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By Janell Hazelwood | Published April 29, 2010 | Full size is 500 × 320 pixels

Recommended by Editorial Director John Simons: The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of The World by Niall Ferguson (Penguin, $16). Wise investors know their history. This book chronicles centuries of financial booms and busts—and the people who caused them—in dramatic style.

Recommended by Editorial Director John Simons: The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of The…