Adventure Capitalist

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A gripping tale of adventure, danger and humor, peppered withinvestment tips from a Wall Street legend The best-selling author of Investment Biker takes afascinating journey through the world's economic situation in aconvertible yellow Mercedes. This is the motivating story ofentrepreneur Jim Rogers, dubbed "the Indiana Jones of finance" byTime magazine, who made his fortune playing the stock market andthen embarked on his lifelong dream adventure. Together with his fiancee, Paige Parker, he set out on athree-year drive around the world that would ultimately set theGuinness world record for the longest continuous car journey. Theirtrip winds its way through 116 countries - through blizzards,deserts, epidemics and war zones - to discover failing economiesand the new boom countries not from dry and potentially flawedstatistics, but by experiencing life itself. This is a grippingtale of travel and adventure; along the way they encounter danger,love and farce. It is also a highly readable account of worldeconomies: you won't find a more enjoyable way to be introduced tothe investment potential of Bolivia, or the cultural changes afootin North Korea. Finally it is also an inward journey in whichRogers moves from the restless traveler to husband and father,hoping one day to introduce his daughter to his own passion fortravel. JIM ROGERS entered the investment business in 1968 with $600dollars in his pocket. By 1980, at 37 years of age, he had leftWall Street with enough money to satisfy a lifelong appetite foradventure.

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'a terrific read...Rogers has some extraordinaryexperiences and he relates them well.' (International HeraldTribune, 14 June 2003) '... a terrific read, a real page-turner' (DailyMail, 2 June 2003) "...This is holiday reading for anyone in management..."(Accountancy, August 2003) "...the resulting book is part -travelogue, part-social commentary, part economic treaty and thoroughlyfascinating..." (Gulf Business, August 2003) "...is the most sprawling, adventurous journey you'relikely to take within the pages of a book..." (DunstableGazette, 6 August 2003) "...eloquent and engaging...unlike most economic booksyou can read this one on the beach..." (Money week, 15 August2003) "...Adventure Capitalist bounces along from anecdote toanecdote with a sense of fun..." (Accounting Technician,September 2003) "...millionaire Jim Rogers recalls a millennium on the move..Jim Roger's epic trip..." (Top Gear, September2003) "...the Indiana Jones of finance..." (Times Online, 17October 2003) "...As travellers' tales go, Rogers' stories aretold differently...".(Personal Money, November 2003) "...This is the perfect book for anyone who isinterested in traveling and making money..." (SuffolfFree Press, 13 November 2003) "...well-written and interesting which has provided me withvaluable insights..." (The Independent on Sunday, 14 December2003) "Anyone following Rogers' journey cannot fail to besurprised, entertained and even touched by his more anecdotalassessment of globalisation." (EN Magazine, March 2004) "...highly readable...an interestingoff-the-beaten-track read..." (Publishing News, July 04)
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