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John Carreyrou
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Alfred
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Knopf
Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers.In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work.For years, Holmes had been misleading investors, FDA officials, and her own employees. When Carreyrou, working at The Wall Street Journal, got a tip from a former Theranos employee and started asking questions, both Carreyrou and the Journal were threatened with lawsuits. Undaunted, the newspaper ran the first of dozens of Theranos articles in late 2015. By early 2017, the company's value was zero and Holmes faced potential legal action from the government and her investors. Here is the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a disturbing cautionary tale set amid the bold promises and gold-rush frenzy of Silicon Valley.
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John Carreyrou
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Alfred
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Knopf
Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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This book is a gripping account of the rise and fall of Theranos, a multibillion-dollar startup that promised to revolutionize the medical industry. With its captivating narrative, the book delves into the elaborate scams, corporate intrigue, and the downfall of a company once valued at nearly $10 billion. A must-read for anyone interested in uncovering the truth behind Silicon Valley's biggest scandal.
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Phil Knight
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Simon
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Schuster
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Shoe Dog : A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE
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This book is a must-read for anyone seeking inspiration and insight into building a successful business from the ground up. Phil Knight's memoir takes you on a rollercoaster ride of entrepreneurship, filled with triumphs, setbacks, and invaluable lessons. Through his candid and humorous storytelling, Knight shares the challenges he faced while creating Nike, along with the tight-knit camaraderie that fueled the brand's success. You'll not only gain practical business wisdom but also be inspired to chase your dreams and leave your mark on the world.
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Wall Street legend and bestselling author Jim Rogers offers investing insights and economic, political, and social analysis, drawing on lessons and observations from his lifetime in the markets. Jim Rogers, whose entertaining accounts of his travels around the world--studying the markets from Russia to Singapore from the ground up--has enthralled readers, investors and Wall Street aficionados for decades. In his engaging memoir Street Smarts, Rogers offers pithy commentary from a lifetime of adventure, from his early years growing up a naïve kid in Demopolis, Alabama, to his fledgling career on Wall Street, to his cofounding of the wildly successful Quantum Fund.In Street Smarts, Rogers takes us through the highlights of his life in the financial markets, from his school days at Yale and Oxford--where despite the fact that he didn’t have enough money to afford the appropriate pair of shoes, he coxed the crew and helped to win the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race as well as the Thames Cup, the first of his three Guiness World Records--to his first heady taste of Wall Street in the mid-1960s, and his years helping to run the most successful hedge fund on Wall Street.In the course of his new book, Rogers offers often surprising observations on how the world works–-and what trends he sees in the future. The age of Wall Street, Rogers claims, when the finance industry drove 25% of America’s growth, is over. Tomorrow’s economy will be driven by those who make things--food, energy, goods and consumables. He explains why Asia will be the dominant economic force in the twenty-first century, and discusses why America and the European Union are in decline, and what we need to do to right our economy and society.
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Michael Lewis
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W.
W.
Norton
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Company
The Undoing Project : A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
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The Undoing Project showcases two brilliant minds working in tandem, paving the way for the field of behavioral economics. Through their research, they revolutionized the way society views the human mind, providing insight into the ways in which we make judgments in uncertain situations. This book would be a great read for anyone interested in psychology and human behavior, providing a fascinating look into the lives of two men who made a profound impact on our understanding of decision-making.
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John Carreyrou
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Penguin
Random
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Bad Blood is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of ambition, technology, and corporate fraud. Carreyrou's book is a meticulously researched account that lays bare the details of the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. As entertaining as it is informative, Bad Blood manages to be a thrilling page-turner while also serving as a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of unchecked ambition in the tech industry.
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Mary Buffett
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Pocket
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The Tao of Warren Buffett : Warren Buffett's Words of Wisdom
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If you've ever wished for a mentor to guide you through the complexities of investing, "The Tao of Warren Buffett" might feel like a personal audience with the Oracle of Omaha himself. The book distills Buffett's wit and wisdom into digestible sayings and philosophies that can help shape your financial decisions, whether you're well-versed in the stock market or just starting to consider your financial future. It's a blend of simplicity and depth that could make you rethink how you approach your investments.
