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When Scotland Ruled the World: The Story of the Golden Age of Genius, Creativity and Exploration
Stewart Lamont

HarperCollins UK, 2002

In 1750, Scotland emerged from half a century of civil strife. Its parliament was subsumed by Westminster, and the English were vigilant for any sign of Jacobite rebellion. Despite this, Scotland was at the beginning of a period of resurgence that was to last two centuries. This fascinating look at of the Golden Age of Scottish history includes: the great names of the “democratic intellect,” including Adam Smith and David Hume; ...

Achieve Leadership Genius: How You Lead Depends on Who, What, Where and When You Lead
Drea Zigarmi, Susan Fowler, ...

Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2007

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

207 reviews
Roger Lowenstein

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001

Entertaining read on complex subject
It's a common story, a group of extremely talented and smart individuals done in by their own hubris, greed, and carelessness. What distinguishes this story from others is that we get a reasonably lucid description of the complex world or hedge funds and exotic investments. There is also good storytelling here of a largely unkown firm of a couple hundred people, that nearly took down several ...

When Pants Attack (Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius 8x8 (Sagebrush))
Steven Banks

Topeka Bindery, 2003

Jimmy Neutron has a problem. He never picks up his pants, and his mom is fed up! If he doesn't change his messy habits, he won't get to go to the movies with his friends. But Jimmy's newest invention seems to solve his problems -- that is, until it turns against him!

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management

4 reviews
Roger Lowenstein

Fourth Estate, 2002

Short Term Capital Irrationality
Roger Lowenstein details how the partners of "Long Term Capital Management" let greed and ego overwhelm them. LTCM was a hedge fund that was supposed to use arbitage to make money at low risk. It worked for a while, but then lots of people started getting in on the act. The rational thing to do, under the circumstances, would have been to cut back, and look for a new fields of endevour. ...