Football-wise, 'The Ball is Round' by David Goldblatt is brilliant.

It's very, very long - around a thousand pages - but is a well-researched and beautifully written global history of football from the public school games of the 1800s to the 2006 World Cup. Lots of politics and social history in there as well - read it recently and found it an absolute joy.

Simon Reynolds's book on Post-Punk is pretty decent too.

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on September 26th 2011 at 10:44:50

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I'm putting in a book order. Suggest me up some interesting non-fiction thank you please. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:06:41
- manup and read the new screwfix catalogue (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Sep 26, 12:18:46
  - I got the new Toolstation catalogue in the pust the other week. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 12:57:15
- Transition: Iain Banks (General Chat) - NorthantsYella, Sep 26, 11:43:58
  - Yep, smashing - read all of his. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 11:51:46
    - Mine are him, Lee Child and Harlan Coben (General Chat) - NorthantsYella, Sep 26, 11:58:56
      - I got given Lee Child's first Jack Reacher novel on World Book Night. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 12:01:45
        
        Try Harlan Coben - Myron Bolitar ones especially (General Chat) - NorthantsYella, Sep 26, 12:03:50
        
        Nice one. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 12:09:03
- Do you like wine? If so... (General Chat) - jafski, Sep 26, 11:01:34
  - I'll move onto Knowing About Wine once I Know everything there is to Know About Beer (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 11:11:31
  - "Kermit" (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 26, 11:03:17
    - He's a merkin. They love silly names off. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Sep 26, 11:12:28
- Also recently ordered this - not read much yet though (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 26, 10:59:12
  - Hmm. That would have made the list too. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 11:00:09
- Voodoo Histories by David Aaronovitch (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 26, 10:48:51
  - ^^^This (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 26, 10:57:28
  - Bugger bugger bugger. Flat Earth News is one I've been meaning to get for ages. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:55:43
    - yes, yes it was - he's also done The Code Book and The Big Bang (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 26, 11:04:25
      - The moon is made of cheese - this is FACT (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 26, 11:37:28
        
        good use of the uppercase here ^^^ (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 26, 11:46:55
- Right thankyou all - reached my ? limit. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:46:50
- The Pre-Astronauts: Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space by Craig Ryan (n/m) (General Chat) - The Editor of Milk, Sep 26, 10:45:31
  - That would have made the list if I'd seen it in time. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:56:53
    - Fuck me, not at that price it wouldn't. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:59:07
- Football-wise, 'The Ball is Round' by David Goldblatt is brilliant. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 26, 10:44:50
- Random (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 26, 10:40:18
  - also... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 26, 10:47:12
  - No ta, yes please, respectively. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:46:07
- Generation Kill - Evan Wright (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Sep 26, 10:33:19
  - Yep, read it - really enjoyed it. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:38:32
    - did you watch the series on FX based on the book? (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Sep 26, 11:02:33
      - No. Plussed it but never got round to watching it. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 11:13:52
        
        fool! go download a copy of it from somewhere now! (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 26, 11:49:08
        
        Ohh, poi Ralph, poi (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 26, 12:10:46
        
        I've read the book. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 11:52:11
        
        yes, so i've, i've also seen the mini-series - both are excellent (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 26, 11:58:07
- This for fiction......... (General Chat) - Karnivore, Sep 26, 10:20:46
- Doubt it is your cup of tea but... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 26, 10:14:39
  - Well, I won't immediately rule it out, like I just did the autobiog of the G'n'R guitar wo (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:17:37
    - Most fascinating bit really is about the innocence of the Merkins who actually CARED about (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 26, 10:26:54
      - Hmm. But in saying that you remind me that I ought to get around to reading Brilliant Oran (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:29:53
        
        Yeah loved it. And what it says about the Dutch psyche is so true. There are loads of (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 26, 10:32:25
        
        yep - fantastic book (n/m) (General Chat) - Karnivore, Sep 26, 10:42:11
        
        I loved it as well. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 26, 10:45:56
        
        I'd not heard of that one - ordered..... (General Chat) - Karnivore, Sep 26, 11:07:38
        
        yes, that is one of my faves too (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 26, 11:09:37
        
        I know a lot of people hate it......... (General Chat) - Karnivore, Sep 26, 11:17:04
        
        i've just bought Inverting the Pyramid - fear it'll be too technical for me too (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 26, 12:00:59
        
        Be interesting to know what you make of it..... (General Chat) - Karnivore, Sep 26, 12:09:01
        
        Gary Imlach ? Presented American Football on CH4, then famously the (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 26, 11:11:48
        
        yep, and the Tour de France for first Channel 4 and now ITV (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 26, 11:59:18
        
        Yep - same feller. He's Stuart Imlach's son. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 11:16:10
- Ive just ordered this (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 26, 10:12:38
  - First one sounds like Malthus (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 26, 10:42:28
  - Hmm. Neither shouting "Read Me You Fool" at me. However, if you like the AA guy's book (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:21:21
- Born Liars (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 26, 10:10:35
  - ??? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:26:58
    - ... (General Chat) - pants, Sep 26, 10:32:02
      - i follow Ian on Twitter - he's ace on there but not got round to reading any of his books (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Sep 26, 10:52:04
      - OK, ta. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:44:12
        
        See, you thought "what's this dickhead trying to be funny about now", and now you've seen (General Chat) - pants, Sep 26, 10:51:19
        
        Yes, that's exactly what I'm thinking. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:56:09
        
        I know! (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Sep 26, 10:58:17
- Hare gew... (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 26, 10:09:48
  - In order: yep ordered, yep ordered, naah don't fancy it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:15:27
    - Good Man (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 26, 10:28:42
- stephen fry chronicles....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 26, 10:09:43
  - Reddit on Holiday last year. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:12:52
    - oh, ok....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 26, 10:22:18
- Yes, "appeciated". (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Sep 26, 10:07:10

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