The high-beta rich

how the manic wealthy willtake us to the next boom, bubble, and bust

The rich are not only getting richer, they are becoming more dangerous. Starting in the early 1980s the top one percent (1%) broke away from the rest of us to become the most unstable force in the economy. An elite that had once been the ...

Losing my virginity

how I survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way

That's the philosophy that has allowed Richard Branson, in slightly more than twenty-five years, to spawn so many successful ventures. From the airline business (Virgin Atlantic Airways), to music (Virgin Records and V2), to cola (Virgin Cola), to retail (Virgin Megastores), and nearly a ...

The quants

how a new breed of math whizzes conquered Wall Street and nearly destroyed it

In a fast-moving narrative, Wall Street Journal reporter Patterson explores the coterie of mathematicians behind the Wall Street crash of 2008. The story's stars are "an unusual breed of investors" called quants, who "used brain-twisting math and super-powered computers to pluck billions in fleeting ...

Good strategy, bad strategy

the difference and why it matters

Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader, whether the CEO at a Fortune 100 company, an entrepreneur, a church pastor, the head of a school, or a government official. Richard Rumelt shows that there has been a growing and unfortunate ...

The big secret for the small investor

a new route to long-term investment success

When it comes to investing in the stock market,  investors have plenty of options: 1.  They can do it themselves.  Trillions of dollars are invested this way.(Of course, the only problem here is that most people have no idea how to ...

Buy.ology

truth and lies about why we buy

Most anti-smoking campaigns inadvertently encourage people to smoke. The scent of melons helps sell electronic products. Subliminal advertising may have been banned, but it's being used all the time. Product placement in films rarely works. Many multi-million pound advertising campaigns are a complete waste ...

The quants

how a new breed of math whizzes conquered Wall Street and Nearly destroyed it

#Scott Patterson has the ability to see things you and I don#t notice. In The Quants he does an admirable job of debunking the myths of black box traders and provides a very entertaining narrative in the process.# --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, New York Times ...

The road from ruin

how to revive capitalism and put America back on top

Matthew Bishop and Michael Green first take a step back and analyze what can be learned from financial crises of the past-from the Tulip Craze of the seventeenth century through the Great Depression of the 1930s, Japan's Great Deflation, and the Long-Term Capital debacle ...

The invisible gorilla

and ohter ways our intuitions deceive us

Professors of Psychology Chabris and Simons write about six everyday illusions of perception and thought, including the beliefs that: we pay attention more than we do, our memories are more detailed than they are, confident people are competent people, we know more than we actually ...

Crash of the titans

greed, hubris, the fall of Merrill Lynch, and the near-collapse of Bank of America

Crash of the Titans is a financial thriller that puts you in the theater as the historic events of the financial crisis unfold and people responsible for billion of dollars of other people#s money gamble recklessly to enhance their power and their paychecks or ...

How capitalism will save us?

why free people and free markets are the best answer in today's economy

In an engaging Q-and-A with the reader, Forbes and Ames answer questions about today's issues while explaining the fundamentals of a free-market economy. They show how democratic capitalism is more effective than any other system in improving the lives of people, today and throughout ...

Biography of the dollar

how the mighty buck conquered the world and why it's under siege

For decades the dollar has been the undisputed champ. It's not only the currency of America but much of the world as well, the fuel of global prosperity. As the superengine of the world's only superpower, it's accepted everywhere. When an Asian ...

Lucy's legacy

the quest for human origins

Lucy is a 3.2-million-year-old skeleton who has become the spokeswoman for human evolution. She is perhaps the best known and most studied fossil hominid of the twentieth century, the benchmark by which other discoveries of human ancestors are judged.##From Lucy#s Legacy In ...

In fed we trust

Ben Bernanke's war on the great panic

This breakout book on the financial crisis is Pulitzer Prize-winner Wessel's inside account of the struggle of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his financial firefighters to keep the Great Panic from becoming the next Great Depression.

The game-changer

how you can drive revenue and profit growth with innovation

Lafley, the CEO of Procter & Gamble, and Charan, the bestselling author of "Know-How," show how to change the game of business by making innovation the centerpiece, driving everything from strategy and budgeting to employee selection, promotion, and reward.

The plot to save the planet

how visionary entrepreneurs and corporate titans are creating real solutions to global warming

American entrepreneurs, corporate tycoons, and financiers are plotting what they do best#creating new industries that change the world and making billions in the process#a plot that will ultimately save the planet. The Plot to Save the Planet is an illuminating and inspiring look ...

Know-how

the 8 skills that separate people who perform from those who don´t

Know-How is the missing link of leadership. By showing how the eight know-hows link to, interact with, and reinforce personal and psychological traits, Ram Charan provides a holistic and innovative portrait of successful leaders of the twenty-first century.

The business coaching handbook

everything you need to be your own business coach

"The Business Coaching Handbook" reveals what business coaching is, how to assess the shape of your business and what steps you need to put in place to grow a successful business. This book has been complied for business entrepreneurs who have recently achieved the first ...

The upside

In the 1980s conventional wisdom was that you could have high quality or low cost, but not both - until Japanese makers of cars and electronics showed otherwise. Now, high quality and low cost are required just to enter the marketplace. Today, we face a similar ...

Innovation

the five disciplines for creating what customers want

The how-to of innovation--the process for rapidly creating new products and services--is presented by the source that created Tide, the computer mouse, high-definition television, and is now pioneering robotic surgery.

As the future catches you

how genomics & other forces are changing your life, work, health & wealth

If you think the world has changed dramatically in the last five years, you haven’t seen anything yet. You will never look at the world in the same way after reading As the Future Catches You. Juan Enriquez puts you face to face with ...

The likeability factor

how to boost your l-factor and achieve your life's dreams

The author of the international bestseller "Love Is the Killer App" reveals why likeability is the key to success and happiness and how readers can develop a high L Factor and maintain it through their entire lives.