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    To Read or not to Read

    What can you all recommend in terms of books that are worth reading?

    Anything but fiction is my cup of tea

    I will take all other recommendations on board

    To help you all out, I'll give you a short list of books I have read that I'd recommend as well worth a read


    Psychology/Mental Health - The Chimp Paradox - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...-chimp-paradox

    Racing - DOPED http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...id-review.html

    True Crime - Wicket Beyond Belief - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..._Beyond_Belief
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Quote Originally Posted by granger View Post
    What can you all recommend in terms of books that are worth reading?

    Anything but fiction is my cup of tea


    I know a few people who only read non-fiction but they were happy enough to watch 6 seasons plus of Breaking Bad or The Sopranos. Don't get it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Euronymous View Post
    I know a few people who only read non-fiction but they were happy enough to watch 6 seasons plus of Breaking Bad or The Sopranos. Don't get it.

    I liked both of those tv shows but wouldn't think it unusual to like 2 different approaches from different mediums. Different senses get tingled in different ways
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    If you've ever had a dog you might like The Philosopher and the Wolf by Mark Rowlands.

    It was recommended to me, surprisingly [to me], by my brother who's never had a dog, shortly after my own little guy was pts.

    Here's a review:

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...r-and-the-wolf
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    Quote Originally Posted by Euronymous View Post
    I know a few people who only read non-fiction but they were happy enough to watch 6 seasons plus of Breaking Bad or The Sopranos. Don't get it.

    Loved them both, but when it comes to reading, I'm a much more voracious-absorber of non-fiction than fiction. I just find real-life infinitely more fascinating, than made-up stuff.

    A quick look at my Kindle app reveals the following tomes I have taken-in, over the last year or so:

    Bernie Madoff: Wizard of Lies
    Santo Trafficante Junior: The Silent Don
    The Curse of Brinks-Matt
    One Last Job: The Hattons Garden Heist
    Putin's Russia
    A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Collapse of Lehman Brothers
    Making It Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men who Blew-Up the Economy
    Enemy Number One: Patrick Veitch
    All The Devils Are Here: Unmasking The Men Who Bankrupted the World
    The Fix: Rigging Libor
    The Smartest Guys In The Room: Enron Scandal
    Broken Vows: Tony Blair - The Tragedy of Power

    I've just downloaded 'Devil's Bargain; Bannon, Trump & The Storming of the Presidency'

    To provide a little bit of balance, I also have Daphne Du Maurier's 'House on the Strand' (paperback) ready to go, but haven't started it as yet.
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    I love dogs DO - many thanks

    Grassy - i've yet to surrender to a kindle and prefer a paper book in my hands - how very modern of you and some interesting choices there
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    The Brinks-Matt book is made a little more relevant/contemporary by Kenneth Noye's impending transfer to an open prison (a proper nasty piece-of-work).
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

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    What was the Enron book like Nick?

    Capitalistic greed is one of my favourite topics to read
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Just finished Donald McCain , my colourful life! As someone gave it to me. Its nearly twelve years old since first published,, and a gargantuan read detailing McCain's highs, lows, dealings, and stories within his time in racing, along with his association with Red Rum. Definitely an old school trainer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by granger View Post
    What was the Enron book like Nick?

    Capitalistic greed is one of my favourite topics to read
    Seriously good, PJ.......though naturally quite difficult to follow, given all the scams they were running........don't let that put you off though - deffo worth a read.
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grasshopper View Post
    Seriously good, PJ.......though naturally quite difficult to follow, given all the scams they were running........don't let that put you off though - deffo worth a read.
    Seconded. Great read - if you can dig up the film documentary it is even better. If you get hooked on corporate greed then go get Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin - definitive read on the 2008 crises.
    "And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.

    And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."

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    There's a certain thread to those selections, Grassy. I hope you're not mining for ideas on how to become yet another criminal spinner of lies with a god complex.

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    What a helpful lot you are
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grey View Post
    There's a certain thread to those selections, Grassy. I hope you're not mining for ideas on how to become yet another criminal spinner of lies with a god complex.
    What do you mean "become", Art??
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

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    Quote Originally Posted by an capall View Post
    Seconded. Great read - if you can dig up the film documentary it is even better. If you get hooked on corporate greed then go get Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin - definitive read on the 2008 crises.
    Can you point me in the direction of the documentary.

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    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

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    Devil's Bargain is a little bit light-weight (<300 pages), but an interesting enough read.

    Just downloaded 'Brexit: All Out War'. Will let you know.....though will probably take me longer than a night and a day to complete it.
    "Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".

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    Thanks. Watched it years ago but was worth seeing it again.

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    I loved White Bicycles; Making Music in the 1960's by Joe Boyd. Of course, you'd have to be as old as me to understand who he was talking about. Watching the BBC4 programme Psychedelic Britain made me think of it again; may re read it.

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    Think I'm of a simialr vintage to you Moe, so is it about Nick Drake?

    https://youtu.be/2pUryKNsqDo

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