Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond
By: Alasdair Nairn
4.37
Format: 494 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive history of market-shaping industries and their impact on how we invest today This e…
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1. Mastery
By: Robert Greene
4.26
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
In this book, Robert Greene demonstrates that the ultimate form of power is mastery itself. By anal… read more
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"Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain."-Robert Greene, Mastery
"The problem is that we humans are deep conformists."-Robert Greene, Mastery
"The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus."-Robert Greene, Mastery
"Read more books than those who have a formal education, developing this into a lifelong habit."-Robert Greene, Mastery
2. Capital Returns: Investing Through the Capital Cycle: A Money Manager’s Reports 2002-15
By: Edward Chancellor
4.41
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
We live in an age of serial asset bubbles and spectacular busts. Economists, policymakers, central … read more
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3. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
By: Ron Chernow
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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4. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
By: Philip E. Tetlock , Dan Gardner
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Bestseller An EconomistBest Book of 2015 "The most important book on decision maki… read more
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5. A Short History of Financial Euphoria
By: John Kenneth Galbraith
4.02
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
The world-renowned economist offers "dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip… read more
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6. The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
By: Michael Lewis
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"A superb book...[Lewis] makes Silicon Valley as thrilling and intelligible as he made Wall Street … read more
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7. The Alchemy of Finance
By: George Soros , Paul A. Volcker
3.00
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
New chapter by Soros on the secrets to his success along with a new Preface and Introduction. New F… read more
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8. Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy
By: Joan Magretta
3.91
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
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9. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren
4.28
Format: 916 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more
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"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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10. Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
By: Kenneth L. Fisher , Philip A. Fisher
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Widely respected and admired, Philip Fisher is among the most influential investors of all time. Hi… read more
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11. The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How not to be your own worst enemy
By: James Montier
4.12
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A detailed guide to overcoming the most frequently encountered psychological pitfalls of investing … read more
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"Groups have powerful self-reinforcing mechanisms at work. These can lead to group polarization—a tendency for members of the group to end up in a more extreme position than they started in because th…"-James Montier, The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How not to be your own worst enemy
"This focus on the short term is hard to reconcile with any fundamental view of investing. We can examine the drivers of equity returns to see what we need to understand in order to invest. At a one-y…"-James Montier, The Little Book of Behavioral Investing: How not to be your own worst enemy
12. 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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"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
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13. American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
By: H.W. Brands
3.53
Format: 320 pages,
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14. 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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15. 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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16. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
3.67
Format: 363 pages, Paperback
Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an in… read more
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17. One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market
By: John Rothchild , Peter Lynch
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
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18. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
By: Daniel Yergin
0.00
Format: None pages,
The Prizerecounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth and power that has al… read more
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19. Men, Machines, and Modern Times
By: None
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Men, Machines, and Modern Times, though ultimately concerned with a positive alternative to an Orwe… read more
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20. Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
By: Tom Chivers
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A captivating and user-friendly tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from t… read more
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21. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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22. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
By: Annie Duke
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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23. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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24. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
By: Javier Blas
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more
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"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
25. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
By: Mustafa Suleyman
3.86
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more
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26. 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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27. Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
By: William Green
4.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From a renowned financial journalist comes a fresh, “engaging” (The New York Times), and profound b… read more
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28. Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns, Revised and Updated (Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing Series)
By: Michael J. Mauboussin
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Most investment books try to assess the attractiveness of a stock price by estimating the value of … read more
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29. The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time
By: Jim McKelvey
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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30. Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy
By: Bruce C. Greenwald
4.32
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Since 1980, Michael Porter’s classic Competitive Strategy has provided the methodology that most bi… read more
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31. Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond
By: Alasdair Nairn
4.37
Format: 494 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive history of market-shaping industries and their impact on how we invest today This e… read more
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