TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schroeder,Alice
TI  - The snowball: Warren Buffett and the business of life 
SN  - 9780553805093
AV  - HG172.S381.S669 2008 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bantam Books
KW  - Capitalists and financiers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Investments
N1  - 1 (pages 839.-928) and index; Part 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; 2
N2  - A 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008017338.html
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