White Shoe: How a New Breed of Wall Street Lawyers Changed Big Business and the American Century
By: John Oller
3.81
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating true story of how a group of visionary attorneys helped make American business syno…
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1. M&A Titans: How the Pioneers of Wall Street's Mergers and Acquisitions Industry Shaped the Corporate World
By: Brett Cole
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
This book focuses on the 11 men, lawyers and bankers, who are responsible for the creation of Wall … read more
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2. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson
4.08
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more
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"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
3. Love in the Ruins
By: Walker Percy
3.31
Format: None pages,
Dr. Tom More has created a stethoscope of the human spirit. With it, he embarks on an unforgettable… read more
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4. Powerhouse
By: James Andrew Miller
4.16
Format: 384 pages, ebook
An astonishing--and astonishingly entertaining--history of Hollywood's transformation over the past… read more
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5. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
By: Graham Allison
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE HEADING TOWARD A WAR NEITHER WANTS. The reason is Thucydides's Trap… read more
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6. Silence
By: Shūsaku Endō , William Johnston
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
Beneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees, staring in front of me. And… read more
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7. 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
8. The Lost Letters of Pergamum: A Story from the New Testament World
By: Ben Witherington III , Bruce W. Longenecker
3.51
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
Transported two thousand years into the past, readers are introduced to Antipas, a Roman civic lead… read more
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9. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
By: Adam Hochschild
4.21
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more
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10. 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
11. Romney: A Reckoning
By: McKay Coppins
4.36
Format: 416 pages, ebook
A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more
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12. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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"What are we really doing here?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
13. The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom
By: Andrew Peterson
4.49
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
There’s a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They’re bo… read more
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14. 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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"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
15. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
By: Zeke Faux
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more
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16. 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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17. Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
By: Uri Kaufman
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Pacy and enthralling." ― Financial Times "Tells the story brilliantly." ―Senator Joseph I. Lieber… read more
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18. The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
By: Ritchie Robertson
4.27
Format: 985 pages, Hardcover
This magisterial history—sure to become the definitive work on the subject—recasts the Enlightenmen… read more
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"When different religion managed to coexist peacefully for a long period, the visibility of other religion tended to weaken one's conviction of the unique excellence of one's own."-Ritchie Robertson, The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
19. White Shoe: How a New Breed of Wall Street Lawyers Changed Big Business and the American Century
By: John Oller
3.81
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating true story of how a group of visionary attorneys helped make American business syno… read more
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20. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
By: Nate Silver
3.84
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more
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