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BOOKS - What are ASF members reading?

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Garpal Gumnut said:
Mrs G has a Sony and reads murders.

If I ever stop posting remember this.

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GG,

Just keep an eye out if you see this title in the bookcase.
"Be Your Own Undertaker: How To Dispose Of A Dead Body" by A. R. Bowman.

A mate of mine found a copy at his place, luckily his missus left him for a wandering Mediterranean lute busker, before it got too serious.

BTW I'm currently reading a book by a mate of mine, titled, "Angels of Vengeance" by John Birmingham. A bit of an intense adventure and read. But it does seem to relax me after a hectic day around the mountain.

S
 
sptrawler said:
I don't read a lot of books, normaly too busy fixing things.
However I have bought my wife a kindle touch, waiting for it to arrive.
Load up 1,400 books, might shut her up and get her off my back .LOL
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sp
If this truly works, then I will try it.
For now I am trying to work out how to "disable" the vacuum cleaner which keeps turning up when I sit in my office to check the market.

Have contemplated building a new office 35 metres from the house surrounded by a "moat" and barbwire!!!
joea
 
I love to read and i am reading Predator Nation by Charles H. Ferguson. It goes into detail on the yet to be prosecuted crimes perpetrated by investment bankers in the US and around the world during the housing boom and sub-prime debacle. :xyxthumbs

I've been fascinated with the last crisis for some time and I've also read:

  • Extreme Money: Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk, Das Satyajit
  • The Greatest Trade Ever: How John Paulson Bet Against the Markets and Made $20 Billion, Zuckerman, Gregory
  • Bear Trap, The Fall of Bear Stearns and the Panic of 2008, Andrew Spencer, Bill Bamber
  • Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance, Roubini, Nouriel


Cheers,


CanOz
 
Poor Fella My Country by Xavier Herbet. Great piece of work.

Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus (although that is now contentious)

Quentin Durward, Sir Walter Scott

and browsing through the poems of John Donne
 
Recently I've read over the last few months:

The New Evolution Diet by Art DeVany:
A great read on why we should eat and exercise more like our palaeolithic ancestors.

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking:
Explains a range of subjects from the Big Bang to black holes and light cones. The book is supposedly aimed at the more "general" reader, but I found parts of this book went way over my head. However, the parts I could understand were quite fascinating.

Little Book of Trading by Michael Covel:
A collection of insights from some of the great trend following traders. Similar to The Market Wizards, but not presented in Q&A form. Definitely worth a read.

You've Got To Fight Back by Dirk Chase Eldredge:
A must for anyone who has (or is close to someone who has) suffered from a serious illness, injury or disability. I bought this for my Dad, but read it before I gave it to him. I can admit to shedding a tear on more than one occasion whilst reading this.

Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
This book examines factors that contribute to the success of high achievers (basically, they are a product of their environment, and were "in the right place at the right time"). I found a couple of the areas Gladwell looks at quite fascinating, like math ability of Asian students. However for other situations, I couldn’t help but feel his explanations were over simplified, examples cherry-picked, and he had fallen for the narrative fallacy. (perhaps I’ve read too many books on scepticism and behavioural biases)

Thinking, Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahnemann
Written by a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in behavioural economics. This fantastic read is based a culmination of Kahnemann’s life work into cognitive biases and decision making in a wide scope of fields like economics, medicine and law. This book is brilliant, the best I've read this year.

The Psychology of Trading Brett N. Steenbarger
A great book which looks at psychological issues in life and in trading. Steenbarger gives countless examples of methods he has used to help clients, and how the reader can apply these methods in their own lives.

The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko
The book explores the habits of affluent Americans, and its findings are based on over 20 years of data studying thousands of households. The majority are first generation millionaires who made it on their own, and don’t have “very high” incomes. I love the emphasis it places on frugality. This book does have a few flaws; mainly survivorship bias. It doesn’t pay enough attention to the “unseen”, those who do the right thing but don’t make it. Nevertheless, I found it to be an interesting read; inspiring and even motivating.
 
Just finished reading Octopus by Guy Lawson, who is an Aussie.

Basically about the collapse of a ponzi scheme ran by ex hedge fund trader Sam Israel, who ended up being on America's Most Wanted before he was caught. Simply written, but easy to read. Not as good as Wolf Of Wall St, but in the same ilk
 
Steve Jobs

Started slow but really picked up from his "Second Coming" at Apple. Fascinating look at the man/business.
 
"Culture of complaint: the fraying of America" by Robert Hughes, Australian author
A radical account of the decline of 20th-century American culture
 
The First Feet: The Real Story by Alan Frost

Alan Frost (emeritus professor of history at La Trobe Universty, Melbourne) draws on hundreds of previously neglected records to debunk the myth that the first fleet was a shambles; undeprepared, poorly equiped, and ill-disciplined.

I am fascinated with early Australian history and am really enjoying this book. I have long thought that the settlement of Australia was a great feat given the era it occured in and what they had to work with (convicts). It also points out that Australia was settled not just as a place to dump convicts but for strategic purposes, a point that is not often acknowledged.
 
The Psychedelic Experience, by Timothy Leary.

Basically about what happens when you take a massive dose of LSD. Eye opening.

avail on scribd.
 
"Canada" by Pulitzer Prize winning Richard Ford. Extraordinary sweep of a novel, reminiscent of the style of John Steinbeck.
 
Just finished:
"How to Win Friends and Influence People" By Dale Carnegie

Started:
"The Four Hour Body" by Tim Ferris
 
Reading "At the Devils Table" which is about the Cali cartel in Colombia when they were fighting with Escobar and his Medellin cartel.

Also read "7 habits of highly effective people" when i was o/s, a little bit self-helpy, but does have some good messages
 
Just read "Transformational Change" by Randy Dobbs and i am nearly finished "Business Leadership in China" by Frank T Gallo.

CanOz
 
About 1/3 of the way through "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China" by Ezra Vogel. One of the most interesting people of the 20th century, I think.

I've also been trying to knock through some of the classic American novels, at the moment I'm about half way through "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
 
McLovin said:
About 1/3 of the way through "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China" by Ezra Vogel. One of the most interesting people of the 20th century, I think.
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Thanks mate, that just went on my list...:xyxthumbs
 

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