Amazon has sent me the following email and I'm wondering whether to put any of their recommended books in my letter to Father Christmas. Does anybody who's read them have an opinion?
Amazon.co.uk has new recommendations for you based on items you purchased or told us you own. In this message:
. . . We recommend: Betting on Two Year Olds: The Inside Track
by Nick Attenborough
Price: £14.99 Recommended because you purchased or rated: * Class Figures . . . We recommend: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
RRP: £9.99 Price: £5.49 You Save: £4.50 (45%) Recommended because you purchased or rated: * Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street . . . We recommend: Bet with the Best 2: Longshots
by Andrew Beyer
RRP: £18.18 Price: £16.19 You Save: £1.99 (11%) Recommended because you purchased or rated: * Class Figures . . . We recommend: Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting
by King Yao
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Instead of jumping on the bandwagon of people trying to hard to be funny, why don't you explain and give reasons. Presuming you have read the mentioned books.
Instead of jumping on the bandwagon of people trying to hard to be funny, why don't you explain and give reasons. Presuming you have read the mentioned books.
Hull, I haven't read the books in bold type, that's why I'm asking if others can recommend them.
I have read the books in italic type. Fortune's Formula is written in a sickeningly politically correct fashion as most American academic books are these days but it's still worth a read if you want a full explanation of the Kelly Criterion and some gossip about the Mafia running car parks. The other books in italics aren't worth the bother, in my view.
Hull, I haven't read the books in bold type, that's why I'm asking if others can recommend them. I have read the books in italic type. Fortune's Formula is written in a sickeningly politically correct fashion as most American academic books are these