Fascinating. Highly recommended.
BestBooks is a record of all of the books that I have read since November 2004, with brief descriptions and reviews.
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- Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Reso...
- The Last Bookstore in America by Amy Stewart
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- The President Is a Sick Man by Matthew Algeo
- State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
- Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
- Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir by Jennette Fulda
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Hugely entertaining look at the genesis of our current economic mess. Lewis finds the very few investors who predicted and profited from the sub-prime mortgage meltdown and follows their journey from initial realization of the impending disaster to eventual payout. Following these eccentric characters and their interactions with the big Wall Street investment banks is at turns laugh out loud funny and head shaking incredulous.
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