How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative
10 best books like How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative (Allen Raymond): Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime, Sulla: A Dictator Reconsidered, My Word is My Bond, When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich, The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of Mi6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service, Unholy Alliance: The Agenda Iran, Russia, and Jihadists Share for Conquering the World, The Kid, 1938: Hitler's Gamble, eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Author | John Heilemann |
ISBN | 0061733636 |
“It’s one of the best books on politics of any kind I’ve read. For entertainment value, I put it up there with Catch 22.” —The Financial Times
“It transports you to a parallel universe in which everything in the National Enquirer is true….More interesting is what...
Sulla: A Dictator Reconsidered
Author | Lynda Telford |
ISBN | 1783030488 |
Lucius Cornelius Sulla is one of the central figures of the late Roman Republic. Indeed, he is often considered a major catalyst in the death of the republican system. The ambitious general whose feud with a rival (Marius) led to his marching on Rome with an army at his back, leading to civil war and the...
Author | Roger Moore |
ISBN | 0061673889 |
One of the most recognizable big-screen stars of the past half-century, Sir Roger Moore played the role of James Bond longer than any other actor. Beginning with the classic Live and Let Die, running through Moonraker and A View to a Kill, Moore brought his finely honed wit and wry charm to one of Hollywood's...
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
Author | Roger Lowenstein |
ISBN | 0375758259 |
With a new Afterword addressing today’s financial crisis
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...
Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich
Author | Robert Frank |
ISBN | 0307339262 |
There ought to be a way to give a book two scores. If there were I would give this both a 2 and a 4.
I have been looking for a book that would update things I read in the 70s; books that emerge from the C. Wright Mills school of political economic sociology. For example, Mills' Power Elite, Domhoff's...
The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of Mi6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service
Author | Gordon Corera |
ISBN | 1453272631 |
"A wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and highly readable history of Britain's postwar Secret Intelligence Service, popularly known as MI6." ―The Wall Street Journal
From Berlin to the Congo, from Moscow to the back streets of London, these are the true stories of the agents on the front...
Unholy Alliance: The Agenda Iran, Russia, and Jihadists Share for Conquering the World
Author | Jay Sekulow |
ISBN | 1501141031 |
The New York Times bestselling author of Rise of ISIS exposes the dangers of radical Islam and the effects it has on the American way of life in this informative and eye-opening new book.
In Unholy Alliance, Jay Sekulow highlights and defines the looming threat of radical Islam. A movement born...
Author | Ron Hansen |
ISBN | 1501129759 |
“A marvelous journey into both history and imagination…A perfectly compelling and fast-paced story” (San Francisco Chronicle) from Ron Hansen about an iconic American criminal of the old West: legendary outlaw, Billy the Kid.
Born Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was a diminutive,...
Author | Giles MacDonogh |
ISBN | 0465009549 |
In this masterful narrative, acclaimed historian Giles MacDonogh chronicles Adolf Hitler’s consolidation of power over the course of one year. Until 1938, Hitler could be dismissed as a ruthless but efficient dictator, a problem to Germany alone; after 1938 he was clearly a threat to the entire...
eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
Author | Randall E. Stross |
ISBN | 0345428897 |
Interesting story of Benchmark Capital, a Silicon Valley VC firm and their investments during the dotcom boom in the late 90s and early 00s, pre- bursting of the bubble. Conveys the atmosphere of the industry and the personalities - all very gung-ho and "American", which makes for entertaining reading....
Author | Christopher L. Bennett |
ISBN | 1416571329 |
The Starship Rhea has discovered a cluster of carbon planets that seems to be the source of the quantum energies rippling through a section of space. A landing party finds unusual life-forms inhabiting one of the planets. One officer, Lieutenant T'Ryssa Chen -- a half-Vulcan -- makes a tenuous connection...
The Cossacks: The History and Legacy of the Legendary Slavic Warriors
Author | Charles River Editors |
*Includes pictures
*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading
*Includes a table of contents
“Had I just 10,000 Cossacks, I would have conquered the whole world.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
"Save us Lord, from Cossacks." - Sir Wilson,...
Death by China: Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action
Author | Peter Navarro |
ISBN | 0132180235 |
The world's most populous nation and soon-to-be largest economy is rapidly turning into the planet's most efficient assassin. Unscrupulous Chinese entrepreneurs are flooding world markets with lethal products. China's perverse form of capitalism combines illegal mercantilist and protectionist...
Author | Cristiane Correa |
ISBN | 8575429108 |
Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles e Beto Sicupira ergueram, em pouco mais de quatro décadas, o maior império da história do capitalismo brasileiro e ganharam uma projeção sem precedentes no cenário mundial.
Nos últimos cinco anos eles compraram nada menos que três marcas americanas...
The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323 - 223 BC): Seleukos I to Seleukos III
Author | John D. Grainger |
ISBN | 1783030534 |
The Seleukid kingdom was the largest state in the world for a century and more between Alexander's death and the rise of Rome. It was ruled for all that time by a succession of able kings, but broke down twice, before eventually succumbing to dynastic rivalries, and simultaneous external invasions and...
Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day Trader
Author | Martin Schwartz |
ISBN | 0887309569 |
Welcome to the world of Martin "Buzzy" Schwartz, Champion Trader--the man whose nerves of steel and killer instinct in the canyons of Wall Street earned him the well-deserved name "Pit Bull." This is the true story of how Schwartz became the best of the best, of the people and places he discovered along...
Kmart's Ten Deadly Sins: How Incompetence Tainted An American Icon
Author | Marcia Layton Turner |
ISBN | 0471435937 |
An insightful look at how Kmart's management destroyed the company
Kmart's Ten Deadly Sins spins an intriguing tale of the missteps of a retail giant who once had the industry in the palm of its hand and foolishly let it all slip away. This engaging book weaves corporate history in with financial...
Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Author | Ben Mezrich |
ISBN | 0743225708 |
I love books about casinos! There really aren't enough of them. Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions follows six M.I.T. students who form a blackjack card-counting team. There were so many interesting nuggets of information throughout this gem....