The Number
"This is not a typical personal finance book, thank goodness. The value of The Number lies in its conversation about getting older, insights about key questions for any financial blueprint [and] ruminations on what makes for a satisfying life. Eisenberg is a good storyteller with a sense of humor ...and a real ability to distill complex information." -- Christopher Farrell, BusinessWeek
Synopsis
Do you know you what your “number” is? It’s the amount of money you need for your nest egg. Have you saved enough? Can you save enough? The Number offers an intriguing and entertaining tour – of wealth gurus, life coaches, and financial advisers, and our hopes and fears for the future – to explore the secrets of the Number. The result is a provocative field guide to your psyche and finances, and an urgently useful book for any one over thirty. The Number will help you think about the life you want and the kind of help you need to achieve it.
Think & Grow Rich
"For inspiration, read…'Think and Grow Rich!'….It's the first step to devising a winning strategy." The Sunday Times
Synopsis
Think and grow rich is the most important financial book ever written. Napoleon Hill researched more than forty millionaires to find out what made them the men that they were. In this book he imparts that knowledge to you. Once you've read this book you will understand what gives certain people an edge over everyone else. By following the advice laid out clearly in this book you'll be the one with an edge. It's time to stop wondering what it's like to be rich and start knowing. This book has changed countless lives and it can change yours!
The Undercover Economist
'As lively and witty an introduction to the supposedly 'dismal science' as you are likely to read' THE TIMES
Synopsis
Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How do the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just 50 years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month? Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a fresh explanation of the fundamental principles of the modern economy, illuminated by examples from the streets of London to the booming skyscrapers of Shanghai to the sleepy canals of Bruges.
Leaving behind textbook jargon and equations, Tim Harford will reveal the games of signals and negotiations, contests of strength and battles of wit that drive not only the economy at large but the everyday choices we make.
Playing With Fire
'A truly inspiring read that makes you realise if you want something enough, it's there for the taking.' The Sun
Synopsis
When he was struggling to get his first restaurant in the black, Gordon Ramsay never imagined he'd be famous for a TV show about how to run profitable eateries, or that he'd be head of a business empire. But he is and he did. Here's how. "In the beginning there was nothing. Not a sausage - penniless, broke, nothing - and although, at a certain age, that didn't matter hugely, there came a time when hand-me-downs, cast-offs and football boots of odd sizes all pointed to a problem that seemed to have afflicted me, my mum, my sisters, Ronnie and the whole lot of us. It was as though we had been dealt the 'all-time dysfunctional' poker hand. I wish I could say that, from this point on, the penny dropped and I decided to do something about it, but it wasn't like that. It would take years before the lessons of life, business and money began to click into place. This is the story of how those lessons were learned."
This is Gordon Ramsay at his raw, rugged best. PLAYING WITH FIRE is the amazing story of Gordon's journey from sous-chef to superstar. In his no-holds-barred style, Gordon shares his passion for risk and adventure and his hard-won success secrets