Venice – A New History

By Thomas F. Madden ISBN: 978-0-14-750980-2 First published 2012 427 pages Publisher: Penguin.org Cover photograph: Josef Hoflechner 5/5 Stars A super history of a once great city-state. Madden reveals how Venice was formed by refugees of the fallen Western Roman Empire, and was nurtured for most of its long life  by the Eastern Roman Empire.… Continue reading Venice – A New History

The Richest Man in Babylon

By George S. Clason ISBN: 978-0451205360 First published 1926 196 pages Publisher: Signet / http://www.Penguin.com 5/5 Stars   A very well written, financial planning book portrayed as a series of 'stories' discovered on stone tablets recovered from Ancient Babylon. The metaphor still works well, written as it was in the heyday of the 1920's boom. It… Continue reading The Richest Man in Babylon