Browder’s story is somewhat folklore in the finance community so when his book was released I was pretty quick to purchase myself a copy. Well written and quite gripping, I had no idea the Russian establishment so blatantly violated civil rights so long after the country (supposedly) became democratic. The fortune Browder amassed via his investing in Russia quite impressive, but the story behind his rise and fall is even more enthralling. Amazing to read how close he came to spending his life behind bars, the first chapter of the book will have you hooked!
Books
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
I couldn’t put this book down, ripped through it in three days!
Gin Glorious Gin
Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother’s Ruin Became the Spirit of London, Olivia Williams I will admit, I have taken on a bit of a liking […]
The Intelligent Asset Allocator
The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk, William J. Bernstein I read this book many years ago […]
Top Dog
Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman I finished it, but it was a bit of a slog. Some […]
A Few Seconds of Panic
A Few Seconds of Panic, Stefan Fatsis This is another repeat author read: I read Fatsis’ Word Freak last year and after becoming thoroughly engrossed in […]
Antifragile
Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Taleb’s previous books, such as Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan (although the title for the latter — which is […]
Quiet
A very enlightening read. A book that should be a standard manual, in my opinion, for anyone in a management or teaching position.
Tubes
Tubes, Andrew Blum Disclaimer: I am a bit of a nerd deep down (or maybe not so deep?) so books like this are likely going […]
Bad Pharma
Bad Pharma, Ben Goldacre What an eye-opener! I had no preconceived idea that the massive money machine behind modern pharmaceutical companies has patients as its […]
The Sugar King of Havana
The Sugar King of Havana, John Paul Rathbone I found this book on a sidewalk sale rack at one of my favorite bookstores in downtown […]
Exposure
Exposure, Michael Woodford I remember the day Woodford blew the whistle on Olympus back in 2011. The announcement made headlines across the world and sent […]
The Complete Turtle Trader
The Complete Turtle Trader, Michael W. Covel I borrowed this book from a friend of mine who also works in finance. He, like me, has […]
Moonwalking With Einstein
Moonwalking With Einstein, Joshua Foer When I think about getting back to my book at night during the daytime I know I’m onto something good. […]
Four Fish
Four Fish, Paul Greenberg My star rating above is probably a little biased because I love the ocean end everything in it, but I really […]
Your Inner Fish
Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin Publisher’s Weekly: Fish paleontologist Shubin illuminates the subject of evolution with humor and clarity in this compelling look at how the […]
Thinking Fast and Slow
Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman I’ve been a big fan of Danny Kahneman ever since I was introduced to his teachings as part of Terry […]
The End of Illness
The End of Illness, David B. Agus Perhaps my hopes were a little high for this book. After all, if someone really had a recipe […]
Keep Australia On Your Left
Keep Australia On Your Left, Eric Stiller A little while back I found myself in the rare situation of not having any new books in […]
Drive
Drive, Daniel H. Pink With praise from Malcolm Gladwell – one of my favorite authors – I figured Drive should be a relatively safe bet, the […]