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Sheera Frenkel
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July
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2021
An Ugly Truth - Inside Facebook's Battle For Domination
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An Ugly Truth is an insightful dive into the creation and reign of Facebook and the platform's many controversies, examining the impact on our uncontrollable dependence on social media. It is recommended for those with a keen interest in social media and technology's function in our lives. The book's unique feature lies in its detailed reporting and inside knowledge on the workings of Facebook and its employees.
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Leigh Gallagher
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Virgin
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The Airbnb Story : How Three Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions of Dollars ... and Plenty of Enemies
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This is the inside, behind-the-scenes story of airbnb -- the company reshaping how we travel. Two broke art school graduates set up a platform that – in six short years – became the largest provider of accommodation in the world. Now valued at $25.5 billion, it is in the very top tier of Silicon Valley ‘unicorn’ startups.Yet Airbnb has been controversial – disrupting a $500 billion hotel industry makes you a few enemies – and many regulators and politicians want to shut it down. Hotel owners don’t know whether to copy it or kill it, neighbours of Airbnb rentals complain about transient visitors, hosts report increases of damaged property, and some tech industry analysts think it’s grossly overvalued. Beyond the headlines and the horror stories, Airbnb has changed the terms of travel for a whole generation. People who care more about finding like-minded locals than hotel breakfasts, and which has found a platform to build trust between hosts and guests in a way that hotels have struggled to replicate.This is the first, definitive book to tell the remarkable story behind Airbnb in all its forms–cultural zeitgeist, hotel disruptor, enemy to regulators–and the first in-depth character study of its leader Brian Chesky, the thoughtful, curious 34-year old founder and CEO, by the journalist who knows him best. On the way we’ll discover why their business idea took root, the mistakes they made and how they learned from them, how they have grown surrounded by controversy, the parallels with Uber, and where they are going next.
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Michael Lewis
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W.
W.
Norton
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Company
Moneyball (Movie Tie-In Edition) (Movie Tie-In Editions)
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Moneyball is an eye-opening read for sports fans who want to gain insight into how game-changing strategies emerged in baseball. The book is informative, analytical, and easy to read, as Michael Lewis explains the non-traditional approaches that have led to a winning formula for success. Whether a baseball fan or not, readers will appreciate learning how innovation and new thinking can overcome traditional models, even in this age-old sport.
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Bill Clinton
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Knopf
Back to Work : Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
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This book offers insights from a former President of the United States on how government and private sector can work together towards restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, and pursuing strategies for the future. It provides specific recommendations on how to increase bank lending and corporate investment, double exports, and restore the manufacturing base to create new businesses. One of the recommended strategies is to adopt green technology, which can create both fast-growing economy and national security. Overall, the book stresses on the need for cooperation between government and the private sector in restoring prosperity.
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Shing Huei Peh
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Straits
Times
Press
Neither Civil Nor Servant
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This book would be a good read for someone who is intrigued by the unconventional and wants to learn about the accomplishments and mindset of a rule-breaking civil servant. Peh Shing Huei’s engaging and enthralling writing uncovers the behind-the-scenes stories of some of Singapore’s biggest post-independence military, economic, and political adventures. Through the authorized biography of Philip Yeo, readers will gain fascinating insights into the unconventional approaches of a pioneer civil servant who preferred action over talk, challenged the status quo, and was not afraid to offend.
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Ben Mezrich
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Little,
Brown
Bitcoin Billionaires : A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption
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Recommended for readers interested in the Winklevosses' journey of redemption and crypto's rise to prominence. Mezrich's fast-paced writing style and insider access make for an engaging read.
