In his own words, Redstone gives us a behind the scenes look at his life and his biggest deals. After hugely successful stints at Harvard, the U.S. Army and an impressive career as a lawyer, we learn how a small-time operator of movie theatres, primarily unfashionable drive-in theatres, built a media conglomerate piece by piece.

In 1983, when it looked like SRC's parent company, International Harvester, might shut down its southwestern Missouri "remanufacturing" plant, Stack and 12 other employees bought the place and fashioned a system of employee ownership that turned SRC into a corporation of 22 companies with more than $100 million in sales.

Using the experiences of SRC as well as other companies with "ownership cultures" as examples, Jack Stack shares his ides on how to keep employees energized, creative and acting like true owners of their company (beyond offering stock options).

In 1957, Fortune magazine published a list of the wealthiest people in the United States of America, and J. Paul Getty headed that list. From that point on, he would come to be known as the multi-billionaire who was the world's richest man.

In this autobiography, Getty speaks candidly about how he built his staggering wealth, including detailed accounts of his business dealings. He also talks about his love of art, the challenges faced by people with his level of wealth, and he even delves into his inability to nurture a successful marriage: he was married five times.

Few people have managed to be hugely successful in the fields of business and politics like Bernard Mannes Baruch. By the age of 30, as a broker and partner at Arthur Housman & Co., he built up a fortune speculating in commodities. He later advised American Presidents such as Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

In his fascinating autobiography, Baruch shares his investment philosophies and also tells the famous story of how he used the term "gamble" in describing a mining deal he was pitching to J.P. Morgan. Morgan ended the meeting instantly and never ever did business with him. Baruch did go on to do the deal with other partners and made a staggering fortune but always regretted his choice of words...

Every entrepreneur, every aspiring entrepreneur, must read this book.

The Bloomberg terminal is ubiquitous on Wall Street. The man whose name is on each terminal, and who is today the multi-billionaire Mayor of New York City, tells the story about how he's built his business and his life.

The best book ever written on the investing legend!

Tons of books have been written about Warren Buffett. Some educational institutions have even created courses based on his business philosophies. But this book, Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein, is widely agreed to be the best one ever written.

When you finish reading it, you will agree too.

Anita Roddick is one of the world's most outspoken, controversial and successful businesswomen. Business As Unusual charts the story of Roddick and her company, The Body Shop, through the lows and highs of the last decade.

Along the way she turns the tables on the way society looks at business and shows how it is possible for an international company to act in an ethically responsible and accountable way, without sacrificing good business sense or profit margin.

Who hasn't heard of Bill Gates? As one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the computer revolution, from humble programmer to co-founder and CEO of Microsoft, one of the few philanthropists in the technical world, and one of the richest, some may see similarities between Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie, and with good reason-Bill Gates studied both Andrew Carnie and John D. Rockefeller.

As one motivated by the concerns of others, it comes as no surprise that in his book, Bill Gates would analyze the consequences of the release of Information Technology onto the economy, society, administration, and life.