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  2. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
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  7. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  8. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
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Bankers and financiers

6 people holding 25 books.

Bernard BaruchWall Street speculator and adviser to US presidents, 1870-1965.2 books
J.P. MorganTwo first-rank books, one a family-and-firm history and one a life.6 books
Jamie DimonChief executive of JPMorgan Chase from 2005, born 1956.2 books
Jesse LivermoreThe foundational text is a fictionalised biography, which has made the factual record unusually hard to pin down.5 books
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John LawScottish financier behind France's Mississippi Company bubble, 1671-1729.2 books
Michael MilkenA sharply adversarial literature: two prosecution-side classics and two defences.8 books

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