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Stuart Jeffries
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Verso
Grand Hotel Abyss : The Lives of the Frankfurt School
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“Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative.” — Guardian“An engaging and accessible history.” — New York Review of BooksThis group biography is “an exhilarating page-turner” and “outstanding critical introduction” to the work and legacy of the Frankfurt School, and the great 20th-century thinkers who created it ( Washington Post ).In 1923, a group of young radical German thinkers and intellectuals came together to at Victoria Alle 7, Frankfurt, determined to explain the workings of the modern world. Among the most prominent members of what became the Frankfurt School were the philosophers Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Herbert Marcuse. Not only would they change the way we think, but also the subjects we deem worthy of intellectual investigation. Their lives, like their ideas, profoundly, sometimes tragically, reflected and shaped the shattering events of the twentieth century.Grand Hotel Abyss combines biography, philosophy, and storytelling to reveal how the Frankfurt thinkers gathered in hopes of understanding the politics of culture during the rise of fascism. Some of them, forced to escape the horrors of Nazi Germany, later found exile in the United States. Benjamin, with his last great work—the incomplete Arcades Project —in his suitcase, was arrested in Spain and committed suicide when threatened with deportation to Nazi-occupied France. On the other side of the Atlantic, Adorno failed in his bid to become a Hollywood screenwriter, denounced jazz, and even met Charlie Chaplin in Malibu.After the war, there was a resurgence of interest in the School. From the relative comfort of sun-drenched California, Herbert Marcuse wrote the classic One Dimensional Man , which influenced the 1960s counterculture and thinkers such as Angela Davis; while in a tragic coda, Adorno died from a heart attack following confrontations with student radicals in Berlin.By taking popular culture seriously as an object of study—whether it was film, music, ideas, or consumerism—the Frankfurt School elaborated upon the nature and crisis of our mass-produced, mechanized society. Grand Hotel Abyss shows how much these ideas still tell us about our age of social media and runaway consumption.
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Michael Lewis
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W.
W.
Norton
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Company
The Big Short : Inside the Doomsday Machine
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The real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can't pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren't talking.Michael Lewis creates a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 bestseller Liar's Poker. Out of a handful of unlikely-really unlikely-heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our time.
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Michael Lewis
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W.
W.
Norton
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Company
The Big Short : Inside the Doomsday Machine
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"The Big Short" is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the 2008 financial crisis. Michael Lewis creates a gripping narrative that keeps readers engaged from start to finish with his signature blend of humor and indignation. The book's unique feature is its ability to make complex financial jargon accessible to everyone. It is perfect for those who enjoy true stories about finance and economics, or for anyone who wants to understand the underbelly of the American financial system. It's highly recommended for students of business, economics, and finance, as well as anyone interested in modern history and politics.
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Na
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Simon
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Schuster
Shoe Dog : A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE
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"Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE" is a fascinating tale of Phil Knight's journey and the creation of Nike. With honesty and humor, Knight takes you on a rollercoaster ride of his experiences from his early years of selling shoes from the back of his car to the global success of Nike. The book is not only inspiring, but also packed with valuable lessons on entrepreneurship and overcoming challenges."
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Gregory Zuckerman
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Portfolio
Penguin
The Man Who Solved the Market : How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019
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Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the question investors have been asking for decades: How did Jim Simons do it?Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardJim Simons is the greatest money maker in modern financial history. No other investor--Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros--can touch his record. Since 1988, Renaissance's signature Medallion fund has generated average annual returns of 66 percent. The firm has earned profits of more than $100 billion; Simons is worth twenty-three billion dollars.Drawing on unprecedented access to Simons and dozens of current and former employees, Zuckerman, a veteran Wall Street Journal investigative reporter, tells the gripping story of how a world-class mathematician and former code breaker mastered the market. Simons pioneered a data-driven, algorithmic approach that's sweeping the world.As Renaissance became a market force, its executives began influencing the world beyond finance. Simons became a major figure in scientific research, education, and liberal politics. Senior executive Robert Mercer is more responsible than anyone else for the Trump presidency, placing Steve Bannon in the campaign and funding Trump's victorious 2016 effort. Mercer also impacted the campaign behind Brexit.The Man Who Solved the Market is a portrait of a modern-day Midas who remade markets in his own image, but failed to anticipate how his success would impact his firm and his country. It's also a story of what Simons's revolution means for the rest of us.
