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2009 FT/GOLDMAN SACHS BUSINESS BOOK AWARD
The winner
Liaquat Ahamed’s ‘Lords of Finance’ swept away a strong field of finalists for the 2009 prize
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Uncommon Sense
This compilation of essays from the blog of Gary Becker and Richard Posner covers a range of topical issues including gay marriage, terrorism and traffic congestion, says John Kay
The Laws of Disruption
Larry Downes on how business leaders, regulators and consumers could navigate through the coming bloodbath in many industries and areas of life
Johnny Cash
The English translation of Reinhard Kleist’s ‘graphic biography’ of the country singer makes a handsome addition to Cash mythology
Russia Against Napoleon
In this first major English-language book devoted to the Russian side of the epic 1812 campaign, Dominic Lieven argues that one key reason Russia defeated Napoleon was that her key leaders out-thought him
Our Choice
The clarity of his argument and the fissile power of his analysis combine to elevate Al Gore’s work into the top-ranking environmental books of our time
Sisters in War
Christina Asquith’s rare, beautifully written insight into the haunting ways in which women have been affected by the conflict in Iraq
Trust
Anthony Seldon laments the breakdown of trust in British society and draws on philosophy for lessons in designing a new model of government
Tony’s Ten Years
Adam Boulton takes the speeches and events of Tony Blair’s final 100 days in 2007 as a frame for his sympathetic analysis of the defining achievements of his administration
Outlaw Journalist
William McKeen charts the belligerent rise of Hunter S Thompson from delinquent youth to iconoclastic journalist
The Arabs
An outstanding, gripping and exuberant narrative, full of flamboyant character sketches, witty asides and magisterial scholarship, that explains much of what we need to know about the Arab world
