{"product_id":"damn-right-isbn-9780471446910","title":"Damn Right!","description":"\u003cb\u003ePraise For Damn Right!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling WARREN BUFFETT SPEAKS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Charlie Munger, whose reputation is deep and wide, based on an extraordinary record of brilliantly successful business strategies, sees things that others don’t. There is a method to his mastery and, through this book, we get a chance to learn about this rare individual.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e——MICHAEL EISNER, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Janet Lowe uncovers the iconoclastic genius and subtle charm behind Charlie Munger’s curmudgeonly facade in this richly woven portrait of our era’s heir to Ben Franklin. With a biographer’s detachment, an historian’s thoroughness, and a financial writer’s common sense, Lowe produces a riveting account of the family, personal, and business life of this idiosyncratically complex and endlessly fascinating figure.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e——LAWRENCE A. CUNNINGHAM, Cardozo Law School, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For years, Berkshire Hathaway shareholders and investors worldwide (me included) have struggled to learn more about Warren Buffett’s cerebral sidekick. Now we can rest and enjoy reading Janet Lowe’s book about this rare intellectual jewel called Charlie Munger.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e——ROBERT G. HAGSTROM, Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Warren Buffett Way\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Charlie has lived by the creed that one should live a life that doesn't need explaining. But his life should be explained. In a city where heroism is too often confused with celebrity, Charlie is a true hero and mentor. He lives the life lessons that he has studiously extracted from other true heroes and mentors, from Ben Franklin to Ben Graham. This book illuminates those life lessons.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e——RONALD L. OLSON, Munger, Tolles \u0026amp; Olson LLP\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Janet Lowe’s unprecedented access to Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett has resulted in a first-class book that investors, academics, and CEOs will find entertaining and highly useful.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e——TIMOTHY P. VICK, Money Manager and Author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDas einzige Buch, das einen der geheimnisvollsten Anleger im Investmentgeschaft portratiert: Charlie Munger - der Kopf, der hinter Investmentguru Warren Buffett stand.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Geschrieben von Janet Lowe, beruhmte Autorin der WILEY Speaks-Bestsellerreihe. Sie hat hier eine faszinierende Verbindung von Geschaftsphilosophie, und Biographie geschaffen, eine einzigartige Kombination aus Mungers Witz, Humor, Know-How und Erfolg.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Offenbart werden auch die Taktiken und Techniken dieses wenig bekannten, aber au?erst einflu?reichen Finanzgenies und Lehrmeisters von Warren Buffett.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ein Buch zum Verschenken schon! \u003cp\u003e1 An Extraordinary Combination of Minds 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Lake—A Place That Defines Munger 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Nebraskans 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Surviving the Wars 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Putting Together a New Life 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Munger Makes His First Million 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 A Combination of Big Ideas 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Pound-for-Pound, the Best Law Firm 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Operating Wheeler, Munger Out of a Utility Room 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Blue Chip Stamps 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 See's Candy Teaches a Lesson 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Belous Case 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The \u003ci\u003eBuffalo Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Charlie Munger Goes to War with the Savings and Loan Industry 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Blossoming of Berkshire Hathaway 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Berkshire in the 1990s—Power Building 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Salomon Brothers 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Daily Journal Corporation—A Modest Media Empire 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Doing Good at Good Samaritan Hospital 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Elder Statesman and Conscience of the Investment World 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 A Time to Reap Rewards 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A. Wheeler, Munger Partnership 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B. Interview List 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C. Time Line—The Life and Career of Charles T. Munger 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D. Charles T. Munger's Speeches 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 289\u003c\/p\u003e JANET LOWE is an investment writer and author who has written several business and biographical works, including the bestseller Warren Buffett Speaks as well as Welch: An American Icon and The Man Who Beats the S\u0026amp;P: Investing with Bill Miller (all published by Wiley). Ms. Lowe is a past editor of the San Diego Daily Transcript and financial editor of the San Diego Tribune. More than 200 of her business articles have appeared in such publications as Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.  \u003cb\u003ePraise For Damn Right!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling WARREN BUFFETT SPEAKS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Charlie Munger, whose reputation is deep and wide, based on an extraordinary record of brilliantly successful business strategies, sees things that others don’t. There is a method to his mastery and, through this book, we get a chance to learn about this rare individual.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e——MICHAEL EISNER, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Janet Lowe uncovers the iconoclastic genius and subtle charm behind Charlie Munger’s curmudgeonly facade in this richly woven portrait of our era’s heir to Ben Franklin. With a biographer’s detachment, an historian’s thoroughness, and a financial writer’s common sense, Lowe produces a riveting account of the family, personal, and business life of this idiosyncratically complex and endlessly fascinating figure.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e——LAWRENCE A. CUNNINGHAM, Cardozo Law School, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For years, Berkshire Hathaway shareholders and investors worldwide (me included) have struggled to learn more about Warren Buffett’s cerebral sidekick. Now we can rest and enjoy reading Janet Lowe’s book about this rare intellectual jewel called Charlie Munger.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e——ROBERT G. 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