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The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street

40 reviews
Jonathan A. Knee

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

A View of the Investment Banking World
The writer did a very good job of explaining from his view what the world of investment banking is like. He also gives a good perspective of the changes that have occurred and what should be improved. I was looking for a good commentary on investment banking including past events that have occurred. I was very satisfied upon reading the book. The author also provides specific insight into ...

Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King, The : Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time

56 reviews
Michael Craig

Amazon Remainders Account, 2005

A must-have!
This book is a must-have for any poker player or enthusiast. It's an awesome story of the biggest cash game in the history of poker! It takes you inside and behind the scenes of a poker game which very little people were privileged enough to see. Michael Craig, the author, is a regular writer for several leading poker magazines, including Card Player magazine (where he first broke the story). He ...

The Death of the Banker: The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small ...

8 reviews
Ron Chernow

Vintage, 1997

Excellent!
Brief, to the point and informative. A great anthology of how the financial world got from where it was to where it is now. Chernow is a master financial historian.

Damn, it Feels Good to Be a Banker: And Other Baller Things You Only Get to Say If You Work On Wall Street
Leveraged Sellout

Hyperion, 2008

In one word: egregious. Damn It Feels Good To Be A Banker is a Wall Street epic, a war cry for the masses of young professionals behind desks at Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity shops around the world. With chapters like "No. We do not have any `hot stock tips' for you," "Mergers are a girl's best friend," and "Georgetown? I wouldn't let my maids' kids go there," the book captures the true essence of being in high ...

The Blood Bankers: Tales from the Global Underground Economy

11 reviews
James S. Henry

Basic Books, 2005

Development Economics To The Next Level
"The Blood Bankers" is an important contribution to our understanding of global financial instability. Most often, liberalized (legitimate) capital markets, international trade, state power, and international regulatory institutions are cited as the causes of destabilization. However, J. Henry allows us to look behind these forces and bodies to see how the liberalization of the global economy has ...

Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

72 reviews
Muhammad Yunus

PublicAffairs, 2008

Amazing read!
Banker to the Poor is a really clear way of explaining what microfinance is as well as showing the drastic difference that $40 can make in people's lives. Shows the humanitarianism of microlending, why it's better than just giving people money, and how it can be a useful tool to help many people. I really recommend this book for anyone, and especially so for anyone interested in helping others or ...

The Devil's Banker

31 reviews
Christopher Reich

Dell, 2004

Slowly builds into a solid novel...
Christopher Reich writes a different kind of thriller novel. As many reviewers have noted, his novels focus on international finance. This one is no different but its focus is on how terrorists can use finance to further their cause. My biggest complaint of the book was that it took some time to develop the story and the characters. It actually made for some slow reading for the first 100 ...

Ode to a Banker

14 reviews
Lindsey Davis

Mysterious Press, 2001

Falco The Poet
This is the twelfth novel in the mystery series featuring Marcus Didius Falco, an informer and sleuth in Rome at the time of Vespasian. A series of books that have become hugely popular, so much so that the author is now at the forefront of historical mystery writers. It was probably a stroke of genius on her part to have novels that are extremely well researched and contain all the elements ...

Becoming Your Own Banker: The Infinite Banking Concept

2 reviews

Infinite, 2003

Theory and application
This is a great read and an interesting way of financing anything especially with where the author started and where we are now in the real estate market. I've seen people try and pick it apart and still most of the criticism is done with just enough knowledge to make themselves seem foolish... Penny wise and Pound foolish to be exact. It's not for the faint of heart and requires dedication ...

Bridge of Rama (Ramayana series)

6 reviews
Ashok K. Banker

Little, Brown Book Group, 2005

Bridges bridging generation gap
What I love about Ashok Banker's style of writing is the way he engages the imagination of an entire generation of kids being brought up on an intensely audio-visual world with slick productions and video games. I cannot thank him enough for having made this ancient tale come alive for my American-born 21st century kid who proudly takes Banker's books to school for reading hour. Every parent and ...

