Books like The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
12 books with a reading profile close to The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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1
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
Also outward-looking · biography, dense
Ron Chernow chronicles the life of the first U.S.
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2
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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3
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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4
John Adams
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, dense
David McCullough chronicles the life of the second American president, focusing on his intellectual rigor and his central role in the Continental Congress.
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5
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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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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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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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
Also outward-looking · biography, dense
Doris Kearns Goodwin chronicles the internal dynamics of the White House between 1940 and 1945, focusing on the symbiotic but strained partnership between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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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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10
Washington: A Life
by Ron Chernow
Also outward-looking · biography, dense
Ron Chernow provides a chronological investigation of George Washington’s evolution from an ambitious frontier land surveyor into the unifying figure of the American Revolution and the first federal administration.
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird
Also clear-cut · biography, dense
Kai Bird and Martin J.
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
biography, dense
Jon Lee Anderson utilizes previously unavailable diaries and government archives to reconstruct the logistical and ideological trajectory of Ernesto Guevara.
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