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Exposure – Michael Woodford
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Exposure by Michael Woodford is a first-person account of the author’s experience working for the Japanese company, Olympus.Rising to the top position of CEO, he soon discovered allegations of fraud that eventually led him to exposing the crimes and mismanagement at the very top of the company.
It’s an interesting insight into Japanese business culture, though I found the style of writing a bit stilted, and it’s not nearly as exciting as the blurb makes out! Overall, a pretty decent read.
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Legend of a Suicide – David Vann
I selected Legend of a Suicide by David Vann from my daughter’s bookshelf because it looked like a short, easy read after the 700 page biography I had just finished. Well it is a short, easy read – I read it in a day – and for a while it’s a good read. But then something happened which completely threw me and from then on nothing made sense.On finishing the book I checked out some reviews including an interesting review in the Guardian. Well now I understand how I became confused but I’m not sure I’m any the wiser about the book. Some reviews have suggested that it’s worth an immediate re-read, but I don’t think I’ll bother.
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Alan Turing: The Enigma – Andrew Hodges
Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges is a thorough and, at 700 pages, a long book. It’s well written and easy to read but at the same time it’s also a difficult read. The mathematics, the computing, the ideas, make for a challenging book, and sometimes I cut corners and skimmed!
The book is an exploration and history of so many things – the times, early computing, WWII – as well as being the story of a complex human being. Highly recommended. -
Heaven on Earth
Liver & bacon, a couple of glasses of Chianti, followed by rhubarb crumble and custard. Lovely! -
Oh, Leatherhead!
The Surrey town of Leatherhead is known for its flooding river (see today’s picture) and the depressing number of charity shops.It also has a very decent, independent bookshop Barton’s Bookshop.
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A Rip in Heaven – Jeanine Cummins
A Rip in Heaven by Jeanine Cummins is subtitled ‘A Memoir of Murder and Its Aftermath’. It’s a harrowing and honest description of a terrible crime and the effects it had on the victims’ families, friends and acquaintances.
It’s a terrific, moving book and is very highly recommended.
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Epsom Downs
These two horses and riders appeared from nowhere and I just pointed the camera and fired off. Unfortunately the camera was on manual settings and all the settings were wrong! But a lot of editing recovered an image with some merit.
This is a view that I’ve taken many times, but with some playful editing the architecture becomes more apparent.
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Very funny, grandad!
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Oh, Epsom!
Things have changed in the handful of years since I last wandered around Epsom. The train station has been rebuilt beyond recognition, and for the better (see images).Shocking is the loss of the only bookshop, Waterstones.
When I mentioned the missing Waterstones to the man in the bank, he said there was a ‘Will Smiths’. He then corrected himself by saying he’d confused the Will Smith movie he’d watched the night before with ‘W H Smiths’, which sells greetings cards, magazines and books! Some people think W H Smiths is a bookshop.
According to the local newspaper, Waterstones is to return to Epsom…
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