Moneyball (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions)
- ISBN-10
- 0393338398
- ISBN-13
- 9780393338393
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 317
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-08-22
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Michael Lewis
Description
Explains how Billy Beene, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is using a new kind of thinking to build a successful and winning baseball team without spending enormous sums of money.
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