Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)

The blind side : evolution of a game by Michael Lewis ( Book )
17 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in English and held by 3,014 libraries worldwide
Follows one young man from his impoverished childhood with a crack-addicted mother, through his discovery of the sport of football, to his rise to become one of the most successful, highly-paid players in the NFL.

The big short : inside the doomsday machine by Michael Lewis ( Book )
20 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and Chinese and held by 2,917 libraries worldwide
The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives.

The new new thing : a Silicon Valley story by Michael Lewis ( Book )
26 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 2,608 libraries worldwide
" ... describes a vast paradigm shift in American culture: a shift away from conventional business models and definitions of success, and toward a new way of thinking about the world and our control over it. The rules of American capitalism--how money is raised, how the spoils are divided--have been drastically rewritten according to a single entrepreneur's vision of the future of the Internet ... "--Dust jacket.

Liar's poker : rising through the wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis ( Book )
38 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 2,410 libraries worldwide
In this shrewd and wickedly funny book, Michael Lewis describes astonishing era and his own rake's progress through the jungle of a powerful investment bank. In two short years he rose from trainee to a bond salesman who could turn over millions of dollars' worth of doubtful bonds with just one call.

Moneyball : the art of winning an unfair game by Michael Lewis ( Book )
16 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and Chinese and held by 2,398 libraries worldwide
Explains how Billy Beene, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is using a new kind of thinking to build a successful and winning baseball team without spending enormous sums of money.

Panic : the story of modern financial insanity ( Book )
9 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and held by 1,890 libraries worldwide
This work is an analysis of five financial upheavals in recent history. It includes coverage of the 1987 stock market crash, the 1998 Russian default (and the consequent collapse of U.S. hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the Internet bubble of 1995-2001, and the 2008 sub-prime mortgage crisis, in an anecdotal report that reveals how public knowledge differed from what was actually taking place. The author offers a wide and varied perspective on modern finances with this powerful collection of essays by noted authors like Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, Business Week's David Henry, Lewis himself, and many others. By examining the history of current financial practices, these essays show where the fruits of these activities are leading us.

Next : the future just happened by Michael Lewis ( Book )
12 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in English and held by 1,657 libraries worldwide
"In Liar's Poker the barbarians seized control of the bond markets. In The New New Thing some guys from Silicon Valley redefined the American economy. Now, with his knowing eye and wicked pen, Michael Lewis reveals how much the Internet boom has encouraged great changes in the way we live, work, and think. He finds that we are in the midst of one of the greatest status revolutions in the history of the world, and the Internet turns out to be a weapon in the hands of revolutionaries. Old priesthoods - lawyers, investment gurus, professionals in general - are toppling right and left. In the new order of things, the amateur, or individual, is king: fourteen-year-old children manipulate the stock market and nineteen-year-olds take down the music industry. Deep, unseen forces are undermining all forms of collectivism, from the family to the mass market: one little black box has the power to end television as we know it, and another one - also attached to the television set - may dictate significant changes in our practice of democracy. Where does it all lead? And will we like where we end up?"--BOOK JACKET.

Pacific rift by Michael Lewis ( Book )
8 editions published between 1991 and 1993 in English and held by 1,381 libraries worldwide
Follows two cultural transplants--Bob Collins lives and works in Tokyo, and Shuji Tomikawa works in New York.

The money culture by Michael Lewis ( Book )
16 editions published between 1991 and 2011 in English and Japanese and held by 1,244 libraries worldwide
Focuses on events and individuals in the financial news of the 1980s.

Home game : an accidental guide to fatherhood by Michael Lewis ( Book )
15 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 1,237 libraries worldwide
When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn't feel, and to do things that he couldn't see the point of doing. At first this made him feel guilty, until he realized that all around him fathers were pretending to do one thing, to feel one way, when in fact they felt and did all sorts of things, then engaged in what amounted to an extended cover-up. Lewis decided to keep a written record of what actually happened immediately after the birth of each of his three children. This book is that record. But it may also be the funniest, most unsparing account of ordinary daily household life ever recorded from the point of view of the man inside. The remarkable thing about this story isn't that Lewis is so unusual--it's that he is so typical.--From publisher description.