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Head Tide, by Joseph Lincoln, is the second book in a series about books with a banker involved that we’ll tell you about in this column.

The newspaper man and the fair-minded bank chairman

Part 2: A lesson in local power in an old book about Cape Cod
True Grit, by Charles Portis, is the first book in a series about books with a banker involved that we’ll tell you about in this column.

True Grit’s banking surprise, and other fictional financiers

Part 1: Some stories where bankers play roles good, bad, and realistic
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt. By Michael Lewis. W.W. Norton & Co, 274 pp.

When microseconds matter on “Wall Street”…

Book Review: Dark side of fiber-optics and finance
Virtual Banking: A Guide To Innovation And Partnering. By Dan Schatt. Wiley. 216 pp.

From competitors to partners

Book Review: PayPal alumnus says banks and newcomers should team up
When financial pundits collide

When financial pundits collide

Book Review: Can you guess how often they are wrong?
A Fighting Chance. By Elizabeth Warren. Metropolitan Books. 384 pp.

Elizabeth Warren, from the inside out

Book Review: Memoir/manifesto puts CFPB’s inventor in perspective
Data Crush: How the Information Tidal Wave is Driving New Business Opportunities. By Christopher Surdak. AMACOM. 288 pp.

Quick guide to big data use and opportunities

Book Review: Use it—it’s already using you
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises. By Timothy Geithner. Crown. 592 pp.

Geithner’s take on the crisis

Book Review: Failures, near-failures, rescues, and the dice-roll behind stress tests
Breaking Banks: The Innovators, Rogues, and Strategists Rebooting Banking. By Brett King. Wiley. 288pp.

Rebooting your view of the future

Book Review: What will “bank” mean tomorrow? Brett King probes players
Negotiation. By Brian Tracy. From the Brian Tracy Success Library, Amacom. 97 pages

Build up your inner dealmaker

Book Review: Life is negotiation—and win-win works best
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