors charge a uniform £2.80) making a grand total of £20.77

By adding the 5th book at £1.78 +£2.99 postage it raised my order total to over £10.00 (£10.59 in fact.) which cancelled the postage. So by spending an extra £1.78 I saved £14.95 in postage. I believe that's what they call a no-brainer?

[antonio66]

Great value Slinger, don't they do something similar with cd's.

[slinger]

Great value Slinger, don't they do something similar with cd's.

They do the same for most things, but the threshold (on CDs for instance) is usually £20.00 whereas with books it's only £10.00.