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|  | Death of the Banker by Ron Chernow
For anyone interested in the world behind the business-page headlines, this is the book to read. --Publishers WeeklyWith the same breadth of vision and narrative elan he brought to his monumental biographies of the great financiers, Ron Chernow examines the forces that made dynasties like the Morgans, the Warburgs, and the Rothschilds the financial arbiters of the early twentieth century and then rendered them virtually obsolete by the century's end. As he traces the shifting balance of power among investors, borrowers, and bankers, Chernow evokes both the grand theater of capital and the personal dramas of its most fascinating protagonists. Here is Siegmund Warburg, who dropped a client in the heat of a takeover deal because the man wore monogrammed shirt cuffs, as well as the imperious J. P. Morgan, who, when faced with a federal antitrust suit, admonished Theodore Roosevelt to send your man to my man and they can fix it up. And here are the men who usurped their power, from the go-getters of the 1920s to the masters of the universe of the 1980s. Glittering with perception and anecdote, The Death of the Banker is at once a panorama of twentieth-century finance and a guide to the new era of giant mutual funds on Wall Street. Chernow . . . delivers a sound, accessible account of the forces shaping capital, credit, currency, and securities markets on the eve of a new millennium. --Kirkus Reviews AUTHOR: Ron Chernow
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa by David Bowman
This biography covers the conception and rise of arguably the first commercially successful American alternative band, the Talking Heads. AUTHOR: David Bowman
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | My American Century by Robert Coles, Studs Terkel
A collection of oral histories transcribed and edited by the American author and left-wing political activist. Terkel talks to veterans of the sit-down strikes of the 1930s, Prohibition bootleggers, and neighborhood advocates influenced by labor and civil rights organizer, Saul Alinsky. AUTHOR: Robert Coles, Studs Terkel
PUBLISHER: New Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Rehnquist Choice by John W. Dean
Through a study of the selection and nomination of a Supreme Court Justice, the former White House counsel--and Watergate figure--John Dean provides an insider's view of Nixon and the Nixon White House, much of which is based on newly released tape recordings. Dean claims to have been the one who first put forth the name of the very conservative Arizonian William Rehnquist. AUTHOR: John W. Dean
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Leonardo DiCaprio by Kristin McCracken
Description not available.A biography of the young California actor who starred in the film Titanic. AUTHOR: Kristin McCracken
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Pink Floyd by Bruno MacDonald
With sources ranging from underground fanzines to `Rolling Stone`, a track-by-track guide to the entire Floydian repertoire (including rare quotes from band members for many of the songs), and photos new to this U.S. edition, this collection is the quintessential guide to Pink Floyd. AUTHOR: Bruno MacDonald
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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