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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2011
GREENBACK PLANET: HOW THE DOLLAR CONQUERED THE WORLD AND THREATENED CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT
by H.W. Brands
"A welcome, balanced look at this hotly debated issue, written with the author's usual flair."
In this succinct overview, two-time Pulitzer finalist Brands (History/Univ. of Texas; The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age, 2011, etc.) traces the role of the dollar in shaping America's rise to global preeminence. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 15, 2011
Kirkus Star RETIREMENT HEIST: HOW COMPANIES PLUNDER AND PROFIT FROM THE NEST EGGS OF AMERICAN WORKERS
by Ellen E. Schultz
"Essential reading for anyone who works for a living."
A blistering examination of corporate greed and avarice. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 17, 2008
THE ASCENT OF MONEY: A FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD
by Niall Ferguson
"A useful introduction to the world of drachmas, dinars and dollars."
From prolific historian Ferguson (History/Harvard Univ.; The War of the World, 2006, etc.), a sweeping survey of money and its many instruments. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 26, 2008
THE BIOGRAPHY OF A DOLLAR
by Craig Karmin
"Occasionally repetitive, but a surprisingly entertaining and informative social history of the currency that makes the world economy go round."
Wall Street Journal financial writer Karmin places the dollar in the context of international history and finance. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 24, 2006
Kirkus Star ANDREW CARNEGIE
by David Nasaw
"A complex man of parts, then, not all of them good. Nasaw (The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst, 2000) does brilliant work in bringing the man to life."
Robber baron? Capitalist butcher? Angel? Industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has been many things to many people, and in this grand biography, he's all of them. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2006
Kirkus Star THE MONEY MEN: CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, AND THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR OVER THE AMERICAN DOLLAR
by H.W. Brands
"Right on the money."
A lively and accessible history of a once-dominant issue in American life. Read full book review >