IFAs choose their top summer reads

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With the holiday season well and truly upon us, we ask advisers for their top book recommendations...

Jason Butler, chartered financial planner, Bloomsbury Financial Planning E = mc2 by Brian Cox: I love physics and this book is very interesting and accessible and makes you want to find out more and more. Russia by Jonathan Dimbleby: Written about his fascinating journey through this huge country, Dimbleby also explains the history of Russia. It gives a very good insight into the Russian mind set and culture. Horse's Arse by Charlie Owen: An hilarious ficticious account of the police in the late 1970s written by a retired policemen. I laughed out loud so much that I cried. If you l...

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