Need some book ideas? Then check out the book-related links from over the past month on Abnormal Returns. You can also check out the second edition of this linkfest or see our latest monthly post that highlights the most popular books among Abnormal Returns readers. Enjoy!
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Book notes: Insights from Warren Buffett in Gillian Zoe Segal’s Getting There: A Book of Mentors. (Huffington Post)
Book review: A look at The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World by Anthony Biglan. (Scientific American)
Book notes: Some basic math for traders in Adam Grime’s Quantitative Analysis of Market Data. (Adam Grimes)
Book excerpt: An excerpt from the new book from Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, When to Rob a Bank…And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants. (Medium)
Book Q&A: A discussion with Rosabeth Moss Canter author of Move: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead. (Business Insider)
Book insights: How elite students get elite jobs. Insights from Lauren A. Rivera’s Pedigree. (Marginal Revolution)
Book recommendation: Olivia S. Mitchell recommends everyone read John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Great Crash: 1929. (WSJ)
Book recommendation: The Warren Buffett Philosophy of Investment: How a Combination of Value Investing and Smart Acquisitions Drives Extraordinary Success by Elena Chirkova is for Buffett newbies and fans alike. (Reading the Markets)
Book list: Read the books, including Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin, to become a better trader. (Mike Bellafiore)
Book excerpt: An excerpt from Ashlee Vance’s Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. (Bloomberg)
Book excerpt: An excerpt from Michael C. Corballis’ The Wandering Mind: What the Brain Does When You’re Not Looking. (NY Mag)
Book insights: Why we deny the role of luck. Insights from Max Gunther’s How to Get Lucky. (Farnam Street)
Book recommendation: Hank Paulsen’s Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower is a “captivating read.” (Reading the Markets)
Book Q&A: Ezra Klein talks with Elizabeth Kolbert about The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. (Vox)
Book insights: How exercise helps the brain and more from John J. Ratey’s Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.
Book Q&A: How the gluten-free thing ruined eating. A Q&A with Alan Levinovitz author of The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What You Eat. (Wonkblog)
Book recommendations: 11 picks from Warren Buffett’s bookshelf including Amazon.com by Cristiane Correa. (MoneyBeat)
Book review: Nathaniel Popper’s Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money is the book you have been waiting for. (Marginal Revolution)
Book review: A look at Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do about It by Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, and Andrew D. Eschtruth. (Enterprising Investor)
Book notes: Are we distracting ourselves to death? A look at Matthew B. Crawford’s The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction. (The Daily Beast)
Book review: David McCullough’s The Wright Brothers is “concise, exciting and fact-packed book..” (NYTimes.com)
Book review: Tania Luna and Leeann Renninger’s Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected is “a worthwhile quick read.” (Reading the Markets)
Book notes: Are we distracting ourselves to death? A look at Matthew B. Crawford’s The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction. (The Daily Beast)
Book review: Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard Thaler is “both engrossing and highly relevant.”
Book review: The Incredible Shrinking Alpha, by Larry Swedroe and Andrew Berkin highlight the challenges facing active manager’s today. (Nerd’s Eye View)
Book review: A contrary take on stress from The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal. (Guardian)
Book insights: How exercise helps the brain and more from John J. Ratey’s Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.
Book notes: Are John Bogle’s two classic books, Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor and John Bogle on Investing: The First 50 Years worth a re-read? (Reading the Markets)
Book review: Nathaniel Popper’s Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money is the book you have been waiting for. (Marginal Revolution)
Book notes: Are we distracting ourselves to death? A look at Matthew B. Crawford’s The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction. (The Daily Beast)
Book notes: Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman is an “intriguing investigation into competitive fire.” (Reading the Markets)
