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Nonfiction · History

Barbarians at the Gate

The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
1989 · 563 pages

In 1988 the chief executive of RJR Nabisco moved to buy his own company and set off a bidding war that closed at $25 billion. Burrough and Helyar put you inside every meeting.

★ 6.4
Nonfiction · Business

Business Adventures

John Brooks
1969 · 464 pages

Twelve New Yorker reports on how companies behave: Ford burning millions on the Edsel, a grocer trying to corner his own stock. Bill Gates calls it the best business book he has read.

★ 4.3