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Blake Mycoskie
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Spiegel
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Grau
Start Something That Matters
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In 2006, while travelling in Argentina, young entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie encountered children too poor to afford shoes, who developed injuries on their feet that often led to serious health problems. Blake knew he wanted to help, but rather than start a charity, he went against conventional wisdom and created a for profit business to help the children who he met. With the help of a local shoemaker, Blake struck out to merge activism and fashion in the form of a local canvas shoe worn by farmers and gauchos alike, called the alpargata. Blake called his creation TOMS Shoes (which stands for "Tomorrow's Shoes") and promised to give a pair of new shoes to a child in need for every pair that he sold. Starting with only two hundred pairs of handmade shoes, optimism, and entrepreneurial charisma, Blake successfully launched TOMS into the high fashion world. They can now be seen adorning the feet of celebrities such as Keira Knightley, Scarlett Johansson, and Tobey Maguire.Blake's mission is to prove that you can achieve financial success and make the world a better place at the same time. In this book, he shares the six counterintuitive principles that have guided the growth of TOMS for the past threeMake business personalBe resourceful without resourcesReverse retirementKeep it simpleStay humbleGive more, advertise lessThe result is an inspiring account of a young man whose entrepreneurial spirit was able to affect change in the world, and a call to others to be inspired to do the same.As part of the One for One initiative, Random House will provide a new book to a child in need with every copy of Start Something That Matters purchased.
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Michael Lewis
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Allen
Lane
The Big Short : Inside the Doomsday Machine
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When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news.
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The School of Life, Stuart Patience, Alain de Botton |
The
School
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Life
Great Thinkers : Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today
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This is a collection of some of the most important ideas of Eastern and Western culture — drawn from the works of those philosophers, political theorists, sociologists, artists and novelists whom we believe have the most to offer to us today. We've worked hard to make the thinkers in this book clear, relevant and charming, mining the history of knowledge to bring you the ideas we think have the greatest important to our times. This book contains the canon of The School of Life, the gallery of individuals across the millennia who help to frame our intellectual project — and we will have succeeded if, in the days and years ahead, you find yourself turning to our thinkers to illuminate the multiple dilemmas, joys and griefs of daily life.
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Howard Schultz With Joanne Gordon
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Rodale,
Inc
Onward : How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
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Onward is the remarkable story of how Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks came back after facing painful revelation about internal troubles in the company's sustainability. Schultz offers readers an extraordinarily intimate look at his daily decision-sessions in Seattle, to conversation with coffee farmers in Rwanda, to investor presentations in New York during the worst of the economic turmoil. Onward is more than just a business book. Personally inspiring and unexpected candid, it brings a dramatic story to life with the emotional power and narrative suspense of a novel.
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Nicholas Carlson
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Hodder
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Stoughton
Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!
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This book would be particularly appealing to entrepreneurs or those interested in business strategy. It offers a fascinating look into Marissa Mayer's leadership and decision-making, as well as the inner workings of a tech giant. Readers can expect plenty of drama and corporate intrigue, as well as insights into what it takes to revive a struggling company in the digital age.
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Blake J. Harris
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Dey
Street
Books
Console Wars : Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation
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Console Wars would be a great read for video game enthusiasts interested in the history and business aspect of the industry. The book provides an in-depth look at how Sega challenged Nintendo's video game monopoly, the unconventional tactics used by Tom Kalinske and his team to transform Sega, and the corporate war that followed. It is unique in its focus on the business side of the video game industry and provides insights into the strategies of market leaders.
