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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

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Review: Niall Ferguson again here brings us a history that is informative, entertaining and sobering. Being published in the midst of a global economic meltdown, for a book such as this, is a mixed blessing, as a step too far on the bearish side may make the author look li....

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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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Review: Not good: will I finish it? Won't I? Guess I'll have to if I want to assess fairly, but it'll be hard work. Arrogance seeps through every word and, at the end of the day, he's repeatedly hammering home one point that anyone with a degree of critical thinking will b....

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IEE On-site Guide; BS 7671 : 2008 IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition

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Review: Not quite the gripping read that the reviews had me believing it would be. I was expecting some tantalising narrative, imaginative characterisation and a poignant denouement - instead I got a load of electrical charts. Is this postmodernism gone mad?....

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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Be a Happy Non-smoker for the Rest of Your Life (Allen Carr's EasyWay)

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Review: This works. Period. 6th January 2009 marks one year to the day that I finished this book and smoked my last ever cigarette. Best thing I ever did. ....

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

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Review: This book first arrived in a blizzard of publicity back in 2005. Now 4 years on, it has been re-released in a revised and expanded edition with an extra 90 pages of bonus material (be sure to order the 336-page edition) consisting of newspaper columns and blog entr....

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Nikon D40/D40x Digital Field Guide

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Review: What an amazing read. If you are new to DSLR or photography in general and you have the D40/X you must own this book. Full of concise step by step easy to read instructions on getting the most out of your camera. I can't put it down. Learn how to use the basic dial....

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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

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Review: Readable, passionate, but... if true, the latest financial crash would have seen another swift extension of market power. But does govt control or ownership of the banks, talk of aggressive new regulation or the 'end of capitalism' sound like capitalism making hay?....

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When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change

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Review: I'm not a professional finance wizzard but I am a well educated citizen of the world with a keen interest in the sector. I enjoy the lighter publications (war stories about the Brothers, Barbarians etc..) on the city/street but also the more analytical stuff. This....

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Windows Vista for Dummies

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Review: I received this as a gift from my other half when I bought a new laptop, which came with Windows Vista pre-installed. There's nothing much to complain about. The chapters are structured in a sensible way, and I find Andy Rathbone's tone really appropriate to the ne....

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IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition : (BS 7671: 2008)

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Review: I am about to order this. After reading the reviews I can't wait to get my hands on this and read it cover to cover to get all 17th,ed and ready for my next NICEIC inspection. It will be great, more regs, more questions, more trying to explain to customers. I may o....

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