What books are you currently reading?

[Shantanu Kumar]

Can I contact you when i get there?...in case i need any clarifications...

Okay.

 

[Sanket Patel]

Traders, Guns, and Money - Satyajit Das

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Victor Kiam, Live to Win
http://www.amazon.com/Live-Win-Achieving-Success-Business/dp/0061099074/
The do's and dont's of entrepreneurship

I'm reading this book that I borrowed from John

 

[Mike_B]

Street Freak - very entertaining

 

[Jonathan]

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3) decided to take a break from my usual quant readings.

 

[rockanalyst]

More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

 

[voltaire]

Fernand Braudel masterpiece : The Wheels of Commerce (Civilization and Capitalism: 15Th-18th Century -Volume 2)
The Wheels of Commerce (Civilization and Capitalism: 15Th-18th Century -Volume 2)

 

[bigbadwolf]

Fernand Braudel masterpiece : The Wheels of Commerce (Civilization and Capitalism: 15Th-18th Century -Volume 2)

Excellent trilogy and narrates the transition from European feudalism to early modern (i.e., mercantile) capitalism. Along the same lines but more modern and covering more ground is Wallerstein's "The Modern World System." Four volumes are out and a couple more still to come (but unlikely to be completed as Wallerstein probably doesn't have enough time left on this earth).

 

[Prasnth]

I am reading

• Liars poker
• Intelligent investor
• C# in depth

I read fountainhead but I abandoned it after the first section of the book (Peter Keating I guess)

 

[bigbadwolf]

For those interested in the political, military, and geostrategic backdrop to financial markets, I would recommend "The Global Minotaur" by Yanis Varoufakis. I've had the book for a while but the reason it came to mind was a book review written by someone I know:

http://www.lefteyeonbooks.com/2012/07/the-global-minotaur-a-great-transformation-for-our-times/

 

[rockanalyst]

Elements of Information Theory

 

[Jayanthan]

I am reading " Cold Steel: Lakshmi Mittal and the Multi-billion-dollar Battle for Global Empire". It is an amazing book, if anyone interested in M&A.

 

[physEcon]

Slowly making my way through The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation. Really drives home what an incredible place Bell Labs was.

 

[ChrisN]

The bio of Steve Jobs!

 

[John]

Cra$hmaker: A Federal Affaire, a monumental two-volume high-finance thriller.
http://www.amazon.com/Cra-hmaker-Federal-Affaire-Novel/dp/0967175909/

 

[bigbadwolf]

Not currently reading it but since Gore Vidal just died I'm reminded of his novel, "Creation," set in 500 BC. It's the fictional account of a Persian diplomat at the height of Persian empire (Darius, Xerxes, Artaxerxes), who makes extended visits to other power centres of the era (India, China, Greece). The era is interesting because it involved a "deepening" of civilisation -- centralised state power was being built and consolidated in India and China, and thinkers and mystics such as the pre-Socratics, Buddha, Confucius, and Zoroaster were coterminous with the age.

 

[alain]

I'm reading this:

http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Learning-Hackers-Drew-Conway/dp/1449303714/

I have met Drew and he is a really smart dude.

I also have these 2 on the queue

http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Learning-Action-Peter-Harrington/dp/1617290181/

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Pools-High-Speed-I-Financial/dp/0307887170/

 

[Ash Singh]

I am reading
http://www.amazon.com/The-Programming-Language-Special-Edition/dp/0201700735

 

[TheMaster]

1. Python Programming By John Zelle
2. Microsoft visual basic 2010: Step by step
3. Power programming with excel vba 2010

I'm trying to get my programming skills down. Next on the list is C++ for everyone by Horstmann and Microsoft SQL 2012: Step by step

 

[Sanket Patel]

I'm reading this:

http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Learning-Hackers-Drew-Conway/dp/1449303714/

I have met Drew and he is a really smart dude.

I also have these 2 on the queue

http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Learning-Action-Peter-Harrington/dp/1617290181/

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Pools-High-Speed-I-Financial/dp/0307887170/

Is Machine Learning for Hackers worth reading?