Bob's Bookshelf

My life is a reading list-John Irving, best describes voracious reader and knowledge seeker Robert Thompson. The following is a list of books currently on the shelves at Thompson’s Buckhead law office.  Mr. Thompson not only has an in-office library, but a huge library at his home as well.  He cherishes a wide array of literature and believes a person should read all there is out there before passing judgment on something or someone.  With access to so many different individual’s perspectives, he believes the difference between the intellectually superior and inferior is not necessarily how educated you are, what University you attended, or even how much you know; but rather how you obtain and utilize that knowledge and the number of differing perspectives you seek unbiased to political bearing.  An intellectual person will mentally compile all content obtained and THEN form his opinion.  A TRULY intellectual person will gather all knowledge attained, form his opinion, and finally develop his own unique perspective.  The literature below has helped mold my own perspective of our country’s Financial Crisis, Banking and Finance, Wall Street, Mortgage Backed Securities and Politics in general.  Enjoy! What books are currently on your reading list?

1.       A Colossal Failure of Common Sense - The Inside Story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers By Lawrence G. McDonald & Patrick Robinson

         

2.       All the Devils are Here  By Bethany McLean & Joe Nocera

3.       A History of the Federal Reserve By Allan H. Meltzer

4.       Banking and Financial Institutions Law in a Nutshell By William A. Lovett

5.       The Big Short By Michael Lewis

6.       Biography of a Bank:The Story of Bank of America By Marquis James & Bessie R. James

7.       Chasing Goldman Sachs By Suzanne McGee

8.       Federal Estate and Gift Taxation in a Nutshell By John K. Mcnalty

9.       The Fed By Martin Mayer

10.   Financial Crisis, Liquidity and the International Monetary System By: Jean Tirole

11.   The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report

Authorized Edition

12.   Financial Instruments By: David M. Weiss

13.   Fixing the Housing Market By: Franklin Allen, James R. Barth & Glenn Yago

14.   Fuck By: Christopher M. Fairman

15.   Guaranteed to Fail By: Viral V. Hcharya, Matthew Richardson, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh & Lawrence J. White

16.   Guide to Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities By: Lakhbir Hayre, Editor, Salomon, Smith & Barney

17.   The House of Morgan By: Ron Chernow

18.   The House of Nomura By: Albert J. Alletzhauser

19.   International Business Transactions in a Nutshell By: Ralph H. Folsom, Michael Wallace Gordan & John H. Spanogle, Jr.

20.   Investing in REITS By: Ralph L. Block

21.   Money Well Spent By: Michael Grabell

22.   The Monster By: Michael W. Hudson

23.   Mortgage Wars By: Iris Martin

24.   Real Estate Finance in a Nutshell By: Jon W. Bruce

25.   REO Boom By: Aram Shah & Tim Shah

26.   The Securitization Markets Handbook By: Charlie J. Austin & Anne Zisu

27.   Structured Finance and Collaterized Debt Obligations By: Janet M. Tavakoli

28.   The Subprime Virus By: Kathleen C. Engel & Patricia A. Mcoy

29.   Takeover – the New Wall Street Warriors By: Moira Johnston

30.   Titan By: Ron Chernow

31.   The Trust By: Tift & Jones

32.   Uniform Commercial Code in a Nutshell By: Bradford Stone & Kristin David Adams 

33.   The Weekend that Changed Wall Street: By Maria Bartiromo