What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
By: Stephen A. Schwarzman
4.13
Format: 400 pages, Audio CD
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Blackstone chairman, CEO, and co-founder Stephen A. Schwarzman, a lo…
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1. More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
By: Sebastian Mallaby
4.10
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Based on author Sebastian Mallaby's unprecedented access to the industry, including three hundred h… read more
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2. Liar's Poker
By: Michael Lewis
4.15
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker. Michael L… read more
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- economics
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"Buy potatoes,"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"The difference between Strauss and Ranieri?"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"A commercial banker wasn’t any more a troublemaker than Dagwood Bumstead."-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
3. The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders
By: Connie Bruck
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
During the 1980s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert was the Billionaire Junk Bond King. He i… read more
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- economics
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4. Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel
By: Sam Zell
3.50
Format: 0 pages,
The traits that make Sam Zell one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs also make him one of… read more
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- biography
- entrepreneurship
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- business
- leadership
5. King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
By: David Carey , None , John E. Morris
4.04
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Strippers and Flippers . . . or a New Positive Force Helping to Drive the Economy . . . The unto… read more
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- biography
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6. Principles: Life and Work
By: Jeremy Bobb , Ray Dalio
3.99
Format: None pages, Audio CD
#1 New York Times Bestseller "Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving." … read more
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7. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
By: Charles T. Munger , None
4.42
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
EXPANDED THIRD EDITION includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address. Edited by Peter… read more
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- personal development
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- nonfiction
- economics
- business
- self help
"What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational"-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life preceding it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life perfecting it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"How to find a good spouse? -the best single way is to deserve a good spouse."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
8. The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
By: Howard Marks
3.81
Format: 75 pages, Hardcover
"This is that rarity, a useful book."--Warren Buffett Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of O… read more
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9. The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
By: William N. Thorndike Jr.
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something different." -- John Templ… read more
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10. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
By: Bryan Burrough , John Helyar
4.27
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at… read more
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"With every girl there was a moment before you broke up when you knew - you just knew - that if you left her right then, you would never make up."-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
"Something had to be done fast. A letter: that was the answer. As many lawyers do when nursing a grievance, Nusbaum knew it was important to get their anger down into writing. As Cohen and the investm…"-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
11. Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
By: Roger Lowenstein
4.19
Format: 475 pages, Paperback
Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment, Warren Buffett amasse… read more
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"A compact organization lets all of us spend our time managing the business rather than managing each other."-Roger Lowenstein, Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
"Buffett does enjoy being a billionaire, but in offbeat ways. As he put it, though money cannot change your health or how many people love you, it lets you be in 'more interesting environments."-Roger Lowenstein, Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
"The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded by a cult of specialization. We have no more giants; only obedient ants."-Roger Lowenstein, Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
"Buffett found it 'extraordinary' that academics studied such things. They studied what was measurable, rather than what was meaningful. 'As a friend [Charlie Munger] said, to a man with a hammer, eve…"-Roger Lowenstein, Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
12. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more
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"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
13. The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
By: Robert Iger
4.41
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A grand vision defined: The CEO of The Walt Disney Company shares the ideas and values he has used … read more
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- self help
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- business
- leadership
"If you don't innovate, You die"-Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
"The path to innovation begins with curiosity"-Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
"If something doesn't feel right to you, then it's probably not right for you"-Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
"If you're in the business of making something, be in the business of making something great"-Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
14. How to Invest: Masters on the Craft
By: David M. Rubenstein
3.95
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A master class on investing featuring conversations with the biggest nam… read more
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15. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
By: Gregory Zuckerman
4.03
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the … read more
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- economics
- business
16. The Caesars Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street
By: Sujeet Indap
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
It was the most brutal corporate restructuring in Wall Street history. The 2015 bankruptcy brawl fo… read more
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17. How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
By: Brad Jacobs
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Do you have a burning passion to make a lot of money in business? Are you ready to turbocharge your… read more
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18. What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
By: Stephen A. Schwarzman
4.13
Format: 400 pages, Audio CD
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Blackstone chairman, CEO, and co-founder Stephen A. Schwarzman, a lo… read more
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- finance
- nonfiction
- economics
- business
- leadership
19. The Dealmaker: Lessons from a Life in Private Equity
By: Guy Hands
3.91
Format: None pages, ebook
An inside account of the multi-billion pound world of private equity and a masterclass on the art o… read more
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20. Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire
By: Andrew Wilkinson
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Andrew Wilkinson, touted as the Warren Buffett of tech, pulls back the curtain on the lives of the … read more
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