Suggested Links and Recommended Reading
Biography
- “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York” by Robert A. Caro
- “Means of Ascent” by Robert A. Caro
- “Pathway to Power” by Robert A. Caro
- “Master of the Senate” by Robert A. Caro
- “Master of the Senate” by Robert A. Caro
- “The Passage of Power” by Robert A. Caro
- “Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.” by Ron Chernow
- “Washington: A Life” by Ron Chernow
- “Lincoln” by David Herbert Donald
- “American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson” by Joseph J. Ellis
- “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
- “Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters” by Ulysses S. Grant
- “Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American” by B.H. Liddell Hart
- “The Wisemen” by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas
- “Churchill” by Paul Johnson
- “Napoleon: A Life” by Paul Johnson
- “Socrates: A Man For Our Times” by Paul Johnson
- “The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone, 1932-40” by William R. Manchester
- “John Adams” by David McCullough
- “Truman” by David McCullough
- “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” by Jon Meacham
- “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” by Edmund Morris
- “Eisenhower in War and Peace” by Jean Edward Smith
- “John Marshall” by Jean Edward Smith
- “All The Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt” by John Taliaferro
- “Xenophan’s Cyrus The Great: The Arts of Leadership and War” edited by Larry Hedrick
Business, Psychology, and Business Development
- “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman
- “Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broker the World” by Liaquat Ashamed
- “What Color is Your Parachute? 2016: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers” by Richard N. Bolles
- “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all small stuff” by Richard Carlson, Ph.D.
- “Best Practices of Building Your Personal Network” by Allan Boress, CPA, CFE and Michael G. Cummings
- “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” by Susan Cain
- “How to Win Friends & Influence People” by Dale Carnegie
- “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living” by Dale Carnegie
- “Built To Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies” by Jim Collins
- “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey
- “Never Eat Alone and Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time” by Keith Ferrazzi
- “Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell
- “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill
- “Time To Think: Listening to Ignite The Human Mind” by Nancy Kline
- “More Time To Think: The Power of Independent Thinking” by Nancy Kline
- “Growing Your Business!: What you need to know, What you need to do” by Mark LeBlanc
- “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale
- “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand
- “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand
- “The Rational Optimist” by Matt Ridley
- “Customers for Life: How to Turn that One-Time Buyer into a Lifetime Customer” by Carl Sewell and Paul B. Brown
- “Clients for Life: Evolving from an Expert for Hire to an Extraordinary Advisor” by Jagdish N. Sheth and Andrew Sobel
- “Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action” by Simon Sinek
- “The Dan Sullivan Question: As It and Transform Anyone’s Future” by Dan Sullivan
- “The 80% Approach” by Dan Sullivan
- “Learning How To Avoid The Gap” by Dan Sullivan
- “The Time Breakthrough – Transforming Time From A Quantity To A Quality” by Dan Sullivan
- “The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success” by William N. Thorndike
Economic History
- “The House of Morgan” by Ron Chernow
- “Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond
- “The Ascent of Money” by Niall Ferguson
General Business
- “The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It” by Michael E. Gerber
Fiction
- “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
- “Absalom, Absalom!” by William Faulkner
- “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville
- “Why Read Moby-Dick?” by Nathaniel Philbrick
- “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
- “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck
- “Kidnapped” by Robert Louis Stevenson
- “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
- “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
- “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain
- “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain
- “Pudd’nhead Wilson” by Mark Twain
General History
- “The Civil War: A Narrative” by Shelby Foote
- “The Children” by David Halberstam
- “The Hiding Place” by Corrie Ten Boom
General Non-Fiction
- “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail” by Bill Bryson
Investing
- “The Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham
- “Security Analysis” by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd
- “Against The Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk” by Peter L. Bernstein
- “Winning the Loser’s Game” by Charles D. Ellis
- “A Random Walk Down Wall Street” by Burton G. Malkiel
- “The Elements of Investing” by Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis
- “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing” by John C. Bogle
- “Fortune’s Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street” by William Poundstone
- “The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need” by Andrew Tobias
Leadership
- “On Leadership” by John W. Gardner
- “Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton” by David Gergen
- “Servant Leadership: A Journey Into The Nature of Legitimate Power & Greatness” by Robert K. Greenleaf
- “Transforming Leadership” by James McGregor Burns
Negotiation
- “Getting To Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In” by Roger Fischer, William L. Ury, and Bruce Patton
- “You Can Negotiate Anything” by Herb Cohen
Political
- “All the King’s Men” by Robert Penn Warren
- “The Making of the President 1960” by Theodore H. White”
Wealth Management and Estate Planning
- Strictly Business: Planning Strategies For Privately Owned Businesses” by David K. Cahoone and Larry W. Gibbs
- “Wealth in Families” by Charles W. Collier
- “Business Succession Planning and Beyond: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Representing the Family-Owned Business” by Dirk R. Dreux, IV and Joe M. Goodman
- “Giving: Philanthropy for Everyone” by Robert A. Esperti and Renno L. Peterson, with Reid S. Johnson
- “The Objective Guide to Estate Planning and Life Insurance” by Robert A. Esperti, Renno L. Peterson, and David K. Cahoone
- “21st Century Loving Trust: Revised and Expanded for the New Economy” by Robert A. Esperti and Renno L. Peterson
- “Wealth Management: The Financial Advisor’s Guide to Investing and Managing Client Assets” by Harold Evensky
- “Protect and Enhance Your Estate: Definitive Strategies for Estate and Wealth Planning 3/E” by Robert A. Esperti and Renno L. Peterson
- “The Five Levels of Asset Protection in Nevada” by Scott Gunderson, Esq.
- “Family Wealth — Keeping In in the Family: How Family Members and Their Advisors Preserve Human, Intellectual, and Financial Assets for Generations” by James E. Hughes, Jr.
- Buy-Sell Agreements for Closely Held and Family Business Owners” by Z. Christopher Mercer
- “Ways & Means” by Scot W. Overdorf and Richard L. Randall
Writing
- “Syntactic Structures” by Noamm Chomsky
- “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft” by Stephen King
- “The Elements of Style” by William Strunk, Jr.