A few from me....

Do No Harm
Being Mortal
When Genius Failed
Bounce
The Everything Store
Anything by Michael Lewis, particularly Moneyball and The Big Short

Posted By: JD3 on August 31st 2017 at 17:22:14

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thanks for the non-fiction recommendations this morning. I'm still taking recs (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 16:39:22
- Homicide, and The Corner, both by David Simon (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 31, 18:28:23
  - is that the David Simon of the Wire? I suspect so (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 19:09:20
    - The very same (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 31, 19:13:56
      - those are probably both very good then I assume? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 19:24:42
- This is excellent (General Chat) - Old Git, Aug 31, 17:41:42
  - "A must-have book for anyone who loves fish" (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 17:44:06
    - stop being hake filled. learn to love the fish. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Aug 31, 18:25:21
- here is a book I own........ (General Chat) - usacanary, Aug 31, 17:28:08
  - ok, can you copy it and send me the images? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 17:42:41
    - No point (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 31, 18:27:41
      - Yes, because casinos employ world class math guys...... (General Chat) - usacanary, Aug 31, 18:40:22
        
        Haha (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 31, 18:45:20
        
        You need to stop while you are behind..... (General Chat) - usacanary, Aug 31, 22:10:25
- A few from me.... (General Chat) - JD3, Aug 31, 17:22:14
  - thanks, I'll checl those out later (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 17:38:42
  - Oh... and Outliers (I preferred that to Freakonomics) (n/m) (General Chat) - JD3, Aug 31, 17:24:14
- areas of interest? (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 31, 17:11:29
  - any really, though I do enjoy tales of amazing human accomplishments (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 17:13:46
- sapiens? (General Chat) - earthleakage, Aug 31, 17:02:49
  - reddit, it's a good read though (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 17:05:13
    - i'm not going to recommend being and time (General Chat) - earthleakage, Aug 31, 17:08:48
      - you're still on the boozy beggar? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 17:12:07
        
        german philosophy is so clinical (General Chat) - earthleakage, Aug 31, 17:28:56
- I'm reading Freakonomics at the moment. (General Chat) - shoddy, Aug 31, 16:54:08
  - "You are not so smart" is along similar but different lines (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 31, 18:29:05
  - The Undercover Economist is miles better. Also do The Tiger That Isn't (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 31, 17:29:30
    - noted (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 17:44:31
  - sounds a bit of a hotchpotch (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 16:59:32
    - It's good. Provokes thunk. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 31, 17:17:01
      - yeah, seems like there's few of 'em (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Aug 31, 17:20:24

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