138 books
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Commodities Books
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The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.33 — 13,006 ratings — published 2021
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,813 ratings — published 2009
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.44 — 12,647 ratings — published 1991
The New Merchants of Grain: Out of the Shadows (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.02 — 177 ratings — published
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.50 — 8,715 ratings — published 2023
Commodity Conversations: An Introduction to Trading in Agricultural Commodities (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.22 — 105 ratings — published
Oil 101 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.16 — 796 ratings — published 2009
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,206 ratings — published 2011
Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.75 — 77,298 ratings — published 2002
Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,401 ratings — published 2004
Merchants of Grain: The Power and Profits of the Five Giant Companies at the Center of the World's Food Supply (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.13 — 199 ratings — published 1979
Empire of Cotton: A Global History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,772 ratings — published 2014
Metal Men: How Marc Rich Defrauded the Country, Evaded the Law, and Became the World's Most Sought-After Corporate Criminal (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.99 — 194 ratings — published 1985
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.17 — 5,924 ratings — published 2020
The Secret Club That Runs the World: Inside the Fraternity of Commodities Traders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.42 — 497 ratings — published 2014
Price Wars: How the Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.78 — 389 ratings — published 2022
The Sugar Casino (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.84 — 43 ratings — published 2015
Higher Probability Commodity Trading: A Comprehensive Guide to Commodity Market Analysis, Strategy Development, and Risk Management Techniques Aimed at Favorably Shifting the Odds of Success (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.94 — 62 ratings — published
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.92 — 25,365 ratings — published 1997
Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,832 ratings — published 1985
Maritime Economics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.33 — 139 ratings — published 1988
Oil: Money, Politics, and Power in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.69 — 216 ratings — published 2009
The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,866 ratings — published 2013
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.22 — 28,225 ratings — published 2003
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,282 ratings — published 2012
Commodity Crops : And The Merchants Who Trade Them (Commodity Conversations Book 2)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.45 — 44 ratings — published
Energy Trading and Investing: Trading, Risk Management, And Structuring Deals In The Energy Markets (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.93 — 110 ratings — published 2009
Hedge Hogs: The Cowboy Traders Behind Wall Street's Largest Hedge Fund Disaster (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.86 — 412 ratings — published 2013
Energy and Civilization: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,155 ratings — published 2017
Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader: Lessons from 21 Weeks of Real Trading (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.84 — 306 ratings — published 2011
Commodities and Commodity Derivatives: Modeling and Pricing for Agriculturals, Metals and Energy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.71 — 28 ratings — published 2005
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,426 ratings — published 2024
The Rare Metals War: the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,356 ratings — published 2018
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.36 — 16,967 ratings — published 2023
Trading Natural Gas: A Nontechnical Guide, 2nd Edition (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.64 — 14 ratings — published
Crop to Cup: Conversations over Coffee (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.26 — 23 ratings — published
Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,446 ratings — published 2009
Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices (Center on Global Energy Policy Series)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.17 — 215 ratings — published
Philipp Brothers: The Rise and Fall of a Trading Giant 1901-1990 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published
Cargill: Trading the World's Grain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.61 — 18 ratings — published 1992
Trading Commodities and Financial Futures: A Step by Step Guide to Mastering the Markets, 3rd Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.62 — 88 ratings — published 2004
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.69 — 3,068 ratings — published 1999
Commodities - Switzerland's Most Dangerous Business (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.29 — 7 ratings — published 2012
40 Classic Crude Oil Trades: Real-Life Examples of Innovative Trading (Routledge Classic Market Trades)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.36 — 50 ratings — published
Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.09 — 892 ratings — published
World of Oil Derivatives: A Guide to Financial Oil Trading in a Modern Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.05 — 44 ratings — published
Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,570 ratings — published 2022
Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal that Runs the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.82 — 201 ratings — published 2012
A Trader's First Book on Commodities: Everything you need to know about futures and options trading before placing a trade (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.91 — 94 ratings — published
The True History of Chocolate (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,555 ratings — published 1996
“Economic growth has liberated societies from the natural pressures that forced them into an immediate struggle for survival; but they have not yet been liberated from their liberator. The commodity’s independence has spread to the entire economy it now dominates. This economy has transformed the world, but it has merely transformed it into a world dominated by the economy.”
― The Society of the Spectacle
― The Society of the Spectacle
“Nearly every time I strayed from the herd, I've made a lot of money. Wandering away from the action is the way to find the new action.”
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