My uncle is a retired Boeing sound engineer, and as a result, I have always loved jet airplanes. Recently, I bought the book Boeing Versus Airbus: the Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business for the library, and it has already been checked out twice. Apparently, I'm not the only one interested in the airline industry. (As it turns out, the library also has the 1996 book Flying High : the story of Boeing and the rise of the jetliner industry by Eugene Rodgers.)

Several new books on investing have also been ordered and/or received. These include:

The Wall Street Self-Defense Manual, a consumer's guide to intelligent investing One review at Amazon.com voted as helpful by 25 out of 25 readers writes, "The writing's charm makes the book's challenging ideas go down easier. Using academic research and his own reporting, the author demonstrates how the vast majority of investors will lose money by choosing an active investing approach (i.e. picking stocks, attempting to time the market, and so on). Not only will they will lose money by making bad calls, they will lose money by generating costs. A dollar wasted today can never compound into the future. This makes protecting one's money from the wealth-eating power of taxes and inflation very difficult. The author shows that, for those of us not named Warren Buffett, the answer lies in a disciplined passive investing approach--an approach that is simple on paper but runs counter to human nature."
Random Walk Down Wall Street : The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (2007 edition) The library's 1999 edition of this same title has circulated 43 times. Why not check out the latest edition to see what has been updated.
Pop! Why Bubbles are Great for the Economy "In this entertaining and fast-paced book -- you'll laugh as much as you cry -- Daniel Gross convincingly argues that every bubble has a golden lining. From the 19th-century mania for the telegraph to the current craze in alternative energy, from railroads to real estate, Gross takes us on a whirlwind tour of reckless investors and pie-in-the-sky promoters, detailing the maina they created -- but also the lasting good they left behind." From book cover