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WHAT WOULD INVESTMENT

BANKERS RECOMMEND YOU

TO READ?

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Zero to One by Peter Thiel,Blake Masters

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This book presents an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation- it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places.

"A great company is a conspiracy to change the world."

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The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Weaving science, social history, and personal narrative to tell the story of one of the most important conceptual breakthroughs of modern times, this is for everyone concerned about the definition and future of humanity.

“Normalcy is the antithesis of evolution.”

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Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared M. Diamond

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Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. This book chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history.

“Yes, world history is indeed such an onion!”

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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, it clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

"Race is the child of racism, not the father."

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Grit by Angela Duckworth

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Angela mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. It's about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that makes all the difference.

“As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.”

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Churchill by Martin Gilbert

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The book shows the hard facts of the public life and the intimate details of the private man. It gives a vital portrait of one of the most remarkable men of any age as well as arevealing depiction of a man of extraordinary courage and imagination.

“We must learn to draw from misfortune the means of future strength.”

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Suite française by Irène Némirovsky 

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This novel teems with wonderful characters struggling with the new regime. However, amidst the mess of defeat, and all the hypocrisy and compromise, there is hope. True nobility and love exist, but often in surprising places.

“How sad the world is, so beautiful yet so absurd.”

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Switched On by John Elder Robison

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This book is a real-life 'Flowers for Algernon', a fascinating and intimate window into what it means to be neurologically different, and what happens when the world as you know it is upended overnight.

“But were we so different, my pug and I?"

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Poorly Made in China by Paul Midler

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reveals industry secrets, including the dangerous practice of quality fade of Chinese manufacturers. It's a collection of true stories, told by an American who has worked in the country for close to two decades.  

“China manufacturing was a game played on a field without referees.”

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Massive change by Bruce Mau,  Jennifer Leonard,

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This book is a modern, illustrated primer on the new inventions, technologies, and events that are affecting the human race worldwide.

"The wrong answer is the right answer in search of a different question."

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