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With so many books in the stores, we’re often asked for recommendations. Here’s a list of recent nonfiction books.
“The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich” by Daniel Ammann. Published by St. Martin’s Press.
This biography, written with the cooperation of the infamous multibillionaire commodity trader Marc Rich, is a briskly paced primer on how to get off the hook, a must-read for any businessman facing federal indictment and a guaranteed tear- jerker for the U.S. white-collar prison population. It’s a psychological thriller and a gleeful celebration of asocial justice and why the sound application of money will always beat the odds and embarrass the gods.
A month ago Bloomberg already named The King of Oil one of the five best Business Books of recent months:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aqAwrR2ip2lM