It's Only Money
UK £6.99,Canada $15.00,
UK Publication June 2006
ISBN 9781840467383
Paperback
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'Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.' Woody Allen
Presumably a sentiment shared by billionaire Eli Broad, who used his American Express card to buy Lichtenstein's painting 'I - I'm Sorry' for $2.5 million, earning him enough air miles to take him and eight friends to the moon and back.
'Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly', Hollywood star George Raft told his bank manager. What do you suppose Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond told theirs when they burnt a million quid in the name of art?
Peter Pugh's deft combination of money, history and incredible money facts reveals that it's really not something to worry about - its value will soon change. From the very serious to the utterly ridiculous, It's Only Money tells you how to buy yourself an £8,000 lunch, why children are a bad investment, and how the Queen has somehow spent £5 billion in fifteen years.
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Peter Pugh was educated at Oundle and Cambridge where, as a member of the University golf team, he played on many of the Colt-designed courses featured in Creating Classics. He was also a member for many years of three of them - Royal Lytham & St Annes, Royal Worlington & Newmarket and Woodhall Spa. He has written over 50 books about companies, hotels and clubs, including a recently published history celebrating the centenary of Stoke Park Club whose golf course was also laid out by Harry Colt.See more books by: Peter Pugh
