Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign
8 best books like Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign (Philippe-Paul de Ségur): Money, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, Red Harvest, When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, Schloß Gripsholm, The Age of Napoleon, Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States, Pop. 1280
| Author | Martin Amis |
| ISBN | 0099461889 |
The enduring legacy of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher isn’t conservatism as a political programme but narcissism as a mode of living. As the aptly named John Self says in Money, “You just gave us some money... but you hate me, don’t you. Yes you do. Because I’m the new...
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
| Author | James Gleick |
| ISBN | 0375423729 |
The...
Red Harvest
| Author | Dashiell Hammett |
| ISBN | 0752852612 |
I’ll give you three good reasons—from least to most—why you should read Red Harvest: 1) it made possible the fine Leone film A Fistful of Dollars, 2) it inspired the Kurosawa masterpiece Iojimbo which influenced A Fistful of Dollars, and 3) it is an old school hard boiled, hardcore novel,...
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
| Author | Roger Lowenstein |
| ISBN | 0375758259 |
A BUSINESS WEEK BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
In this business classic—now with a new Afterword in which the author draws parallels to the recent financial crisis—Roger Lowenstein captures the gripping roller-coaster ride...
| Author | Kurt Tucholsky |
| ISBN | 3938484713 |
| Author | J. Christopher Herold |
| ISBN | 0618154612 |
Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States
| Author | George R. Stewart |
| ISBN | 1590172736 |
Pop. 1280
| Author | Jim Thompson |
| ISBN | 0316403784 |
Still,...