Lewis, Michael

Examines the mathematical strategies by which manager Billy Beane handled the financially strapped Oakland Athletics' 2002 draft and led the baseball team to success despite its lack of high profile players.

Details the life of University of Mississippi football player Michael Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother and adopted at the age of sixteen by a wealthy family, and explores the rising importance and salary of the offensive left tackle in the game of football.

Dramatizes the life of All-American football player Michael Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother, adopted at the age of sixteen by a wealthy family, and a first-round NFL draft pick.

A biography of Wall Street bond trader Michael Lewis that provides a perspective on the 1980s era. Describes Lewis's rise from trainee at Salomon Brothers to a bond salesman who could turn over millions of dollars in bonds with a phone call. Examines the intensity of life on the trading floor.

A chronicle of the 1996 presidential campaign, featuring observances of Bob Dole, Bill Clinton, and other contenders, and providing insight into how leaders are really chosen in turn-of-the-century America.

A selection of more than fifty pieces of journalism on recent financial crises. Articles by Michael Lewis, Lester Thurow, Paul Krugman, and other journalists focus on the crash of 1987, the Russian default, the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the Internet bubble, and the subprime mortgage crisis.

An assessment of fiscal blunders in foreign lands, which details how these global economic repercussions were felt on American soil. Financial bubbles grew and burst, not only in the U.S. but in countries all over the world. The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pi?ata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish. And the United States simply wanted more of everything it already had.

Details the life of University of Mississippi football player Michael Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother and adopted at the age of sixteen by a wealthy family, and explores the rising importance and salary of the offensive left tackle in the game of football.

Presents the author's first-hand account of his experience playing baseball at the age of fourteen for a coach who's confidence and trust changed his life and stayed with him forever.

Shares insights into the recent economic crisis, citing such factors as expanded home ownership and risky derivative elections in the face of increasing shareholder demands, and profiles responsible parties in government, financial, and private sectors.