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020 _a9780553805093 (hardcover)
020 _a0553805096 (hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)225852426
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050 0 0 _aHG172.B84
_bS37 2008
082 0 4 _a332.6092
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100 1 _aSchroeder, Alice.
245 1 4 _aThe snowball :
_bWarren Buffett and the business of life /
_cAlice Schroeder.
260 _aNew York :
_bBantam Books,
_c2008.
300 _axi, 960 p., [32] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [839]-928) and index.
520 _aA portrait of the life and career of investment guru Warren Buffett sheds new light on the man, as well as on the work, ideas, business principles, strategies, and no-nonsense insights that have guided his phenomenally successful business endeavors.
505 0 _aPart 1: Bubble -- 1: Less flattering version -- 2: Sun Valley -- 3: Creatures of habit -- 4: Warren, what's wrong? -- Part 2: Inner Scorecard -- 5: Urge to preach -- 6: Bathtub steeplechase -- 7: Armistice Day -- 8: Thousand ways -- 9: Inky fingers -- 10: True crime stories -- 11: Pudgy she was not -- 12: Silent sales -- 13: Rules of the racetrack -- 14: Elephant -- 15: Interview -- 16: Strike one -- 17: Mount Everest -- 18: Miss Nebraska -- 19: Stage fright -- Part 3: Racetrack -- 20: Graham-Newman -- 21: Side to play -- 22: Hidden splendor -- 23 Omaha club -- 24: Locomotive -- 25: Windmill war -- 26: Haystacks of gold -- 27: Folly -- 28: Dry tinder -- 29: What a worsted is -- 30: Jet Jack -- 31: Scaffold sways the future -- 32: Easy, safe, profitable, and pleasant -- 33: Unwinding -- Part 4: Susie Sings -- 34: Candy Harry -- 35: Sun -- 36: Two drowned rats -- 37: Newshound -- 38: Spaghetti western -- 39: Giant -- 40: How not to run a public library -- 41: Then what? -- 42: Blue ribbon -- Part 5: King Of Wall Street -- 43: Pharaoh -- 44: Rose -- 45: Call the tow truck -- 46: Rubicon -- 47: White nights -- 48: Thumb-sucking, and its hollow-cheeked result -- 49: Angry Gods -- 50: Lottery -- 51: To hell with the bear -- 52: Chickenfeed -- Part 6: Claim Checks -- 53: Genie -- 54: Semicolon -- 55: Last Kay party -- 56: By the rich, for the rich -- 57: Oracle -- 58: Buffetted -- 59: Winter -- 60: Frozen coke -- 61: Seventh fire -- 62: Claim checks -- Afterword -- Notes -- Personal note about research -- Photo credits and permissions -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
600 1 0 _aBuffett, Warren.
650 0 _aCapitalists and financiers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aInvestments
_zUnited States.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008017338.html
942 _cBOOK
948 _hNO HOLDINGS IN SUPMU - 2343 OTHER HOLDINGS
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