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The snowball : Warren Buffett and the business of life Cover Image Book

The snowball : Warren Buffett and the business of life / Alice Schroeder.

Schroeder, Alice, 1956- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780553805093
  • Physical Description: pages cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, [2008]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 Bubble 1 -- 1 Less Flattering Version 3 -- 2 Sun Valley 5 -- 3 Creatures of Habit 24 -- 4 Warren, What's Wrong? 31 -- Part 2 Inner Scorecard 35 -- 5 Urge to Preach 37 -- 6 Bathtub Steeplechase 44 -- 7 Armistice Day 53 -- 8 A Thousand Ways 59 -- 9 Inky Fingers 66 -- 10 True Crime Stories 86 -- 11 Pudgy She Was Not 89 -- 12 Silent Sales 96 -- 13 Rules of the Racetrack 105 -- 14 Elephant 110 -- 15 Interview 123 -- 16 Strike One 129 -- 17 Mount Everest 139 -- 18 Miss Nebraska 151 -- 19 Stage Fright 163 -- Part 3 Racetrack 175 -- 20 Graham-Newman 177 -- 21 Side to Play 190 -- 22 Hidden Splendor 200 -- 23 Omaha Club 22 -- 24 Locomotive 229 -- 25 Windmill War 242 -- 26 Haystacks of Gold 247 -- 27 Folly 263 -- 28 Dry Tinder 278 -- 29 What a Worsted Is 287 -- 30 Jet Jack 294 -- 31 Scaffold Sways the Future 303 -- 32 Easy, Safe, Profitable, and Pleasant 312 -- 33 Unwinding 321 -- Part 4 Susie Sings 337 -- 34 Candy Harry 339 -- 35 Sun 352 -- 36 Two Drowned Rats 367 -- 37 Newshound 375 -- 38 Spaghetti Western 387 -- 39 Giant 399 -- 40 How Not to Run a Public Library 416 -- 41 And Then What? 439 -- 42 Blue Ribbon 457 -- Part 5 King of Wall Street 475 -- 43 Pharaoh 477 -- 44 Rose 490 -- 45 Call the Tow Truck 505 -- 46 Rubicon 514 -- 47 White Nights 543 -- 48 Thumb-Sucking, and Its Hollow-Cheeked Result 562 -- 49 Angry Gods 597 -- 50 Lottery 619 -- 51 To Hell with the Bear 647 -- 52 Chickenfeed 665 -- Part 6 Claim Checks 685 -- 53 Genie 687 -- 54 Semicolon 689 -- 55 Last Kay Party 702 -- 56 By the Rich, for the Rich 712 -- 57 Oracle 730 -- 58 Buffetted 752 -- 59 Winter 765 -- 60 Frozen Coke 773 -- 61 Seventh Fire 786 -- 62 Claim Checks 806 -- A Personal Note About Research 929.

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Buffett, Warren, 1930-
Capitalists and financiers > United States > Biography.
Investments > United States.
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Biographies.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Rutherford County Library System.

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