Lists of Bests: mccu1984's "Pre-MBA Reading List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/46866 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:50:13 GMT en-us 0 50 66 50 0 Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1660663 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bryan Burrough</div> Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13308 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13308"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446676950.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Rolfe</div> The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2624 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2624"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140120904.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Connie Bruck</div> When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9370 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9370"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375758259.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Lowenstein</div> The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/708809 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/708809"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000EUKR04.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Lewis</div> The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/291668 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/291668"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385517254.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter M. Senge</div> The Art of War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1812840 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1812840"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590302257.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sun Tzu</div> On War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3095040 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3095040"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Esh5bdYJL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl, Von Clausewitz</div> Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967907 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967907"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060566108.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Collins</div> Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2075 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2075"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0066620996.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531994_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Collins</div> Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16960 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16960"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0609610570.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Bossidy</div> The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64990 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64990"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802138292.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Chernow</div> Goldman Sachs : The Culture of Success http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19621 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19621"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684869683.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122554992_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Endlich</div> Den of Thieves http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2724956 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Brewer Stewart</div> Fiasco: The Inside Story of a Wall Street Trader http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55527 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55527"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140278796.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Partnoy</div> The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2522910 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2522910"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385514514.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V33654473_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William D. Cohan</div> The Money Culture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78682 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/78682"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140173188.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Lewis</div> Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158934 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158934"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400077303.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Chernow</div> Andrew Carnegie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3330124 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3330124"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01fuq27OedL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Nasaw</div> Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23815 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23815"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0471295639.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter L. Bernstein</div> In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/453784 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/453784"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375757309.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Rubin</div> Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/535579 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/535579"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EUKRC2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V55768339_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bethany McLean</div> Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2667 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2667"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140143459.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Lewis</div> Jack: Straight from the Gut http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/904530 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/904530"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002EAU40.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1088534592_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Welch</div> Winning (Chinese Version) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2991932 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2991932"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11S16H05VAL.jpg" /></a></div> Law 101: Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/155723 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/155723"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195179579.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V50384344_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jay M. Feinman</div> The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6975 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6975"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316346624.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm Gladwell</div> The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21227 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21227"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743269519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen R. Covey</div> How to Win Friends & Influence People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17702 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17702"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671027034.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dale Carnegie</div> The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789609 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2789609"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ebV8Qoh1L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas L. Friedman</div> In Search of Excellence : Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3330173 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3330173"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01WWT6E5WAL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas J. Peters</div> Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86265 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86265"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684841460.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael E. Porter</div> Sam Walton: Made In America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15982 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15982"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553562835.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43053641_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sam Walton</div> Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1272452"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061234001.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven D. Levitt</div> The Goal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27306 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27306"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0884271781.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eliyahu M. Goldratt</div> influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608367 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608367"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006124189X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert B. Cialdini</div> The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44862 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44862"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/006093574X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter F. Drucker</div> Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2539959 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2539959"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002X1JKU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1093299055_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by BENJAMIN/ ZWEIG, JASON GRAHAM</div> Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/440313 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/440313"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767911792.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Eichenwald</div> The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/710 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/710"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060521996.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clayton M. Christensen</div> Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10989 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10989"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393324818.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Lewis</div> The Toyota Way Field Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53446 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53446"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0071392319.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Liker</div> The Prince http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974444 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974444"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0937832383.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Niccolo Machiavelli</div> Concise 48 Laws of Power http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2759042 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2759042"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1861974043.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Greene</div> The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119099 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119099"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060833459.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter F. Drucker</div> Atlas Shrugged http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14003 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14003"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452011876.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, Ninth Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2956223 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2956223"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11fU07GpdXL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Burton G. Malkiel</div> Bringing Down the House: How Six Students Took Vegas for Millons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2268183 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2268183"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099468239.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Mezrich</div> Confessions of a Street Addict http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3330433 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3330433"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/0100ZE3GP4L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James J. Cramer</div> The Wealth of Nations http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16194 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16194"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553585975.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adam Smith</div>