Power, Money & Business
Serious biographies, corporate histories, investment classics and books about how men build and lose fortunes. No motivational paperbacks, no morning routines.
Robert A. Caro · 1974The Power Broker
1,200 pages on a man who never held elected office and rebuilt New York anyway.
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Alice Schroeder · 2008The Snowball
The authorised Buffett, and rather less flattering than the legend allows.
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Niall Ferguson · 2008The Ascent of Money
An elegant and accessible account of financial history, from ancient Mesopotamia to the modern era
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Ron Chernow · 1998Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
The definitive biography of John D. Rockefeller, charting the architect of modern capitalism from humble origins to unparalleled wealth
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Ron Chernow · 1990The House of Morgan
Tracing a century of American finance through the familial and institutional saga of the Morgan dynasty, revealing the intricate dance of capital and power.
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Benjamin Graham · 1949The Intelligent Investor
A foundational text that champions disciplined, long-term investing over speculative fervour
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Charles T. Munger · 2005Poor Charlie's Almanack
A compendium of practical wisdom from one of the sharpest minds in American business
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Bryan Burrough & John Helyar · 1989Barbarians at the Gate
The definitive account of the largest leveraged buyout in history, an epic tale of ambition, greed, and corporate warfare
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Michael Lewis · 1989Liar's Poker
Michael Lewis’s rollicking and surprisingly perceptive memoir of Salomon Brothers at the height of its 1980s bond-trading excesses.
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Peter L. Bernstein · 1996Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
A sweeping intellectual history of humanity's quest to understand, measure, and tame uncertainty
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Phil Knight · 2016Shoe Dog
The intensely personal and surprisingly vulnerable story of Nike’s formative decades
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Daniel Yergin · 1990The Prize
How a single commodity shaped nations, fuelled wars, and defined the global order of the 20th century
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Roger Fisher & William Ury · 1981Getting to Yes
A concise yet profoundly influential guide to principled negotiation, bypassing positional bargaining for mutual gain
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Roger Lowenstein · 2000When Genius Failed
The cautionary saga of Long-Term Capital Management and the perils of financial hubris
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