The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of LifeWarren Buffett has opened his world to Alice Schroeder, giving her unprecedented access to himself, his files, friends and associates. This book provides the only insight into his character and life, distilling the principles and philosophies that have guided him on a path to extraordinary success and esteem. |
Contents
Creatures of Habit | 23 |
Warren Whats Wrong? | 30 |
The Bathtub Steeplechase | 47 |
A Thousand Ways | 55 |
Inky Fingers | 62 |
True Crime Stories | 80 |
Silent Sales | 88 |
The Rules of the Racetrack | 97 |
How Not to Run a Public Library | 356 |
And Then What? | 374 |
Blue Ribbon | 390 |
PART FIVE The King of Wall Street | 405 |
Pharaoh | 407 |
Rose | 418 |
Call the Tow Truck | 429 |
Rubicon | 436 |
The Interview | 113 |
Mount Everest | 126 |
Miss Nebraska | 136 |
Stage Fright | 146 |
GrahamNewman | 159 |
The Side to Play | 170 |
Hidden Splendor | 178 |
The Omaha Club | 197 |
The Locomotive | 203 |
The Windmill War | 213 |
Haystacks of Gold | 217 |
Folly | 229 |
Dry Tinder | 242 |
What a Worsted Is | 250 |
Jet Jack | 256 |
The Scaffold Sways the Future | 264 |
Easy Safe Profitable and Pleasant | 271 |
The Unwinding | 279 |
PART FOUR Susie Sings | 293 |
Candy Harry | 295 |
The Sun | 306 |
Two Drowned Rats | 316 |
Newshound | 323 |
Spaghetti Western | 332 |
The Giant | 342 |
White Nights | 458 |
ThumbSucking and Its HollowCheeked Result | 473 |
The Angry Gods | 505 |
The Lottery | 521 |
To Hell with the Bear | 540 |
Chickenfeed | 554 |
PART SIX Claim Checks | 569 |
The Genie | 571 |
Semicolon | 573 |
The Last Kay Party | 582 |
By the Rich for the Rich | 589 |
Oracle | 601 |
Buffetted | 615 |
Winter | 624 |
Frozen Coke | 629 |
The Seventh Fire | 639 |
Claim Checks | 654 |
The Crisis | 671 |
The Snowball | 702 |
Notes | 709 |
A Personal Note About Research | 787 |
Photo Credits and Permissions | 789 |
Acknowledgments | 791 |
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