Anyone read any good books?

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mobius
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All the classics are!.
Oh and you can't review your own book. ;)
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gutuami
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reading at the moment: Ray Dalio Principles

https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Life- ... +ray+dalio
PeterLe
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Looks like Matthew Syed has a new book due out soon - You are Awesome, targeted at the younger reader.
Might be worth a look if you have children.
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Peter

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1526361159? ... eature_div
andyfuller
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I got this in last months kindle monthly deals and it is a really good read if you have any interest in the Silk Road (the online version):

American Kingpin: Catching the Billion-Dollar Baron of the Dark Web

By Nick Bilton

It is an interesting writing style as it reads like a fiction.

I have really enjoyed reading it and would recommend it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Kingp ... 753546671/
andyfuller
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gazuty wrote:
Sat Feb 18, 2017 12:10 pm
I'm halfway through https://www.amazon.com/Undoing-Project- ... 0393254593

So far it's ok without being brilliant. 7/10 thus fa. I like the Michael Lewis style of writing. (I've read Kahnamen's book and thought this might be interesting).
For anyone that is interested in this book it is today's Amazon Kindle Daily deal and is only 99p.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=s9_acsd_ ... 5400977031
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Euler
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Location: Bet Angel HQ

Interview with the author of predictably irrational - https://www.fs.blog/dan-ariely/
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ShaunWhite
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It's not out until tomorrow but Danny Wallace is always a good read..

F*** You Very Much: The surprising truth about why people are so rude

Bestselling writer and broadcaster Danny Wallace (Yes Man, Awkward Situations For Men), is on a mission to understand where we have gone wrong. He travels the world interviewing neuroscientists, psychologists, NASA scientists, barristers, bin men, and bellboys. He joins a Radical Honesty group in Germany, talks to drivers about road rage in LA, and confronts his own online troll in a pub.

And in doing so, he uncovers the latest thinking about how we behave, how rudeness, once unleashed, can spread like a virus – and how even one flippant remark can snowball into disaster.

As insightful and enthralling as it is highly entertaining, F*** You Very Much* is an eye-opening exploration into the worst side of human behaviour.
StellaBot
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Mordin on time
Book by Nick Mordin
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LeTiss
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Wed May 30, 2018 6:33 pm
It's not out until tomorrow but Danny Wallace is always a good read..
Yes Man is an excellent book, very funny and a fascinating experiment too
StellaBot
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I think it would be great if someone or more than 1 could come up with a system/strategy partly based on Nick Mordins ideas and say Peter Webbs.
StellaBot
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Thought I would rephrase this
I think it would be great if someone or more than 1 plural.could come up with a system/strategy better than 1persons . eg Nick Mordins time strategy (Mordin on time) and 2. a basic strategy about trading
StellaBot
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FREEBIE HERE
anyone thats interested. Shall send you Mordin on time book.I will pay postage.
1st person to respond on forum wins the book.
pm me your address or a po box no for paranoid/cautious people etc.
StellaBot
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maybe should have said get one free dont buy 1 ????
StellaBot
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Nobody want a free book. I will charge £100 if that helps
StellaBot
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Oh well, nobody wons the book . but I will pm LeTiss about a system based on Mordin but more advanced that lets say a regular poster couldnt give a ............about.
2 winners out of 3. 1 late withdrawal so 2 out of 2.
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