- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan (3 April 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330467875
- ISBN-13: 978-0330467872
- Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 23.6 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 319,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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`Conor Woodman may be that rare thing - a likable city boy. A former market analyst, Woodman wants to see if he can make his dosh by doing business the old way: face to face, haggling, buying and selling. He sets off for Africa with no small aim in mind: to buy camels in Sudan, and double his money selling in Egypt. Enjoyable stuff, in amazing locations.' --The Guardian
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`This is entertaining and enlightening stuff... As the global markets disintegrate, it becomes readily apparent that what Woodman is really trying to do is earn a living, with the emphasis on the living... perhaps the most fascinating conclusion he reaches is that the world is not dominated by big business in the way he believed and perhaps the most satisfying way to make a living is to buy, trade and sell a product, making connections and partners along the way that can be relied on to maintain a livelihood in the future. This is a sobering and reassuring thought at a time when business has never looked so morally bankrupt.'
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Around the World in 80 Trades is wonderful adventure LadLit that follows the author's adventures roughly along the old silk route around the world trying to turn a profit from investments he makes in working capital (camels, coffee, tea, jade, horses, rugs, fish, timber, etc.).
It is written in a light, self deprecating style that is welcome in that the ex-banker turned author-adventurer Conor Woodman does want to make a profit but doesn't take himself too seriously. He hits just the right tone throughout, and the wry humor in the context of his full disclosure of his successes and failures makes for easy, compelling reading.
The book is the result of a companion series broadcast on the UK's Channel Four, but international audiences will not be deprived by missing the video and just reading this fascinating adventure.
Woodman begins and ends his journey in London, over the course of less than a year, and the year is 2008. He returns to a London devastated by the global financial crisis, and closes the book with some wise observations concerning humanity's ongoing global trading culture of interlocking markets (and he doesn't mean electronically linked exchanges, he means roads and clearings serving as places of exchange for goods).
Throughout the book you end up easily sharing with Woodman his successes and failures and end up rooting for him all the way. I won't spoil the fun for future readers, but let's just say there are surprises and tension all the way to the end.
This is an excellent book for economists, adventure lovers, thriller readers, traders, bankers, pop economics readers, or even housewives (my wife also loved the book and counts it among her favorites in years).
Highly recommended and the best book of 2009 already! Riveting!!
It is written in a light, self deprecating style that is welcome in that the ex-banker turned author-adventurer Conor Woodman does want to make a profit but doesn't take himself too seriously. He hits just the right tone throughout, and the wry humor in the context of his full disclosure of his successes and failures makes for easy, compelling reading.
The book is the result of a companion series broadcast on the UK's Channel Four, but international audiences will not be deprived by missing the video and just reading this fascinating adventure.
Woodman begins and ends his journey in London, over the course of less than a year, and the year is 2008. He returns to a London devastated by the global financial crisis, and closes the book with some wise observations concerning humanity's ongoing global trading culture of interlocking markets (and he doesn't mean electronically linked exchanges, he means roads and clearings serving as places of exchange for goods).
Throughout the book you end up easily sharing with Woodman his successes and failures and end up rooting for him all the way. I won't spoil the fun for future readers, but let's just say there are surprises and tension all the way to the end.
This is an excellent book for economists, adventure lovers, thriller readers, traders, bankers, pop economics readers, or even housewives (my wife also loved the book and counts it among her favorites in years).
Highly recommended and the best book of 2009 already! Riveting!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Good enough idea but fairly lightweight - suitable for holiday reading.
Don't expect any in depth analysis on "the new economics".
Don't expect any in depth analysis on "the new economics".
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If you like business & adventure, its THE book
Its a great book and I enjoyed it a lot,
I studying business and its very inspiring, I'd like to do international business and thanks Conor Woodman, I am sure that's what Im... Read more
I studying business and its very inspiring, I'd like to do international business and thanks Conor Woodman, I am sure that's what Im... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Spiyy-julie
An Interesting Idea and Journey
Having seen the tv series I wanted to read the book which gives his first hand narrative and thoughts of his travels and deals as well as the story itself which is a more personal... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Andrew Simpson
Great book
The delivery and condition of the book was great. I highly recommend this book as it is a very fascinating book and provides an insight into the old fashion art of trading goods. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Wany92
Travel and Trading
I caught one of the later episodes of the TV series on the Channel 4, which prompted me to buy the book. Read more
Published 19 months ago by D. Saunders
Easy to read and entertaining
I found this book entertaining and interesting, and even gripping at the end, wanting to see if the author will reach his
profit target or fail. Read more
profit target or fail. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Chris Rawlings
Very Entertaining
I had seen some of the Channel 4 series, but I think the book is more entertaining. Woodman's failures are often tragic, in the sense that you can see what is coming. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by Robert
Buyer Beware
A great book, well written and in many ways better than the accompanying TV series as it gives you some insight into the man himself and the reasons behind his trades. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2009 by M Turner
A must read for the aspiring entreprenuer
The book was recommended to me by a mentor whose opinion I regard highly and boy, was I in for a treat. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2009 by Oluponle Holloway
Travelling and trading
A fascinating book, entertainingly written, in which an economist delves into the world of global commerce by trying to trade his way around the world. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2009 by Tony Allwright
Spices are missing....
I ordered this book and took it with me on my holiday. The book started out very nicely. It was excited to read how he would do his trades in Africa cause anyone who has done some... Read more
Published on 3 July 2009 by L. Cichowski
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