What book are you reading right now?

About to start

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Dear Mark,

This is a link to the original thread! Long since locked through being inactive for too long!

ATB from George

Simply Complexity: A Clear Guide To Complexity Theory by Neil Johnson. A hard but fascinating insight into how what many consider unpredictable may actually be entirely predictable.

and just finished

steve

Just finished Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Angel's Game

And just started The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

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Originally posted by GFFJ:

Dear Mark,

This is a link to the original thread! Long since locked through being inactive for too long!

ATB from George

I didn't think it was that far back, George!

I can't believe it dropped of the radar. All the more reason for the revival!

There was another that I started of the same name which came after that one dropped away [which I could not find], which also ran for long while, but the subject needs feeding the occasional post from the starter. Your job, now - once a month - to post something interesting on it, dear Mark!

ATB from George

PS: Gordon started it! It was a long time ago!

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Originally posted by GFFJ:
There was another that I started of the same name which came after that one dropped away [which I could not find]

Here you go....

http://forums.naim-audio.com/e...385/m/2002944127/p/1

Simply excellent read for a sometime climber.

Jim

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Originally posted by GFFJ:
Your job, now - once a month - to post something interesting on it, dear Mark!

Baton duly accepted then George!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stiff-...id=1274741943&sr=1-1

Stiff: The curious life of human cadavers. It's quite fascinating and has prompted me to leave my body for research. It's well written, too.

Cheers,
Ken

Finished reading last week:



A great piece of financial journalism covering the sub-prime mortgages nightmare.

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:
Finished reading last week:



A great piece of financial journalism covering the sub-prime mortgages nightmare.

Yes, a ripping yarn. Try also Moneyball and Liar's Poker.

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:
Yes, a ripping yarn. Try also Moneyball and Liar's Poker.

I am going to. The Big Short is his only book I read so far. I heard that Lewis did some interesting writing about football and baseball (which I am not interested in). Who knows? some day he may decide to write about crude oil trading...

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:
Yes, a ripping yarn. Try also Moneyball and Liar's Poker.

I am going to. The Big Short is his only book I read so far. I heard that Lewis did some interesting writing about football and baseball (which I am not interested in). Who knows? some day he may decide to write about crude oil trading...

Moneyball isn't really about baseball, and Blind Side isn't really about football; although he uses those sports as a backdrop.

And yes, Lewis' take on commodities trading would be potentially interesting.

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Originally posted by BigH47:

Me too last weekend.

Great minds eh Howard?

May the gods bless his irreverant soul.

In another life I would choose to be Dirk Gently.

But with more money.

This is part 3 in the series. It and part two (God Emperor of Didcot) were pretty enjoyable in a 'Carry On Up Uranus' kinda way. The first book wasn't all that IMO, clearly finding his feet and abit patchy but the last two are funny, easy reading stuff. You need the first one though just to get everyone introduced.

If you don't like childish, bodily function gags, you won't like this. However, if you like a good knob joke...

Did make me laugh.

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

Bought a new book for this long weekend:

The Long-Player Goodbye
by Travis Elborough

... the album from vinyl to iPod and back again.

Just trying to keep this thread on the radar. Reading is good!

I bet I wouldn't have to bump it if it was, "what breasts are you looking at right now"!!!