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J.D. Vance
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William
Collins
Hillbilly Elegy : A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE by director Ron Howard 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist 'A memoir of life in the Trump-voting white working class is the political book of the year' Sunday Times 'Hillbilly Elegy' is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis-that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside.
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Mary Buffett
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Pocket
Books
The Tao of Warren Buffett : Warren Buffett's Words of Wisdom
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John Helyar, Bryan Burrough |
Harper
Business
Barbarians at the Gate : The Fall of RJR Nabisco
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Barbarians at the Gate offers a gripping account of the infamous $25 billion leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco in the 80s. It's a must-read for anyone interested in learning about the inner workings of the corporate world, and how greed and ambition can lead to the demise of even the biggest companies. Reviewed as a superlative and hard to imagine a better account, this book can be a perfect pick for readers interested in finance and corporate history.
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Olaudah Equiano, Angelo Costanzo |
Broadview
Press
The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano
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Recommended for those interested in personal narratives and history. Provides important insight into the life of a slave, as well as the historical context of the abolitionist movement.
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Stone Brad
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Random
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Uk
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
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"The Everything Store" offers an unparalleled look into the creation of Amazon, the largest company in the world. Through his exhaustive research, Brad Stone uncovers the man behind the success, Jeff Bezos, and his unrelenting drive to revolutionize retail. This book would be a great read for anyone interested in the story of one of the most influential companies in the world and its visionary founder.
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Amazon Unbound could be a good read for business enthusiasts who want to understand one of the world's most powerful and feared companies' operations. The book covers Amazon's evolution and acquisitions over the last decade, including the turn in public sentiment that criticizes Amazon's monopolistic practices. The book provides a well-researched and unvarnished portrait of Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos.
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Lionel Barber
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Wh
Allen
The Powerful And The Damned - Private Diaries In Turbulent Times
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'As FT editor, I was a privileged interlocutor to people in power around the world, each offering unique insights into high-level decision-making and political calculation, often in moments of crisis. These diaries offer snapshots of leadership in an age of upheaval...'Lionel Barber was Editor of the Financial Times for the tech boom, the global financial crisis, the rise of China, Brexit, and mainstream media's fight for survival in the age of fake news.In this unparalleled, no-holds-barred diary of life behind the headlines, he reveals the private meetings and exchanges with political leaders on the eve of referendums, the conversations with billionaire bankers facing economic meltdown, exchanges with Silicon Valley tech gurus and pleas from foreign emissaries desperate for inside knowledge, all against the backdrop of a wildly shifting media landscape.The result is a fascinating - and at times scathing - portrait of power in our modern age; who has it, what it takes and what drives the men and women with the world at their feet. Featuring close encounters with Trump, Cameron, Blair, Putin, Merkel and Mohammed Bin Salman and many more, this is a rare portrait of the people who continue to shape our world and who quite literally, make the news.
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Michael Lewis
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Hodder
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Stoughton
Liar's Poker : From the author of the Big Short
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Liar's Poker is a witty and eye-opening memoir that delves into the nitty-gritty world of Wall Street's brokers and traders in the mid-80s. Michael Lewis narrates his rise from trainee to bond salesman, offering an exciting and hilarious glimpse into the high-stakes world of finance. With insightful observations about the culture of greed and ambition that surrounds the business, this memoir is a valuable and entertaining read for anyone looking to understand the powerful forces that drive Wall Street.
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Sanjaya Baru
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India
Penguin
The Accidental Prime Minister : The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh
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The Accidental Prime Minister is a must-read for anyone interested in politics, providing insight into the inner workings and behind-the-scenes moments of India's government. The book's most unique aspect is its first-hand account by someone in such close proximity to the Prime Minister, offering a perspective not otherwise available to the public.
