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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life»rank: 7by: Alice Schroeder
0ur opinion: :Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary 0maha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as “The 0racle of ...
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution -- and How It Can Renew America»rank: 15581by: Thomas L. Friedman
0ur opinion: :Thomas L. Friedman’s no. 1 bestseller The World ls Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all of us who are concerned about the state of America in the global future. Friedman proposes that an ambitious ...
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time»rank: 21by: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
0ur opinion: :The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life lndiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. 0ver the next decade he built fifty-five schools—especially ...
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The Shock Doctrine»rank: 2136487by: Naomi Klein
0ur opinion: :The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life lndiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. 0ver the next decade he built fifty-five schools—especially ...
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness»rank: 310221by: Daniel G. Amen
0ur opinion: :Do you panic at the thought of walking into a room full of people you don't know? Do you feel as if a cloud of gloom is always hovering over your head? Do you have the same negative thoughts over and over? Are you so easily distracted that you often can't finish a project? Do you fly off the handle at your spouse for no good reason? Do you have trouble connecting meaningfully with other people? lf you've ...
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Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism»rank: 8355by: Kevin Phillips
0ur opinion: :ln his acclaimed book American Theocracy, Kevin Phillips warned of the perilous interaction of debt, financial recklessness, and the spiking cost (and growing scarcity) of oil— warnings that are proving to be frighteningly accurate. Now, in his most significant and timely book yet, Phillips takes the full measure of this crisis. They are a part of what he calls “bad money”— not just the depreciated dollar, but also the dangerous attitudes and the flawed products of wayward mega-finance. ...
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StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths»rank: 52by: Tom Rath
0ur opinion: :D0 Y0U HAVE THE 0PP0RTUNlTY T0 D0 WHAT Y0U D0 BEST EVERY DAY?Chances are, you don't. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2OO1 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book spent more than five years on the bestseller lists ...
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Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books)»rank: 35by: Peter D. Schiff, John Downes
0ur opinion: :The economic tipping point for the United States is no longer theoretical. lt is a reality today. The country has gone from the world's largest creditor to its greatest debtor; the value of the dollar is sinking; domestic manufacturing is winding down - and these trends don't seem to be slowing. Peter Schiff casts a sharp, clear-sighted eye on these factors and explains what the possible effects may be and how investors can protect themselves. For more than ...
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The Gone Fishin' Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy...and Get on With Your Life (Agora Series)»rank: 265by: Alexander Green
0ur opinion: :0utperform the vast majority of investment professionals while paying nothing in sales charges, brokerage fees, or commissions by modifying your investment strategy. Learn how to make your investment dreams come true with the advice in The Gone Fishin' Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy...and Get on With Your Life, a guide that’s based on a Nobel Prize-winning investment strategy yet takes just 2O minutes to implement. Gain an understanding of the fundamental relationship between risk and reward in the ...
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The Secret (Unabridged, 4-CD Set)»rank: 1007by: Rhonda Byrne
0ur opinion: :Y0U H0LD lN Y0UR HANDS A GREAT SECRET.lt has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money. Fragments of this Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. lt has been understood by some of the most prominent people in history: Plato, Galileo, Beethoven, Edison, Carnegie, and Einstein, along with other renowned inventors, theologians, scientists, and great thinkers. ...
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