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#120 – Death Round The Corner, John Creasey BOOK REVIEW

Death Around The Corner…. is it worth a buy? Let’s read the words, the words, of the publisher: Leopold Gorman studies the World Economic Conference with interest – and then picks five rich and powerful men to bring his plan …

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#119 – The Mountain Of Gold, J.D.Davies BOOK REVIEW

I was browsing the display tables in a Belgrade book store yesterday, my attention focused on the ‘local knowledge’ section. It had the usual established famous writers such as Ivo Andric and Vuk Draskovic, and then glossy coffee-table photo-books on …

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#118 – The War Of Art, Steven Pressfield BOOK REVIEW

“Nick, you should write an inner game textbook!” are words I’ve heard many a daygame savant speak to me. Now, I dare say I’ve been tempted. Tony Robbins proved a long time ago that “mindset” books are a license to …

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#117 – The Ravagers, Donald Hamilton BOOK REVIEW

I wonder how hard-boiled and ruthless a protagonist can be before he ceases to become the hero, or even anti-hero, of a novel. There comes a point where the reader can think, “hang on, it isn’t just the baddies, but …

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#116 – Gardens Of Fear, Robert E. Howard BOOK REVIEW

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what compelled me to spend most of my adult life criss-crossing the globe, exploring strange lands. Why is it that my brother has lived his entire life in Newcastle whereas I, who share …

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#116 – Gardens Of Fear, Robert E. Howard BOOK REVIEW

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what compelled me to spend most of my adult life criss-crossing the globe, exploring strange lands. Why is it that my brother has lived his entire life in Newcastle whereas I, who share …

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Daygame: Pick Up Girls Everywhere

Long-time readers will remember the book I co-wrote back in 2015 [1], Beginner Daygame, which has since been withdrawn from sale. That’s kind of a shame because it was a good introductory book but, well, my mate from Wales wanted …

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#115 – The Bridge On The Drina, Ivo Andric BOOK REVIEW

Generally speaking I avoid any book that wins a literary prize, as it’s a cast-iron guarantee that it’ll be a load of shit. I can’t speak much for the Nobel prizes for science but the fringe Nobels for Peace, Economics, …

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#115 – The Bridge On The Drina, Ivo Andric BOOK REVIEW

Generally speaking I avoid any book that wins a literary prize, as it’s a cast-iron guarantee that it’ll be a load of shit. I can’t speak much for the Nobel prizes for science but the fringe Nobels for Peace, Economics, …

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#114 – Mr Majestyk, Elmore Leonard BOOK REVIEW

Elmore Leonard began as a writer of westerns – pretty hard-boiled ones – and went on to become famous for his sassy crime thrillers, many of which became big budget Hollywood movies. If you’ve seen George Clooney in Out Of …

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