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John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
While he called it “loyalty,” the capacity he prized most in his subordinates was actually the capacity for subservience.
Robert A. Caro • Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
race—their range of political skills, their emotional, intellectual, and moral qualities, their rhetorical abilities, and their determination and willingness to work hard—it is clear that when opportunity beckoned, Lincoln was the best prepared to answer the call. His nomination, finally, was the result of his character and his life experiences—the
... See moreDoris Kearns Goodwin • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
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Walter Isaacson • Leonardo da Vinci
The theme of this book is the new revolution of power which is liberating individuals at the expense of the twentieth-century nation-state.
James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
the more he is like a punch-drunk pug fighting himself in the movies.