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High financier

the lives and time of Siegmund Warburg
2010
A biography of banker Siegmund Warburg, discussing his rise to prominence in post-World War II London, his contributions to European financial integration, and his philosophy of finance, and sharing details of his personal life and relationships.

Twenty-two cents

Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank
A biography of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who from a young age was determined to make difference in the world and eventually revolutionized global antipoverty efforts by developing the innovative economic concept of micro-lending. Includes an afterword and author's sources.

J. Pierpont Morgan

the emperor of Wall Street
1996
Traces the career of investment magnate J. Pierpont Morgan, once considered more powerful than the presidents he helped with economic issues.

Mary Poppins

2013
50th Anniversary Edition.

The millionaires

2007
Charlie and Oliver, brothers and bankers at a very exclusive bank, accept an offer of three million dollars in an apparently abandoned account when they are fired from their jobs but find they are in over their heads when a friend ends up dead and the bank, the Secret Service, and a private investigator begin hounding them.

Point of no return

1985
Charles Gray, a successful New York banker, must decide if he wants to pursue the job of vice president of his bank. Unsure of what he wants to do, he returns to his hometown where he confronts his past and realizes the decision has already been made.

Haym Salomon

patriot banker of the American Revolution
2004
Examines the life of Haym Salomon, a Polish immigrant to the United States who was instrumental in helping the Continental Congress meet the financial demands of the American Revolution, and who in 1782 became the official broker for the new country.

J. Pierpont Morgan

industrialist and financier
2007
A biography of J. Pierpont Morgan, one of America's greatest bankers, financiers, and founder of U.S. Steel and General Electric.

J.P. Morgan

banker to a growing nation
2001
A biography of financial genius J.P. Morgan, discussing his role in the economic history of America in the decades following the Civil War.

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