Biographies & Profiles:
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High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg
By Naill Ferguson |
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Profiles in Folly: History's Worst Decisions and Why They Went Wrong
By Alan Axelrod
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A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
By Robert A. Caro
A Country of Vast Designs is a detailed history of President Polk and his expansionist legacy. Merry does a great job of bringing the reader into the debates in Congress about the country’s future and shows how an ambitious one-term President pursued his objectives with vigor and accomplished most, if not all, the things he campaigned on. American and Presidential history aficionados should make this biography part of their collection. |
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By Robert A. Caro |
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The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt By T.J. Stiles |
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
By Eric Metaxas |
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Churchill
By Paul Johnson |
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The Politician: An Insider’s Account of John Edwards’s Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal that Brought Him Down
By Andrew Young
The Politician is an unbelievable account of John Edwards and his quest to become President. For those who have read the account of John Edwards’s shenanigans in Game Change, but care to know far more details than you could every imagine, this book might be for you. More than anything, it is a cautionary tale of a man who wanted to be President, but still jockeyed vigorously for positions as then-candidate Barack Obama’s Vice President and Attorney General. |
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Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase
By Duff McDonald |
Finance and Economics:
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13 Bankers: Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
By Simon Johnson and James Kwak
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A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of
the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
By Lawrence G. McDonald and Patrick Robinson |
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Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of
Omaha
By Richard J. Connors |
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American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
By H. W. Brands |
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Financial Shock: A 360 Look at the Subprime Mortgage Implosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis
By Mark Zandi
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New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic LEgacy Has Damaged America
By Burton Folsom, Jr. |
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In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
By David Wessel |
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside STory of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System -- And Themselves
By Andrew Ross Sorkin |
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Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
By Nouriel Roubini |
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Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis
By Paul Muolo and Mathew Padilla |
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Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse
By Thomas Woods, Jr. |
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The Great Money Binge: Spending Our Way to Socialism
By George Melloan |
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The End of Wall Street
By Roger Lowenstein |
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Dear Mr. Buffett: What An Investor Learns 1,269 Miles From Wall Street
By Janet Travakoli |
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Bernanke's Test: Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and the Drama of the Central Banker
By Johan Van Overtveldt |
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Getting Off Track: How Government Actions and Interventions Caused, Prolonged, and Worsened the Financial Crisis
By John B. Taylor |
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Fool's Gold: The Inside Story of J.P. Morgan and How Wall St. Greed Corrupted Its Bold Dream and Created a Financial Catastrophe
By Gillian Tett |
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The Housing Boom and Bust
By Thomas Sowell |
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Jim Cramer's Getting Back to Even
By Jim Cramer with Cliff Mason |
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No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller
By Harry Markopolos |
History:
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Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788
By Pauline Maier
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Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776
By William Hogeland
Declaration by William Hogeland, is an enlightening account about the nine weeks leading up to the Declaration of Independence. Hogeland provides excellent, historical insight for those who desire to see our country return to the guiding principles of our founders. Hogeland makes it clear that achieving independence and change was not accomplished over tea and crumpets in 1776. It was the audacious effort of a small group of activists agitating the King of England to give up his rights. Declaration recounts the debates and highlights the differences among the Whigs and American democrats, a mirror narrative of our political atmosphere today. Even more enjoyable, the author gives life to each person – from Samuel Adams to John Dickenson – who played a role in the birth of America’s independence.
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Fiction:
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The Confession
By John Grisham |
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Moonlight Mile
By Dennis Lehane |
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