 <h1>BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ</h1>
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<h3>BOOKS RECOMMENDED 
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  <li> The Hotel new Hampshire - John Irving. 
  Possibly the best book ever written, comedy drama tragedy 
  and social commentary all tied up in a good story.</li>
  <li>Good Omens - Terry Pratchet and Neil Gainman, 
  especially recommended for Christians</li>
  <li>Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance - 
  Robert M Prisic. Heavy stuff, not for the faint hearted</li>
  <li>The Alchemist - Paulo someone other, best read 
  in the middle of a desert or ocean. Inspiring. A fable for 
  those who want to understand the nature of the universe</li>
  <li>A brave new World - Aldous Huxley The future?</li>
  <li>The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy - Douglas 
  Adams, needs no introduction</li>
  <li>Spycatcher - a spy, the The book Maggie didn't 
  want you to read</li>
  <li>The Art of Course Sailing - Mike Green, written 
  in the 50's on the Norfolk broads the only good sailing book 
  I have ever read.</li>
  <li>The Damage Done - Warren Fellows, 12 years 
  in a Bangkok Prison, a must for all Tabloid readers.</li>
  <li>A good children's Book - even if you read it 
  when young read it again, I suggest the Hobbit (tolkien) Swallows 
  and amazons (Arthur Ransom), anything by Roal Dahl or a Harry 
  Potter book. Regain your sense of perspective. </li>
  <li>Angela's Ashes, memoirs of a childhood - Frank 
  McCormick (wrong spelling probably)</li>
  <li>Adolf Hitler My part in his downfall - Spike 
  Milligan</li>
  <li>Reeds Nautical almanac 5 minutes before hitting 
  something. Don't put it off, it could be too late.</li>
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  <li>Metal Corrosion in boats - Nigel Warren <br>
  this book is Horribly dull, keep the corrosion its more interesting</li>
  <li>Goats - Mark Porvir, this guy couldn't right 
  decent stuff if god gave it to him on stone tablets.</li>
  <li>Gulivers Travels - Jonathan Swift, good idea 
  for the 1700s, but 2/3 of the book is him going on about why 
  he cut stuff out!</li>
  <li>The grapes of wrath - Steinbeck. There are 
  many books written about the horrors of the poor or nasty 
  situations, this isn't one of them, its uninteresting depressing 
  and dull. See Angela's Ashes/the damage done in the other 
  column these people were there when it all went wrong Steinbeck 
  wasn't!</li>
  <li>The bible - God (apparently), he wasn't into 
  boats see Revelation! This book has killed more people than 
  AIDS, and still is. Well meening book but widly misinterpreted, 
  espeially by successive Popes.</li>
  <li>The Hitch Hikers guide to the ocean - a 1800's 
  blind scottish crofter could have written more autoritativly 
  on sailing on other peoples boats!</li>
  <li>Ian (M) banks - don't waist your time, especially 
  with his novel 'The Business', absolute tripe.</li>
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	<h3>FILMS (movies) YOU SHOULD SEE</h3>
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       <li>Clerks - Written Directed and Staring Kevin 
         Smith and the 7 11 he woked in.<br>
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    <li>Bad Boy Bobby - Australian film about the important 
      things in life such as insest and not clingfilming (glad wraping) 
      the cat. Sick twisted and highly entertaining.</li>
    <li>Dr Strangelove - Stannley Kubrick</li>
    <li>Apocalypse Now - Martin sheen and the horros 
      of vietnam.</li>
    <li>Blade Runner - the version without the voice 
      over<br>
      The Abyss - James Cameron Film</li>
    <li>National Lampoons Animal House - do not get 
      this wrong and accidently watch any of the other abismil national 
      lampoon films.</li>
    <li>Withnail and I, watch for the Camberwell Carrot 
      and don't try and play dinking games with the movie.</li>
    <li>Quadrphenia, one of 2 films ever filmed in 
      my home town (I'm not going to mention the other one).*</li>
    <li>Terry Gillingham's Brasil, a version of George 
      Orwells 1984 with a pythonesque twist.</li>
    <li>The Usual suspects.</li>
    <li>South Park Longer bigger and uncut (the movie)</li>
    <li>Dune, one of the few movies thats better than 
      the book.</li>
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   <p>Many of these 
     movies are <b>not available from BLOCKBUSTER </b>video. Try 
     a real video store.</p>
   <p>Recently there have been a whole host of good movies, even 
     from hollywood, including Fight Club and American Beauty and 
     the rival of British films such as Trainspotting and Lock Stock 
     and 2 Smoking barrels, the future looks bright remember the 
     rambo series and films starring Chuck Norris!</p></td>
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   <h3>FILMS (movies) YOU SHOULD avoid</h3>
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       <li>Natural Born Killers - This was a joke 
         right?</li>
    <li>Attack of the killer tomatoes</li>
    <li>Forest Gump (aka T.Hanks) American feel 
      good crap with a bloody irritating deep south accent. Good 
      Bless America!</li>
    <li>Matilda - allegedly based on the Rohl 
      Dahl Book, I've not seen this film but the trailers looked 
      awful READ THE BOOK or get your kids too.</li>
    <li>The long run home starring Jean Clude 
      Van god Damn. DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM ON ANY ACCOUNT!</li>
    <li>The Water Boy/Big Daddy - Adam saddler 
      is not worth the ticket (hell he's not worth the electricity 
      for the telly) watch the fish tank instead.</li>
    <li>Born on the 4th of July - I'm sorry but 
      this film is dull, sod the fictiscious Vietnam vet, what about 
      the poor (dead, maimed and still dying)) Vietnamese? Platoon 
      was a good film and showed the suffering of the Vietnamese 
      at least a little as well. Well meaning film...but.</li>
    <li>Star Trek Movies - some say the odd numbered 
      ones are all right. The dead horse has now been thouraly flogged 
      give it up guys!</li>
    <li>Water World - Kevin bloody Constner in 
      a nautical farce, if you concentrate really hard you may find 
      a plot amongst the continuity errors, if you do please tell 
      me. Redeeming factor, the idea of Kevin as a fish. This guy 
      can't sail.</li>
    <li>Castaway - Tom hanks stranded on an uninhabited 
      island. Not actually a bad film at all but criticized due 
      to the fact that they removed Tom Hanks from the island after 
      finishing the movie. I would have liked Brad Pitt to have 
      really speant 7 year in Tibet too.</li>
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   <p>All these can 
     be got on video in <b>BLOCKBUSTER</b></p><div></td></tr>
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