| 1. |  | Outliers: The Story of Success
from Little, Brown and Company
Price: $15.39
Customer Review:
"Outliers", like other Gladwell books, is very enjoyable. It offers some interesting perspectives about what makes some people more successful than others, with particular emphasis on those who far exceed expectations. Many of the book's criticisms focus on what the book is not. I think that is a... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Price: $16.77
Customer Review:
Mr. Friedman does an excellent job of describing the problem. He also leaves no doubt about the urgent need for a solution. He discusses many viable renewable energy sources, but recognizes the need for a reliable robust clean long term 'renewable' energy source to the provide the US and the world... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
from Bantam
Price: $21.00
Customer Review:
I'm devouring this enormous book so fast that I'm getting a "Snowball Headache" LOL
His approach to investing is well displayed in the book and fun to watch develop over time as he moves from selling newspapers and used golf balls to become an icon in the world of finance. His life, and the... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.
from Wiley
Price: $11.27
Customer Review:
While there is some interesting information here, I found the book sketchy and ominous in more ways than one. It offers an "objective view from all sides," which in the U.S. today means from far right to right to center right. Who is to blame for our debts? Oh, politicians, of course. There is no... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
from Penguin Press HC, The
Price: $17.61
Customer Review:
Ferguson deserved considerable credit in Colossus for suggesting that a reckoning was upon us. In this book, written before the real calamity hit, he points to the assumptions that have been made leading to the crash. It's plain that no there's no quick fix, that problems are deep, but not without... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us ... and What to Do About It
from Harper
Price: $16.17
Customer Review:
It is always good to study both sides of current issues.After reading
Mr. Morris's book, I fear that the mindless masses who believed the print media and the big three TV news channels have been brain washed once again. The vicious circle of poorly educated people who tend to vote for... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
from Harper Perennial
Price: $9.57
Customer Review:
Amity Shlaes has written an excellent book. She presents a balanced and mutually negative view of both a removed, mechanistic Hoover and a vindictive, manipulative Roosevelt. The author feels that the election of 1936 saw the creation of two things that have had disasterus results that have... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets: How to Keep Your Portfolio Up When the Market is Down (Little Books. Big Profits)
from Wiley
Price: $13.57
Customer Review:
Like a lot of good investment advice, Peter Schiff's may have come a little early. Commodity prices have gone into free fall since the summer of 2008 when the book was written, while the US dollar has strengthened dramatically. However Schiff's logic is fundamentally sound - much like the gang at... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
from Back Bay Books
Price: $8.99
Customer Review:
The book is interesting, with some enlightening stories and amusing anecdotes.
However, I take exception Mr. Gladwell's touting of the small-changes-can-lead-to-big-consequences 'butterfly effect' philosophy as if it were his own. Either he is not very well versed in the world of chaos... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books)
from Wiley
Price: $18.45
Customer Review:
Peter Schiff is a professional doomsayer who strongly makes the case that the American economy is going to hell in a hand basket. Fast.
He lays out this case in his book, CRASH PROOF. Given the backdrop of recent months, it is hard to say he is wrong. The book came out @ February of 2007 so... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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