{"product_id":"beating-the-odds-9780470936627","title":"Beating the Odds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeating the Odds\u003c\/i\u003e is the improbable, inspiring autobiography of financial guru Eddie C. Brown, one of the nation''s top stock pickers and money managers. It details how Brown skillfully kept Brown Capital Management afloat through the dot-com bust, 9\/11 and the Great Recession. Born to a 13-year-old unwed mother in the rural South, this African-American investment whiz created a Baltimore-based financial firm that amassed more than $6 Billion under management.  \u003cp\u003eBrown delves into the profound heartbreak and disorientation upon the death of his beloved grandmother  who was his surrogate mother -- and recounts how Brown''s moonshine-running Uncle Jake subsequently became the dominant adult figure in Brown''s life. His unflinchingly honest, easy-to-read memoir details how intellectual curiosity, abiding self-belief, hard work and divine providence helped Brown earn an electrical engineering degree, become an Army officer, and later a civilian IBM engineer. Readers will learn of th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Who Says Talk Is Cheap? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Big Three to the Rescue 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Prince of Apopka 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Death and a Kidnapping 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Magnificent, Mysterious Lady B. 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Engineering a New Existence 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Europe on Five Dollars a Day 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 “Ed, We’re Already Doing Okay!” 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 A Famished Lion in a Butcher Shop 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 The Height of Duplicity and Betrayal? 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 A Window on the Top 1 Percent 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Pulling the Trigger on Investments 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Swimming with Sharks 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Aren’t You That Financial Guy From TV? 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Walking a Racial Tightrope 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 “Go For It, Dad!” 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Everyone’s Medical Nightmare 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 My Biggest Business Mistake 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 A Horror Movie without Sound 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 The Art and Science of Stock Picking 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21 “God, I Owe You One!” 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22 Impressive Progress, Baffling Lethargy 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23 To Heir Is Human 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24 Anyone Care for a Can of New Coke? 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 205\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402461126999,"sku":"9780470936627","price":19.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470936627.jpg?v=1730480479","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beating-the-odds-9780470936627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}