20 must-read nonfiction books like The Fed and Lehman Brothers: Setting the Record Straight on a Financial Disaster (Studies in Macroeconomic History) by Laurence M. Ball

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The Fed and Lehman Brothers: Setting the Record Straight on a Financial Disaster (Studies in Macroeconomic History)

By: Laurence M. Ball

3.94

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

The bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers was the pivotal event of the 2008 financial c…

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1. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

By: None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.98

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First published in the Soviet… read more

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"A couple of ounces ruled your life."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"It's all so arty there's no art left in it."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Two roubles. Worn notes that didn't rustle."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Гении не подгоняют трактовку под вкус тиранов!"

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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2. 1776

By: David McCullough

4.09

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"

-David McCullough, 1776

"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."

-David McCullough, 1776

"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."

-David McCullough, 1776

"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"

-David McCullough, 1776

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3. This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

By: Carmen M. Reinhart , None

3.77

Format: 460 pages, Hardcover

Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recov… read more

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  • history
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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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4. Das Kapital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
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5. Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves

By: Andrew Ross Sorkin

4.54

Format: None pages,

Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the g… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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6. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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7. Seeking Value: Interviews with the World's Leading Value Investors

By: Ronald Chan , Ronald W. Chan

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
  • finance
  • business

8. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

By: Cal Newport

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this sk… read more

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9. Crash of the Titans: Greed, Hubris, the Fall of Merrill Lynch, and the Near-Collapse of Bank of America

By: None

3.91

Format: 144 pages,

The intimate, fly-on-the wall tale of the decline and fall of an America icon With one notable exce… read more

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10. For Whom the Bell Tolls

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Sp… read more

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11. 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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12. 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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13. Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises

By: None

3.86

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then as President Barack Obama's secretary… read more

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14. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

By: Mike Duncan

4.00

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Afte… read more

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15. Dubliners

By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more

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16. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
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17. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

By: Siddharth Kara

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
"Now you understand how people like us work?"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"

-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

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18. 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
  • economics
  • history
  • business
"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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19. When McKinsey Comes to Town

By: Walt Bogdanich

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more

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  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"

-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town

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20. 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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  • nonfiction
  • economics
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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21. The Trading Game: A Confession

By: Gary Stevenson

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more

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  • finance
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22. Shoemaker: The Untold Story of the British Family Firm that Became a Global Brand

By: Joe Foster

4.09

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable story of how Joe Foster developed Reebok into one of the world's most famous sports … read more

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23. Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

By: Mehdi Hasan

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Win Every Argument shows how anyone can communicate with confidence, r… read more

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24. The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes

By: Zachary D. Carter

4.43

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning biography of world-changing economist John Maynard Keynes and the big ideas that out… read more

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  • finance
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25. What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?

By: Stephen Wolfram

3.91

Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition

Nobody expected this—not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of wr… read more

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26. Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game

By: Walker Deibel

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Entrepreneurs have a startups. Almost all startups either fail or never truly reach a sustainable … read more

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27. A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961–2021

By: Alan S. Blinder

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kenn… read more

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  • finance
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28. The Long Hangover: Putin's New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past

By: Shaun Walker

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In The Long Hangover, Shaun Walker provides a deeply reported, bottom-up explanation of Russia's re… read more

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  • history
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29. The Fed and Lehman Brothers: Setting the Record Straight on a Financial Disaster (Studies in Macroeconomic History)

By: Laurence M. Ball

3.94

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

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15 Best history books like The Fed and Lehman Brothers: Setting the Record Straight on a Financial Disaster (Studies in Macroeconomic History) by Laurence M. Ball

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1776

David McCullough

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Carmen M. Reinhart , None

3.77

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Das Kapital

Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Transform Your Habits

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Andrew Ross Sorkin

4.54

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Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

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3.91

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Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

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Mary Beard

3.59

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