12 Best nonfiction books like Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forrest by Andrew Burrell

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Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forrest

By: Andrew Burrell

3.92

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

"Not just a terrific read, but an important life to have on the national record." - George Negus A…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forrest by Andrew Burrell , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Kerry Stokes: The Boy from Nowhere by Andrew Rule

1. Kerry Stokes: The Boy from Nowhere

By: Andrew Rule

4.00

Format: 162 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

2. The Girl from Munich

By: Tania Blanchard

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Germany, 1943. The choices she makes will change her life forever. Growing up in Hitler's Germany, … read more

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3. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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

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4. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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5. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

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  • nonfiction
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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6. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"

-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

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7. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

By: Sebastian Mallaby

4.43

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year  Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Ec… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The first notable spinout was Kathy Xu, another woman who managed to flourish in China's venture industry. Rather than studying in the United States, Xu had experienced U.S. instruction at Nanjing Un…"

-Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

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8. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

By: Michael Lewis

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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9. The Bookseller at the End of the World

By: Ruth Shaw

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."

-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World

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10. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

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11. Outback (DS Walker, #1)

By: Patricia Wolf

4.18

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Two missing backpackers. One vast outback. DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie… read more

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12. All Our Shimmering Skies

By: Trent Dalton

3.95

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton returns with All Our Shimmering Skies… read more

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"In all these years, he said, he was yet to come across a single gold nugget that brought any real happiness to the person who held it. Long coat bob said his family had found one large nugget long ag…"

-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies

"She spots a large army of green ants building a nest between two thin twig branches of a flimsy tree with floppy green leaves. "Look at this, Yukio," Molly whispers, leaning into the tree where a lin…"

-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies

"And you wouldn't believe what he said then, Tom Berry whispered to his enraptured audience. He said, he and his family saw no value whatsoever in all that gold. He said real treasure was a fresh wate…"

-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies

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13. Over My Dead Body (William Warwick, #4)

By: Jeffrey Archer

4.07

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

A Polícia Metropolitana de Londres acaba de anunciar uma nova unidade de Casos Arquivados com o pro… read more

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14. Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy

By: Matthew Campbell

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billio… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Campbell's Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy book and Andrew Burrell's Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forrest

  • nonfiction
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15. MY SHOUT AT THE DALY WATERS PUB: My extraordinary story of owning what is arguably the most famous outback hotel in Australia.

By: Mark Venable

4.27

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

The historic Daly Waters Pub is in the middle of a 1,000,000 acre cattle station, with the nearest … read more

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Cover of Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forrest by Andrew Burrell

16. Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forrest

By: Andrew Burrell

3.92

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

"Not just a terrific read, but an important life to have on the national record." - George Negus A… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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17. The Whitlam Mob

By: Mungo MacCallum

4.12

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

“We were a motley mob, we sans-culottes of Canberra …”In this vastly entertaining book, Mungo MacCa… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Price of Fortune: The Untold Story of Being James Packer by Damon Kitney

18. The Price of Fortune: The Untold Story of Being James Packer

By: Damon Kitney

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The acclaimed biography of James Packer. James Packer turns to Greek mythology in an attempt to exp… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Boganaire: The Rise and Fall of Nathan Tinkler by Paddy Manning

19. Boganaire: The Rise and Fall of Nathan Tinkler

By: Paddy Manning

3.75

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

From blue collar to billionaire … Hunter Valley mine electrician Nathan Tinkler borrowed big in 20… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Millionaires' Factory: The inside story of how Macquarie Bank became a global giant by Joyce Moullakis

20. The Millionaires' Factory: The inside story of how Macquarie Bank became a global giant

By: Joyce Moullakis

3.93

Format: 581 pages, Kindle Edition

The extraordinary and revealing story of the Australian bank that took on the world, and the cultur… read more

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Cover of Kerry Packer: Tall Tales and True Stories by Michael Stahl

21. Kerry Packer: Tall Tales and True Stories

By: Michael Stahl

4.08

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Kerry Packer was instrumental in shaping Australia's media landscape and culture. For 30 years he c… read more

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4.42

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Michael Lewis

3.80

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4.25

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Amy Tintera

4.13

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Alex Finlay

3.79

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Sally Hepworth

4.04

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Garry Disher

3.99

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