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How did society arrive at where it stands today? To learn about the politicians, scientists, innovators, leaders and rulers whose actions shaped the present, peruse these summaries.

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The Greater Journey
 

David McCullough

Simon & Schuster, 2011

(8)

The Price of Politics
 

Bob Woodward

Wall Street Journal Books, 2012

(6)

Swiss Made

R. James Breiding

Profile Books, 2012

(7)

John F. Kennedy on Leadership
 

John A. Barnes

AMACOM, 2005

(8)

The Way to Wealth
 

Benjamin Franklin

Applewood Books, 1986

(9)

Strategic Leadership
 

John Adair

Kogan Page, 2010

(6)

Marshall
 

H. Paul Jeffers and Alan Axelrod

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

(7)

Common Sense
 

Thomas Paine

Applewood Books, 2002

(9)

Alexander The Great’s Art of Strategy

Partha Bose

Gotham Books, 2003

(9)

The 33 Strategies of War
 

Robert Greene

Viking Press, 2006

(9)

The Prince
 

Niccolò Machiavelli

Oxford UP, 2008

(9)

The Audacity to Win
 

David Plouffe

Viking Press, 2009

(9)

The Art of Action
 

Stephen Bungay

Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2011

(7)

This Time Is Different
 

Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff

Princeton UP, 2009

(8)

The Great Reset
 

Richard Florida

HarperCollins, 2010

(8)

Long Walk to Freedom
 

Nelson Mandela

Little, Brown, 2000

(10)

The End of the Euro

Johan van Overtveldt

AGATE Publishing, 2011

(8)

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
 

Benjamin Franklin

Touchstone, 2003

(9)

The End of Wall Street
 

Roger Lowenstein

Penguin Group (USA), 2011

(9)

No One Would Listen
 

Harry Markopolos

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010

(9)

Churchill
 

Roy Jenkins

FSG, 2001

(9)

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