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A Man for All Markets
By Edward O. Thorp
This is the incredible true story of the
card-counting mathematics professor
who taught the world how to beat the
dealer and, as the first of the great
quantitative investors, ushered in a
revolution on Wall Street.
Edward O. Thorp tells the story of what
he did, how he did it, his passions and
motivations, and the curiosity that has
always driven him to disregard con-
ventional wisdom and devise game-
changing solutions to seemingly insol-
uble problems. An intellectual thrill
ride, replete with practical wisdom
that can guide us all in uncertain
financial waters, A Man for All Markets
is an instant classic a book that chal-
lenges its readers to think logically
about a seemingly irrational world.
Ray& Joan:TheManWhoMade theMcDonald’s
Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away
By Lisa Napoli
Ray & Joan is a quintessentially American
tale of corporate intrigue and private pas-
sion: a struggling Mad-Men era salesman
with a vision for a fast-food franchise that
would become one of the world’s most
enduring brands, and a beautiful woman
willing to risk her marriage and her reputa-
tion to promote controversial causes that
touched her deeply.
Ray Kroc was peddling franchises around
the country for a fledgling hamburger
stand in the 1950s—McDonald’s, it was
called—when he entered a St. Paul supper
club and encountered a beautiful young
piano player who would change his life
forever. The attraction between Ray and
Joan was instantaneous and instantly prob-
lematic. Yet even the fact that both were
married to other people couldn’t derail
their roller coaster of a romance.
To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely
Journey with Steve Jobs to Make
Entertainment History
By Lawrence Levy
After Steve Jobs was uncer-
emoniously dismissed from
Apple, he bought a little-
known graphics company
called Pixar. One day, out of
the blue, Jobs called Lawrence
Levy, a Harvard-trained lawyer
and executive to whom he
had never spoken before, to
persuade Levy to help him get
Pixar off the ground.
Set in the worlds of Silicon Valley
and Hollywood, the book takes
readers inside Pixar, Disney, law
firms, and investment banks. It
provides an up-close, firsthand
account of Pixar’s ascent,
how it made creative choices,
Levy’s enduring collaboration
and friendship with Jobs, and
how Levy came to see in Pixar
deeper lessons that can apply
to many aspects of our lives.
Inspiring True-Life Stories
By Kayode Olowoyeye
