Business Adventures John Brooks

Twelve classic tales from the world of wall street by john brooks paperback barnes noble business adventures remains the best business book i ve ever read bill gates the wall street journal our stores are openbook annexmembershipeducatorsgift cardsstores eventshelp.

Business adventures john brooks. Each story explores a different subject including eccentric leaders and their successes failures and legal quandaries. On the surface the stories will appear completely unrelated but the underneath the idea is to touch all aspects of the business. And warren if you re reading this i still have your copy. The book is rated as the best business book by both bill gates and warren buffett.

Business adventures is well written as john brooks is able to tell these stories entertainingly by emphasising funny dialogues and his generally great way with words. Brooks takes a human interest angle and describes the character of key people not just the facts and thus adds a richness to each adventure. He was also the author of ten nonfiction books on business and finance a number of which were critically acclaimed works examining wall street and the corporate world. It consists of 12 chapters with one story each most of them from the wall street of the 1960s.

Inside this book the stock market the daytime adventure serial of the well to do would not be the stock market if it did not have its ups and downs. John brooks 1920 1993 was an award winning writer best known for his contributions to the new yorker as a financial journalist. John brooks 1920 1993 was an award winning writer best known for his contributions to the new yorker as a financial journalist. Today more than two decades after warren lent it to me and more than four decades after it was first published business adventures remains the best business book i ve ever read.

Business adventures 1969 by journalist john brooks is a collection of 12 nonfiction stories about american business and high finance. John brooks is still my favorite business writer. He was also the author of ten nonfiction books on business and finance a number of which were critically acclaimed works examining wall street and the corporate world.