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ValueStockPlayers.com Book Reviews
The book reviews contained here are written by William Aldrich.

Starbucks
The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary
by Joseph Michelli

Explains how a company went from 100 employees to 100,000 in a generation

The-tao

The Tao of Warren Buffett : Warren Buffett’s Words of Wisdom: Quotations and Interpretations to Help Guide You to Billionaire Wealth and Enlightened Business Management
by Mary Buffett

A Lifetime of Investment Wisdom compressed into a 100 plus pages – Worth every penny!!!!

Turton

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, Ninth Edition
by Burton G. Malkiel

If you believe in Efficient Market Theory – There is no better book to read!
blue-book

The Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America
by Warren E. Buffett

The actual words of the Master Investor of our time
mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions: And the Madness of Crowds (Great Minds Series)
by Charles MacKay
This book is on everybody’s Master List of MUST READS and deservedly so
Execution
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
by Larry Bossidy
Bossidy is one of the five best CEO’s of his generation – well worth reading
Disney-war
Disney War
by James B. Stewart
As a corporate biography – As good as it gets, reads like a novel – scandalous too!!!
price-loyalty
The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill
by Ron Suskind
O’Neill- A wildly successful corporate CEO explains life as Secretary of the Treasury
Stock-operation
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics)
by Edwin Lefèvre
Perhaps the finest book ever written about the market, and the most entertaining
common-stock
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
by Philip A. Fisher
Warren Buffett has said he is 85% Graham and 15% Fisher. Over the years he has become more Fisher
The-Intelligent
The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Text on Value Investing
by Benjamin Graham
A highly readable book by the “Father” of Security Analysis
Andy-grove
Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American
by Richard Tedlow
The man who made INTEL what it is today. An extraordinary corporate and personal story
blood-on-street
Blood on the Street: The Sensational Inside Story of How Wall Street Analysts Duped a Generation of Investors
By Charles Gasparino
Reads like a novel – ONLY BETTER
Rich
Why We Want You to be Rich: Two Men – One Message
By Donald Trump & Robert Kiyosaki
Trump is Trump – You can’t ignore him
barton-boggs
Hedgehogging
by Barton Biggs
Thirty years with Morgan Stanley, Biggs now tells all about the HEDGE FUND industry. Very entertaining too
The-truth
The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
by Marcia Angell
The drug stocks will never be the same after you read this book
mavericks
Mavericks At Work CD: Beyond Business as Usual–a Whole New Way to Lead, Compete, and Succeed
by William C. Taylor
Very Powerful illustrations of who’s at the cutting edge of American business today.
realdeal
The Real Deal: My Life in Business and Philanthropy
by Sandy Weill
The man who built the modern Citibank, takes you through a career that spans 40 years on
Prince
The Prince: The Secret Story of the World’s Most Intriguing Royal, Prince Bandar bin Sultan
by William Simpson
The Saudi’s dominate the OIL WORLD, and therefore you have to understand where they are coming from
Getting-things
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen
An amazing book that we can all benefit from. If employed- your efficiency will EXPLODE
mad-money
Jim Cramer’s Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich
by James J. Cramer
He’s entertaining, and informative. What he says is very worthwhile
built-from-scratch
Built from Scratch: How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
by Bernie Marcus
It’s an amazing corporate story
carly-Fiorina
Tough Choices: A Memoir
by Carly Fiorina
Former Chairwoman of Hewlett Packard rebuilds a fallen giant, and takes a fall herself