| 1. |  | The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
from Bantam
Price: $21.00
Customer Review:
Enjoyed this book greatly. Also have read the shorter Buffet bio by Roger Lowenstein (sp?) and that is also good. This book however really allowed me to see how Buffet works and views the world. Recommend. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Call Me Ted
from Grand Central Publishing
Price: $19.80
Customer Review:
Ted Turner reveals himself as a lot more than the "mouth of the South." Funny, sad, insightful, tragic, uplifting and inspiring. He will always be a Ted for all seasons. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life
from Wiley
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
Brilliant, inspiring, and short -- a great combination. Bogle understands our finance/investment systems as well as anyone in the world, from the inside, and presents here the clearest, most concise diagnosis of what is wrong I have ever read. A return to the fundamental values and integrity that he... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $9.69
Customer Review:
Michael Lewis does an excellent job describing the internal history of Salomon Brothers in the 1980s. He writes an easy-to-read narrative that is not only a pleasure to read, but is also a sarcastic and detailed examination of how business is done on Wall Street. While Lewis writes specifically... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It
from Collins Business
Price: $17.13
Customer Review:
This book is a difficult read. The author has to "imagine" what it was like back in the day when this lady lived. She references that many times because she (or anyone) does not have any facts regarding the exact life of this subject in her early years. This book is only for people who are really,... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
from Plume
Price: $9.73
Customer Review:
I found this book an amazing read. It combined reality with subterfuge on a massive scale, and showed how modern Imperialism impoverishes third world countries while making their political families wealthy and indebting these nations. This is all deemed necessary to turn them into the pawns in the... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Millionaire Next Door
from Pocket
Price: $10.20
Customer Review:
I've read a ton of personal finance books before and during my career as a Certified Financial Planner, and I'd have to rate this one in my top five of all time. In fact, if someone were to ask me out of the blue for one personal finance book they should read, this is usually my recommendation.more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future
from Crown Business
Price: $17.79
Customer Review:
This book is almost two books in one. First, there is Pickens's retelling of the exciting moments and big deals from his life and the money he's made. For anyone interested in his prior deals at Mesa or BP Capital, this is the book for you. For someone more interested in his energy policy or ideas... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 9. | ![]() | Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
from Lightyear Press
Customer Review:
I do think it's a great book, that's why I ordered it overseas.
But,after a long-time-waiting,I haven't received it yet.So I don't have chance to read it at all. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch
from Broadway
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
I recently finished a book about Hunter S. Thompson and submitted a review here on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A2C0VWKDHA1MON/ref=cm_rna_own_review_more?ie=UTF8&sort%5Fby=MostRecentReview#R1H4GMOLZY7J0A.
How fortunate I was to find as a X-Mas present, this... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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