Book Reviews

Here you will find reviews of books we have read and recommend. The subject matter isn't restricted to purely financial matters but covers business oriented titles too.

If you want to purchase a copy then the links at the bottom of each review will take you to the Amazon site where you can buy.

Our recommended read is The Number by Lee Eisenberg and we have secured a small number of heavily discounted copies that can be purchased directly from us. To read the review please click the link on the left hand side of this page.

Blink

We have met so many clients who have been given bad advice in the past, and virtually all have said that had they followed their instinct they would never have gone through with it. This book takes a good look at our ability to think without thinking - using our gut feelings more.

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The Tipping Point

Another book by Malcolm Gladwell. The Tipping Point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behaviours crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Whilst we didn't want to start a Yellowtail epidemic this book gave us some useful tools in our search for marketing that works.

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The Undercover Economist

Hot on the heels of the US book FREAKonomics this highly entertaining book has a much more British feel about it, which isn't surprising as it's been written by a Brit. An interesting an easy read.

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Where are all the Customer's Yachts?

I have to thank the style guru Stephen Bayley for introducing me to this book, what a marvelous read, and despite being written in 1940, the observations of the people involved in stock trading are as pertinent today as they have always been. Human nature doesn't change.

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Huge thanks from Stephen and I for your extremely valuable advice which we will now pursue. We were really inspired after our meeting and just wish we'd met you years ago!

Sophie Stewart - London

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