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Investment Biker

Around the World with Jim Rogers

by Jim Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011

Legendary investor Jim Rogers gives us his view of the world on a twenty-two-month, fifty-two-country motorcycle odyssey in his bestselling business/adventure book, Investment Biker, which has already sold more than 200,000 copies. Before you invest another dollar anywhere in the world (including...
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Managing at the Speed of Change

How Resilient Managers Succeed and Prosper Where Others Fail

by Daryl R. Conner
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2006

This classic, newly updated, is an indispensable source for anyone–from mid-level managers to CEOs–who must execute key business initiatives quickly and effectively. Once groundbreaking and now time-honored, Managing at the Speed of Change has helped countless business leaders learn how to orchestrate...
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Hedge Hogs

The Cowboy Traders Behind Wall Street's Largest Hedge Fund Disaster

by Barbara T. Dreyfuss
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013

For readers of The Smartest Guys in the Room and When Genius Failed, the definitive take on Brian Hunter, John Arnold, Amaranth Advisors, and the largest hedge fund collapse in history At its peak, hedge fund Amaranth Advisors LLC had more than $9 billion in assets. A few weeks later, it completely...
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The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath

The Past and Future of American Affluence

by Robert J. Samuelson
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008

The Great Inflation in the 1960s and 1970s, notes award-winning columnist Robert J. Samuelson, played a crucial role in transforming American politics, economy, and everyday life. The direct consequences included stagnation in living standards, a growing belief—both in America and abroad—that...
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Antifragile

Things That Gain from Disorder

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012

***Antifragile *is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan,...
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A Gift to My Children

A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing

by Jim Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009

He’s the swashbuckling world traveler and legendary investor who made his fortune before he was forty. Now the bestselling author of A Bull in China, Hot Commodities, and Adventure Capitalist shares a heartfelt, indispensable guide for his daughters (and all young investors) to find success and...
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The Number

How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America

by Alex Berenson
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2003

In this commanding big-picture analysis of what went wrong in corporate America, Alex Berenson, a top financial investigative reporter for The New York Times, examines the common thread connecting Enron, Worldcom, Halliburton, Computer Associates, Tyco, and other recent corporate scandals: the cult...
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Hot Commodities

How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market

by Jim Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2004

The next bull market is here. It’s not in stocks. It’s not in bonds. It’s in commodities –and some smart investors will be riding that bull to record returns in the next decade. Before Jim Rogers hit the road to write his bestselling books Investment Biker and Adventure Capitalist,...
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The Logic of Life

The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

by Tim Harford
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent?...
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The Bed of Procrustes

Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010

***Bed of Procrustes *is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black...
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The Inner Game of Stress

Outsmart Life's Challenges and Fulfill Your Potential

by W. Timothy Gallwey, Edd Hanzelik, John Horton
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009

Renowned sports psychology expert W. Timothy Gallwey teams up with two esteemed physicians to offer a unique and empowering guide to mental health in today’s volatile world. The Inner Game of Stress applies the trusted principles of Gallwey’s wildly popular Inner Game series, which have helped...
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Mindset

The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2006

The updated edition of the book that has changed millions of lives with its insights into the growth mindset. After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant...
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Smarter Faster Better

The Transformative Power of Real Productivity

by Charles Duhigg
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Power of Habit comes a fascinating book that explores the science of productivity, and why managing how you think is more important than what you think—with an appendix of real-world lessons to apply to your life. At the core of Smarter...
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The End of Country

Dispatches from the Frack Zone

by Seamus McGraw
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011

“A rare, honest, beautiful, and, yes, sometimes heartbreaking examination of the echoes of water-powered natural gas drilling—or fracking—in the human community . . . vivid, personal and emotional.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune ** ** Susquehanna County, in the remote northeastern corner of...
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