Books like Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
12 books with a reading profile close to Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · business strategy, biography
Alice Schroeder traces Warren Buffett's trajectory from a childhood obsession with collecting bottle caps and statistics to his position as the primary architect of Berkshire Hathaway.
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Steve Jobs
Also clear-cut · business strategy, biography
Walter Isaacson chronicles the life of Steve Jobs, tracing his path from a garage start-up to the leadership of Apple and Pixar.
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Elon Musk
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · business strategy, biography
Walter Isaacson tracks Elon Musk’s trajectory from a difficult childhood in South Africa to his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, and the acquisition of Twitter.
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · business strategy, biography
Ashlee Vance provides an account of Elon Musk’s career, focusing on the formation and survival of SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity.
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Alison Weir
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Alison Weir’s historical account reconstructs the lives of Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Robert K.
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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
by Jon Meacham
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Jon Meacham focuses on the two terms of Andrew Jackson’s presidency, centering the narrative on the White House as a site of both political and domestic struggle.
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Stephen E.
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Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Also clear-cut · biography, narrative
Antonia Fraser reconstructs the life of the last Queen of France, moving from her childhood as an Austrian archduchess to her execution during the French Revolution.
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My Own Words
Also clear-cut · biography, narrative
My Own Words is a curated selection of speeches, legal briefs, and judicial opinions written by Ruth Bader Ginsburg over five decades.
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The princes in the tower
by Alison Weir
biography, narrative
Alison Weir investigates the 1483 disappearance of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York, from the Tower of London.
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