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Roger Lowenstein
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Fourth
Estate
When Genius Failed : The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management
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Picking up where Liar's Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer's desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless wealth for themselves and their partners. Founded by John Meriweather, a notoriously confident bond dealer, along with two Nobel prize winners and a floor of Wall Street's brightest and best, Long-Term Captial Management was from the beginning hailed as a new gold standard in investing. It was to be the hedge fund to end all other hedge a discreet private investment club limited to those rich enough to pony up millions. It became the banks' own favourite fund and from its inception achieved a run of dizzyingly spectacular returns. New investors barged each other aside to get their investment money into LTCM's hands. But as competitors began to mimic Meriweather's fund, he altered strategy to maintain the fund's performance, leveraging capital with credit on a scale not fully understood and never seen before. When the markets in Indonesia, South America and Russia crashed in 1998 LCTM's investments crashed with them and mountainous debts accumulated. The fund was in melt-down, and threatening to bring down into its trillion-dollar black hole a host of financial instiutions from New York to Switzerland. It's a tale of vivid characters, overwheening ambition, and perilous drama told, in Roger Lowenstein's hands, with brilliant style and panache.
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Kogan
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Amazon : How the World's Most Relentless Retailer will Continue to Revolutionize Commerce
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"Amazon" by Natalie Berg is an insightful analysis of the rise of the ecommerce behemoth. The book delves into the disruptive retail strategies of Amazon, providing valuable lessons for any business in the ecommerce sector. Berg analyzes Amazon's cutting-edge innovations, such as voice technology and checkout-free stores, and how they will fundamentally change the way consumers shop. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the future of retail and how Amazon's initiatives will impact the sector."
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Roger Lowenstein
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Buffett : The Making of an American Capitalist
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Recommendation: This book is the perfect read for those who want to know about Warren Buffet's investment strategies and how he became a billionaire through it. The author gives an inside look into Buffett's life and career with interviews from family, friends, and colleagues. The book delves into Buffett's investment philosophy of long-term, undervalued companies and how it reflects his personality. It's a great read for those interested in investing and learning from the best.
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Michael Lewis
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Penguin
The Undoing Project : A Friendship that Changed the World
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Bestselling author Michael Lewis examines how a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, when forced to make judgments about uncertain situations. Their work created the field of behavioral economics, revolutionized Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis’s own work possible. Kahneman and Tversky are more responsible than anybody for the powerful trend to mistrust human intuition and defer to algorithms.The Undoing Project is about the fascinating collaboration between two men who have the dimensions of great literary figures. They became heroes in the university and on the battlefield―both had important careers in the Israeli military―and their research was deeply linked to their extraordinary life experiences. In the process they may well have changed, for good, mankind’s view of its own mind.
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An incisive collection from award-winning author Eula Biss,
Having and Being Had
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Hit Refresh : The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone
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Foreword by Bill GatesMicrosoft’s CEO tells the inside story of the company’s continuing transformation, tracing his own personal journey from a childhood in India to leading some of the most significant technological changes in the digital era. As much a humanist as engineer and executive, Nadella concludes with his vision for the coming wave of intelligent technologies and a distinct call to action for leaders everywhere.Hit Refresh is about individual change, about the transformation happening inside of Microsoft and the technology that will soon impact all of our lives—the arrival of the most exciting and disruptive wave of technology humankind has experienced: artificial intelligence, mixed reality, and quantum computing.It’s about how people, organizations, and societies can and must transform "hit refresh" in their persistent quest for new energy, new ideas, and continued relevance and renewal. At its core, it’s about us humans and how our one unique quality—empathy—will become ever more valuable in a world where technological advancement will disrupt the status quo as never before.Satya Nadella explores a fascinating childhood before immigrating to the U.S. and how he learned to lead along the way. He then shares his meditations as sitting CEO—one who is mostly unknown following the brainy Bill Gates and energetic Steve Ballmer. He tells the inside story of how a company rediscovered its soul—transforming everything from culture to their fiercely competitive landscape and industry partnerships. Nadella concludes with his vision for the coming wave of technology and by exploring the potential impact to society and delivering call to action for world leaders."Ideas excite me," Nadella explains. "Empathy grounds and centers me." Hit Refresh is a reflection, meditations, and series of recommendations presented as algorithms from a principled, deliberative leader searching for improvement—for himself, for a storied company, and for society.
