Sunday Book Review

Sunday Book Review

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Sunday Book Review episodes

  • January 7, 2024 The Four Business Books for 2024 Edition

    In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. Over the month of December, we will review some of the best books reported by the Financial Times in various categories. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we look at 4 business books you should read in 2024.


    Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger by Charlie Munger


    Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in the Age of Conflict by William Ury


    Strategic: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence by Rick Horwath


    Career Forward: Strategies From Women Who've Made it by Grace Puma and Christiana Smith Shi


    Resource:

    Four Must Read Business Books to Kick of 2024 (Inc.com)

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    6 min
  • December 17, 2023 The Top History Books Edition

    In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. Over December, we will review some of the best books reported by the Financial Times, in various categories. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top history books from 2023 as listed in the Financial Times.

    • Bismark’s War by Rachel Chrastil
    • Revolutionary Spring Get Done by Christopher Clark
    • The Lumumba Plot by Stuart Reid
    • 18 Days in October by Uri Kaufman

      Resource:

      FT’s Best Books of 2023-History

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      6 min
    • December 10, 2023 The Top Business Books Edition

      In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. Over the month of December, we will review some of the best books reported by the Financial Times, in various categories. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top business books from 2023 as listed in the Financial Times. 

      • The Case for Good Jobs by Zeynep Ton
      • How Big Things Get Done by Ben Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
      • Right Kind of Wrong by Amy Edmondson
      • Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant


        Resource

        FT’s Best Books of 2023-Business

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        7 min
      • December 3, 2023 The Top Thrillers Edition

        In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. Over the month of December, we will review some of the best books reported by the Financial Times in various categories. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider the top thrillers from 2023.

        • “Year of the Locust” by Terry Hays
        • “Kennedy 35” by Charles Cumming.
        • “White Fox” by Owens Matthews.
        • “A Line in the Sand” by Ken Powers. 

          • Resource

          Best Books of 2023-Thrillers

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          6 min
        • November 12 , 2023 the Corporate Governance (Larcker and Tayan) edition

          In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, Tom considers three books by Stanford professors David Larcker and Brian Tayan on corporate governance.

          • The Art and Practice of Corporate Governance by Larker and Tayan
          • Corporate Governance Matters (3rd ed)  by Larker and Tayan
          • A Real Look at World Corporate Governance by Larker and Tayan

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            6 min
          • November 5, 2023 the Just Because Edition

            In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, Tom considers upcoming Fall 2023 non-fiction books to take a look at reading.

            • “The Woman in Me,” by Britney Spears.
            • “Tupac Shakur-the Authorized Biography,” by Staci Robinson
            • “Let Us Descend,” by Jesmyn Ward.
            • “Miss MacIntosh, My Darling,” by Marguerite Young. 

              • Resource

              Five Reviews You Need to Read In Literary Hub

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              6 min
            • October 29, 2023 - The Great Movie Monsters Edition

              In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, Tom considers upcoming Fall 2023 non-fiction books to take a look at reading.

              • “Monsters in the Movies” by John Landis.
              • “Lost in the Dark: A World History of the Horror Film” by Brad Wiesmann.
              • “Universal Studio Monsters: A Legacy of Horror” by Michael Mallory.
              • “The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Films Biggest Monsters by Jason Barr. 

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                6 min
              • October 22, 2023 -The Fall 2023 Non-Fiction Books Edition

                In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, Tom considers upcoming Fall 2023 non-fiction books to take a look at reading.

                • “Romney: A Reckoning,” by McKay Coppins
                • “Some People Need Killing,” by Patricia Evangelista
                • “The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism,” by Tim Alberta
                • “My Name is Barbra,” by Barbra Streisand

                  • Resources:

                  Books We Are Looking Forward to the Rest of the Year by Gilbert Cruz

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                  6 min
                • October 15, 2023 – The Fall of SBF and Crypto Edition

                  In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, Tom considers four books reviewed by Brooke Masters in the FT on the fall of SBF, FTX, and crypto.

                  1. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis
                  2. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux 
                  3. Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud By Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman
                  4. Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform by Rachel O’Dwyer 

                    5.  Resource:

                    Michael Lewis on how Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX fell by Brooke Masters in the FT.

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                    6 min
                  5. October 8, 2023 – The Compliance Books Edition

                    In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, Tom review top books on compliance.

                    1.     Governance, Risk Management & Compliance by Richard Steinberg

                    2.     Corruption: The New Corporate Challenge by N. Kochan and R. Goodyear

                    3.     Anti-Money Laundering in a Nutshell: Awareness and Compliance for Financial Personnel and Business Managers by Kevin Sullivan

                    4.     The Business Guide to Effective Compliance and Ethics: Why Compliance isn’t Working – and How to Fix it by Andrew Hayward & Tony Osborn

                    Resources:

                    Top 10 Compliance Books by Vivek Dodd

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                    7 min

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