Book News, Book Reviews, ' The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers' , 'IN FED WE TRUST - Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic

Books of The Times -
‘In Fed We Trust’ by David Wessel and ‘A Colossal Failure of Common Sense’ by Lawrence G. McDonald,

New York Times, July 21, 2009

A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE

The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers, By Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson, 351 pages. Crown Business. $27.

IN FED WE TRUST
Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic
By David Wessel
323 pages. Crown Business. $26.99.

For all of us then, David Wessel’s new book “In Fed We Trust” is essential, lucid — and, it turns out, riveting — reading.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/books/21kakutani.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

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New York Times, July 21, 2009

Four months after acquiring an e-book retailer, Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest chain of bookstores, is starting its own mega e-bookstore on its Web site, BN.com.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/technology/internet/21book.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

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