Books mentioned: Best of the year A Risky Business: An Actuary's Guide to Quantifying and Managing Risk in Society - Catrin Townsend Non-fiction Fluke - Dr Brian Klaas Escape from Model Land - Erica Thompson You're Better Than They Think You Are - Sir Rod Aldridge Blue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne The Power of Moments - Chip Heath, Dan Heath Enzo Ferrari - Luca Dal Monte The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life - Steven Bartlett Churchill - Andrew Roberts Normandy '44 - James Holland D-Day - Antony Beevor Stalingrad - Antony Beevor Band of Brothers - Stephen E. Ambrose D-Day - Stephen E. Ambrose The Battle of the Atlantic - Jonathan Dimbleby Masters of the Air - Donald L. Miller Sicily '43 - James Holland  Becoming Superman - J Michael Straczynski Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higginbotham Challenger - Adam Higginbotham Supercommunicators - Charles Duhigg Methods of Persuasion - Nick Kolenda Imagine Reading This Book - Nick Kolenda Pre-Suasion - Robert Cialdini The Challenger Sale - Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson Dark Psychology and Manipulation - Lucas Bailey The Illusion of Choice - Richard Shotton The Charisma Myth - Olivia Fox Cabane Want - Gillian Anderson We Can All Make It - Sara Davies Single-Minded: My Life in Business - Claude Littner Fiction Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey Caliban's War - James S. A. Corey Abaddon's Gate - James S. A. Corey Cibola Burn - James S. A. Corey Nemesis Games - James S. A. Corey Babylon's Ashes - James S. A. Corey Persepolis Rising - James S. A. Corey Tiamat's Wrath - James S. A. Corey Leviathan Falls - James S. A. Corey The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu, Ken Liu Pompeii - Robert Harris Greyhound - C.S. Forester  The Roommate - Rosie Danan Prelude to Foundation - Isaac Asimov Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov Second Foundation - Isaac Asimov Precipice - Robert Harris French Short Stories - Lingo Mastery Short Stories in French - Olly Richards, Richard Simcott French Sci-Fi Short Stories - Sebastian Cutillo To Children Skin in the Game - Jane Wurwand I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai Jo Malone: My Story The Trials of Life - David Attenborough World War 1 & 2 History for Kids History Brought Alive The Princess Bride - William Goldman Tin Tin – various including TinTin on the Moon Star Wars: In the Shadow of Yavin Some of The Wizard of Oz Collection by - L. Frank Baum The Princess Bride (again) The Adventures of Parsley the Lion Wonka - Sibéal Pounder, Paul King Sing - Dreamworks Both My Family and Other Animals - Gerand Durrell Kensuke's Kingdom - Michael Morpurgo Our next event is Inspiring Pricing at Insurance Hall, London on 20th May 2025 Why attend? 🔹Discover how Inclusion, Integrity, and Innovation can Inspire Pricing Success 🔹Connect with leading pricing professionals and industry experts 🔹Take away practical tools to make real progress toward your goals This isn't just a conference. It's about making real progress.  🎟 Price Writer members: £199 🎟 Non-members: £399 🔹 Only 50 tickets available! Book now: https://inspire.pricewriters.com/ A big thank you to our sponsors Ascentia Partners | MavenBlue | Consumer Intelligence I'd love to see you there