I found out recently that my great uncle David Nell wrote a book chronicling his time as a POW. My mum told me about it and showed me the copy of the book signed by him for her birthday. Given I would like to be a published writer I liked the fact that a member of my family has done it.
I found a copy on Amazon and bought it for my bookshelf. It’s not the usual book i would read but I am going to as it was written by family.
The book is called POW – The Diary of a Prisoner of War. He was taken prisoner in North Africa on 28th June 1942. It’s set out in diary format and tells an amazing story.
The other book news is one of the books that I got for fathers day, this one came from a suggestion from Casey Neistat. Normally I don’t buy based solely on something like that but this book covers the hunt for the mastermind behind the silk road. I read an amazing article on Wired that is well worth a read. The book is called American Kingpin, from Nick Bilton. I have only just started it but so far its pretty good. If you like that sort of book its well worth a read. i don’t read many non fiction books but this one is shaping up to be a good one.
