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Chris Ayres
Goodreads author profile
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May 10, 1975
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War Reporting for Cowards
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Death by Leisure: A Cautionary Tale
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I am Ozzy
by Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Ayres (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 3,150 ratings
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2009
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Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice from Rock's Ultimate Survivor
by Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Ayres (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 189 ratings
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2011
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Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice from Rock's Ultimate Survivor
by Ozzy Osbourne, Frank Skinner , Chris Ayres (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice from Rock's Ultimate Survivor
by Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Ayres (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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2012
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March 2009,
Chris Ayres
"I think of this novel as being the 1930s pop-culture equivalent of Tina Fey's 30 Rock. The plot sees a nature correspondent named William Boot being sent to Africa through a case of mistaken identity to cover a war. His many blunders include packing a canoe, just in case. Having been sent into combat under similar circumstances, I can vouch that none of this is as far-fetched as it reads." ...More
"I think of this novel as being the 1930s pop-culture equivalent of Tina Fey's 30 Rock. The plot sees a nature correspondent named William Boot being sent to Africa through a case of mistaken identity to cover a war. His many blunders include packing a canoe, just in case. Having been sent into combat under similar circumstances, I can vouch that none of this is as far-fetched as it reads." ...More
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| Pretentious hipster bollocks that hasn't aged well. Nick Kent's book soooo much better. Although I sort-of enjoyed the bit on Lennon's death. | |
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The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
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| Every single civilization with a 'fiat' money system has ultimately collapsed, claims Griffin. Well guess what? Every civilization created by people with two arms and two legs has also collapsed - eventually. The author is just too bug-eyed and ranty...more | |
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| Truly devastating plot-twist when Trixie realies that Knuffle Bunny is gone. | |
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| Very, very, entertaining. Kept me up late at night. | |
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
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| Read my interview with Thaler and thoughts on the book here: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol... | |
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| P.J. at the height of his powers. | |
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| Anyone who wants to know how to write the perfect celebrity interview needs to read this book. Nick Kent is a genius, and this book provided me with endless poolside entertainment during a recent holiday in Mexico. | |
“The movies, I thought, have got the soundtrack to war all wrong. War isn't rock 'n' roll. It's got nothing to do with Jimi Hendrix or Richard Wagner. War is nursery rhymes and early Madonna tracks. War is the music from your childhood. Because war, when it's not making you kill or be killed, turns you into an infant. For the past eight days, I'd been living like a five-year-old — a nonexistence of daytime naps, mushy food, and lavatory breaks. My adult life was back in Los Angeles with my dirty dishes and credit card bills.”
― Chris Ayres, War Reporting for Cowards
― Chris Ayres, War Reporting for Cowards
“We had all opted to take City's financial reporting course work, which, in theory, meant we wanted to write about stock prices and corporate takeovers. That, of course, was a joke. No one still in their twenties, and broke, goes into journalism to write about money—a subject in which they still have zero practical experience.”
― Chris Ayres, War Reporting for Cowards
― Chris Ayres, War Reporting for Cowards
