Tag: Non-Fiction
I’ve read and watched a lot about the wars in Iraq but this is a first for me. This book is about ‘Johnny Walker‘ who was a translator for …
Painting in the Sand is a first hand account by Kim Hughes, a British Army Ammunition Technical Officer – AKA bomb disposal specialist – operating in Afghanistan. Reading this …
Easy read of 200 pages, The Money Hackers – How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever the history of bank disrupters in the …
Telling Stories by Tim Burgess The Charlatans were a big band for me when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s when UK music hit a massive …
Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter (I’ve shortened the proper title which is Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter) This book opened my eyes to …
A true story about a young American woman – Susan – falling in love and marrying a guy from China while studying in Hong Kong. On the wedding day …
Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter opened the door into the global secondhand market like no article, documentary or TV programme has ever done …
Task Force Black by Mark Urban is a detailed and meticulous look into the operation of special forces in Iraq in 2003. A high level of research was undertaken …
Brilliantly written and offering a chance to learn just what caused the 2008 financial crisis. Readers are taken on a journey of greed, recklessness and mind-blowing largesse by the …