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Michael Lewis (Author)

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Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics. He has written several books including the New York Times bestsellers Liar's Poker, widely considered the book that defined Wall Street during the 1980s, and The Big Short, 'probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written' (Reuters). Lewis is contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and also writes for Vanity Fair and Portfolio Magazine.

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Book Cover: Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour
Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour
By Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis's brilliant tragi-comic romp across Europe shows how the financial crisis is about to hit everyone in the face.
Michael Lewis's brilliant tragi-comic romp across Europe shows how the financial crisis is about to hit everyone in the face.
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Published: 22/08/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955024
RRP: $19.99
Book Cover: Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour
Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour
By Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis's brilliant tragi-comic romp across Europe shows how the financial crisis is about to hit everyone in the face.
Michael Lewis's brilliant tragi-comic romp across Europe shows how the financial crisis is about to hit everyone in the face.
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Published: 10/10/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781846144844
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover: Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
By Michael Lewis

'Everything, in retrospect, is obvious.  But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich . . . '

From Black Monday to the Asian financial crisis, from the internet bubble to mortgage meltdown, our lives are rules by crazy cycles of euphoria and hysteria that manage to grip the world but are all-too-soon forgotten.

'Everything, in retrospect, is obvious.  But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich . . . '

From Black Monday to the Asian financial crisis, from the internet...

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Published: 02/12/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141042312
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover: The Big Short
The Big Short
By Michael Lewis
'Magnificent . . . a perfect storm of brilliant writer meeting big subject.' Guardian\r\n
'Magnificent . . . a perfect storm of brilliant writer meeting big subject.' Guardian\r\n
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Published: 27/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141043531
RRP: $24.95
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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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