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Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
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Summary: Taking Advantage of Talent
Content: Gladwell has a knack for taking things that should be obvious and presenting them to us in such a way that we feel we've known what he's talking about all along; or, at least, that we should have known all along. That's what he did in his two previous books ...
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
by Niall Ferguson
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Summary: This is not the fix for the Attack upon America
Content: Mr. Ferguson has a set pattern in his writings of lots of magician tricks to make the audience believe the show is real by telling them Jeopardy question facts before moving on to not pointing the real finger of Truth at anything.
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Summary: Black Swan (Daffy Duck)
Content: I'll save you the trouble and the money. Here's the message (if that's what you'd call it): Crazy things happen...be prepared...if you can. There, aren't you happy you didn't waste any piece of your life reading this book, like I did? ...
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Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
by Geoff Colvin
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Summary: Sure, it's opportunistic and slightly misleading, but is it any _good_?
Content: OK, this is clearly a collection of articles that Michael Lewis had sitting around. He's a good journalist, and I expect he copies and files any bit of good writing that might come in handy as a future reference. Now, about 2 months after the real estate ...
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell
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Summary: Blink. Hello. Blink. Blink. You're Hired!
Content: As it's title suggests `Blink' is essentially about what happens within those first few seconds of meeting someone new. Reading the book, we quickly learn that first impressions are more important than we realize.
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