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Billion Dollar Loser - The Epic Rise And Spectacular Fall Of Adam Neumann And Wework
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Billion Dollar Loser is a tale of the meteoric rise and fall of Adam Neumann and his company WeWork. The book vividly captures Neumann's audacious ambition to make WeWork the coolest workplace provider, and how he attracted billions of dollars from the world's most sought-after investors. It chronicles the dramatic events leading up to WeWork's botched IPO and Neumann's ouster, and offers a sobering reckoning of the excesses of American business in the Trump era. If you're interested in a cautionary tale of hubris, ambition, and excess in the startup world, this book is a recommended read.
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How Google Works
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Both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google as seasoned Silicon Valley business executives, but over the course of a decade they came to see the wisdom in Coach John Wooden's observation that 'it's what you learn after you know it all that counts'. As they helped grow Google from a young start-up to a global icon, they relearned everything they knew about management. How Google Works is the sum of those experiences distilled into a fun, easy-to-read primer on corporate culture, strategy, talent, decision-making, communication, innovation, and dealing with disruption.The authors explain how the confluence of three seismic changes - the internet, mobile, and cloud computing - has shifted the balance of power from companies to consumers. The companies that will thrive in this ever-changing landscape will be the ones that create superior products and attract a new breed of multifaceted employees whom the authors dub 'smart creatives'. The management maxims ('Consensus requires dissension', 'Exile knaves but fight for divas', 'Think 10X, not 10%') are illustrated with previously unreported anecdotes from Google's corporate history.'Back in 2010, Eric and I created an internal class for Google managers,' says Rosenberg. 'The class slides all read 'Google confidential' until an employee suggested we uphold the spirit of openness and share them with the world. This book codifies the recipe for our secret sauce: how Google innovates and how it empowers employees to succeed.'
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Kochland is an eye-opening read that delves into the inner workings of one of the world's largest private companies. Christopher Leonard paints a vivid picture of the ruthless business practices that have allowed Koch Industries to become so successful, while also exposing the company's impact on modern society. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of business and politics, or those looking to gain insight into the darker sides of capitalism.
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Rashmi Bansal
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Connect the Dots
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"Connect the Dots" could be a good read for someone who is looking for a practical guide towards starting and building their own business. The book highlights the journeys of 20 successful entrepreneurs in India from humble beginnings who found success by "connecting the dots". The book also explores the importance of recognizing opportunities and taking bold risks in shaping your future, making it an inspiring read for entrepreneurs.
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Bernie Madoff, the Wizard of Lies : Inside the Infamous $65 Billion Swindle
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Since the news broke of Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme, many have speculated about how he did it. But no reporter has been able to get the full story until now. Based on unprecedented access to Madoff, including extensive correspondence and his first interviews for publication since his arrest, and more than 100 interviews with people at all levels and on all sides of the crime, award-winning reporter Diana Henriques provides the ultimate inside story. This true-life financial thriller is packed with dramatic scenes from Madoff's accelerating slide towards self-destruction, heartbreaking details of the disasters that followed, and clear lessons for investors in the future.
