Customer Review: This is a book that makes one reevaluate one's assumptions about personal success.The authors skill in pulling apparently extraneous examples into a powerful whole and a truly moving ending provides an extrordinary reading experience.Upon completing the reading of this book, I immediatly ordered the... more info
Customer Review: Enjoyed this book greatly. Also have read the shorter Buffet bio by Roger Lowenstein (sp?) and that is also good. This book however really allowed me to see how Buffet works and views the world. Recommend.
Customer Review: My order was delivered within the time it was promised and was in excellent condition. I would order from this provider again and again.
Customer Review: Every one and his cousin is a financial expert in this market, particularly now. Television commentary runneth over with talking heads who knew better, or now claim to know better, and promise to help you make quick and hot stock picks to make your fortune. As the Gardner brothers point out,... more info
Customer Review: The downfall of this book is it is not a financial history of the world but an abbreviated antedotal review of the most recent bubbles mixed in with previous bubbles that have no relation to a historical review of world financial history. The first sentence epitomizes what you will read, a... more info
Customer Review: From today's NY Post If the Police Department relaxes its enforcement of petty "quality of life" infractions, it could be a turning point back to the days when murders, muggings and mayhem plagued the city, says a law enforcement expert who played a key role in developing the policy. "You might... more info
Customer Review: This is an amazing eye opener of a book on human behavior and how our brains function in thought. In a blink of an eye, decisions can be made and appear to be the result of a well thought out and educated process.
The author presents various illustrations of these instantaneous decisions; the... more info
Customer Review: ...which is a fortune cookie with the words "Think positive" inscribed on it. If it's really a "Secret", the guy wouldn't go around promoting it.
Customer Review: I purchased this book since it has such high reviews on Amazon. Unfortunately, all the book provides are obsessive techniques on how to organize your tasks. Still, you would come up with them yourself anyway as they are all basic common sense. If anything, taking the time to read this book... more info
Customer Review: Long story short - Ms. Shlaes' numbers are bogus, and must be deliberately so. For example, her number for employed/unemployed people given at the start of chapters simply does not count the people put to work directly by the government (like those in the WPA) as employed. It's as though a... more info
