{"id":1202,"date":"2017-06-20T18:05:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T18:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/procrastinationstation.me.uk\/Blog\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2017-06-20T22:43:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T22:43:10","slug":"21st-june-2017-pow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/procrastinationstation.me.uk\/?p=1202","title":{"rendered":"21st June 2017 – Book News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The book is called POW – The Diary of a Prisoner of War. He was taken prisoner in North Africa on 28th June 1942. \u00a0It’s set out in diary format and tells an amazing story.<\/p>\n

\"\"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\u00a0Wired<\/a>\u00a0that 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.<\/p>\n

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