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Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg |
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How Google Works
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Seasoned Google executives Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg provide an insider's guide to Google, from its business history and disruptive corporate strategy to developing a new managment philosophy and creating a corporate culture where innovation and creativity thrive.Seasoned Google executives Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg provide an insider's guide to Google, from its business history and disruptive corporate strategy to developing a new managment philosophy and creating a corporate culture where innovation and creativity thrive.Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google over a decade ago as proven technology executives. At the time, the company was already well-known for doing things differently, reflecting the visionary-and frequently contrarian-principles of founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. If Eric and Jonathan were going to succeed, they realized they would have to relearn everything they thought they knew about management and business.Today, Google is a global icon that regularly pushes the boundaries of innovation in a variety of fields. How Google Works is an entertaining, page-turning primer containing lessons that Eric and Jonathan learned as they helped build the company. The authors explain how technology has shifted the balance of power from companies to consumers, and that the only way to succeed in this ever-changing landscape is to create superior products and attract a new breed of multifaceted employees whom Eric and Jonathan dub "smart creatives."Covering topics including corporate culture, strategy, talent, decision-making, communication, innovation, and dealing with disruption, the authors illustrate management maxims ("Consensus requires dissension," "Exile knaves but fight for divas," "Think 10X, not 10%") with numerous insider anecdotes from Google's history, many of which are shared here for the first time.In an era when everything is speeding up, the best way for businesses to succeed is to attract smart-creative people and give them an environment where they can thrive at scale. How Google Works explains how to do just that.
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Michael Lewis
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The Undoing Project : A Friendship that Changed the World
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From the No. 1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, this is the surprising and profound story of the two men whose ideas changed the world.Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky met in war-torn 1960s Israel. Both were gifted young psychology professors: Kahneman a rootless son of holocaust survivors who saw the world as a problem to be solved; Tversky a voluble, instinctual blur of energy. In this breathtaking new book, Michael Lewis tells the extraordinary story of a relationship that became a shared mind: one which created the field of behavioural economics, revolutionising everything from Big Data to medicine, from how we are governed to how we spend, from high finance to football. Kahneman and Tversky, shows Michael Lewis, helped shape the world in which we now live - and may well have changed, for good, humankind's view of its own mind.
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Steve Case
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Simon
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The Third Wave : An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future
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"The Third Wave" could be a good read for individuals interested in technology and entrepreneurship. Steve Case shares his experience and insights on how entrepreneurs, through the Internet, will transform real-world sectors such as education, transportation, and healthcare. His explanation of the Third Wave of the Internet is a unique and thought-provoking concept that will make readers see the world in a different way.
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Michael Lewis
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Flash Boys : A Wall Street Revolt
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Four years after his #1 bestseller The Big Short, Michael Lewis returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets.Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post–financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they come to this realization separately; but after they discover one another, the flash boys band together and set out to reform the financial markets. This they do by creating an exchange in which high-frequency trading—source of the most intractable problems—will have no advantage whatsoever.The characters in Flash Boys are fabulous, each completely different from what you think of when you think “Wall Street guy.” Several have walked away from jobs in the financial sector that paid them millions of dollars a year. From their new vantage point they investigate the big banks, the world’s stock exchanges, and high-frequency trading firms as they have never been investigated, and expose the many strange new ways that Wall Street generates profits.The light that Lewis shines into the darkest corners of the financial world may not be good for your blood pressure, because if you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you. But in the end, Flash Boys is an uplifting read. Here are people who have somehow preserved a moral sense in an environment where you don’t get paid for that; they have perceived an institutionalized injustice and are willing to go to war to fix it.
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Money : The Unauthorised Biography
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Money: The Unauthorised Biography is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and workings of money. Felix Martin's book offers a fresh perspective on the conventional narrative of money's roots to reveal its true origins and power dynamics. The book's vivid storytelling takes readers on a journey through history, giving them a comprehensive understanding of money's role in shaping societies. Its most distinct feature is its ability to critically examine the legitimacy and manipulation of money, turning traditional monetary theories on their head. Readers would praise the book for its unique, informative, easy-to-read, and thought-provoking content.
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Henry M. Paulson Jr., Barney Frank |
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On the Brink : Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
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"On the Brink" offers an unprecedented and personal account of the catastrophic economic events in 2008 through Hank Paulson's experience as the former Secretary of the Treasury. The book humanizes the world of finance, providing readers with insights into the people and politics behind the decisions that shaped the world's impending financial Armageddon. This gripping inside story is a must-read for anyone looking for a better understanding of the global financial crisis.
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