Prince of Ayodhya (Ramayana series)

48 reviews
Ashok K. Banker

Little, Brown Book Group, 2005

PLEASE READ THE INDIAN EDITIONS INSTEAD
If you are reading my Ramayana series, then I gently urge and request you to please not buy the UK or US editions, even if they're available at bargain prices. Which they probably are, since the publishers there have more or less put the books out of print, due to a lack of interest by non-Indian readers. The Indian editions are the definitive editions of my work, containing a lengthy ...

King of Ayodhya (Ramayana series)

9 reviews
Ashok K. Banker

Little, Brown Book Group, 2006

A REQUEST FROM THE AUTHOR
If you are reading my Ramayana series, then I gently urge and request you to please not buy the UK or US editions, even if they're available at bargain prices. Which they probably are, since the publishers there have more or less put the books out of print, due to a lack of interest by non-Indian readers. The Indian editions are the definitive editions of my work, containing a lengthy ...

Lem Banker Sport Betting

2 reviews
Lem Banker, Klein

Plume, 1986

Oh, no wonder i couldnt win.
betting, you cant beat the action. I have above average intelligence, but I had no common sense when it came to betting. No discipline, no money management and no sense. This book was jumping out before me. the skies opening up. A hundred scratches of the head and a thousand oh yeahs. Changed my life. Follow the tenants of the book to the letter of the law. Be a fanatic and never deviate ...

Retire Rich With Your Self-Directed IRA: What Your Broker & Banker Don't Want You to Know About Managing Your ...

12 reviews
Nora Peterson

Atlantic Publishing Company (FL), 2006

Successful Retirement Planning - Knowing the Right Questions to Ask
One of the main goals of author Nora Peterson, in the publishing of this book, was to share information in an easily understood format to increase the awareness of the multiple options available to retirees and future retirees when considering how to invest and protect hard-earned money accumulated over a lifetime. The book addresses a wide range of critical aspects to be considered when ...

The Banker's Secret

9 reviews
Marc Eisenson

Good Advice Press, 1997

Good Advice!
This book provides excellent advice on what were until now--to many--secrets of the financial industry. Just a note on a previous review: many banks say they will NOT accept prepayment. I know of a way that every bank approves up, that saves homeowners thousands in unnecessary interest and cuts years from their mortgage. I'll gladly call or email anyone who sends an email on this subject.

The Banker's Life

3 reviews
George, S. Moore

W. W. Norton & Company, 1987

The Bankers Life
This is a book that should be read by all young bankers. The is a great example of how banking plays a real role in the modern world. Moore highlight the depression and that the best is yet to come. As a banker, I found that this book can be used as a tool in the day to day of any banker, wanting to be one step ahead of the rest.

Armies of Hanuman (Ramayana series)

8 reviews
Ashok K. Banker

Little, Brown Book Group, 2005

Ashok's Ramayana. By far the Best.
I have read all the five parts of the Ramayana and here's my review: It all started with my reading the Prince of Ayodhya. I picked it up from the bookstores as I wanted to plunge into the epics of India and chose a rather unknown author for taking forward this quest of mine. The first chapter on the 15-year old Rama being tormented by Ravana in a nightmare was captivating. But when I ...

The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations ...

29 reviews
Sebastian Mallaby

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006

Trade in your development hat for a political one...
A lot of us get into the development business starry-eyed and hoping to change the world in a positive way, small as it may be. Unfortunately many of us are unprepared for the stark political reality which dominates the development business and really discourages us bleeding heart liberals. And guess what, it's not always about the poor. Mallaby writes very well, and you really start to ...

A Banker for All Seasons: Crooks and Cheats Inc.
Tariq AlI

Seagull Books, 2008

In this never before published screenplay, A Banker for All Seasons dramatically presents the rise and fall of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), a third world bank that became an international empire. BCCI pioneered a mode of operation based on deception and included money laundering, arms trafficking, smuggling, and the covert sale of nuclear technologies. Tariq Ali was one of the first public voices to warn that the Bank ...

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