40 Chances by Buffett, Howard G. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Dedication Foreword by Warren E. Buffett Introduction: One Shot at a Warlord Part 1. The Roots of “40 Chances”

Story 1. The Day I Heard the Clock Tick Story 2. Prague, 1968: The Soviet Army Eats First—“We Just Get What Is Left” Story 3. From Bulldozing Dirt to Building Soil Story 4. Devon’s Gift Story 5. Because “Al Called” Story 6. The Ovarian Lottery Story 7. Reality Has a Nutty Taste, Especially When Fried Story 8. Where Hunger Hides

Part 2. Bravery, Courage, and Hope

Story 9. Loved but Lost Story 10. Empty Calories Story 11. Little Cromite Story 12. Sex and Hunger in Timbuktu Story 13. Loss in Armenia Story 14. Farming Under Fire Story 15. Seeds of Change Story 16. Shakira Story 17. A Franciscan Padre in the Sierra Madre Story 18. Gorillas Versus Guerrillas

Part 3. Hard-Learned Lessons

Story 19. Can This Village Be Saved? Story 20. A Complicated Legacy Story 21. For Yields to Go Up, We Have to Look Down Story 21½. Owners Make Better Farmers Story 22. Disconnects Story 23. What Does Doing Better Look Like? by Howard W. Buffett Story 24. “Who Came Up with This Crazy Idea?” Story 25. A Six-Beer Insight Story 26. Less Than Sparkling

Part 4. Challenges We Need to Figure Out

Part 5. Reasons to Hope

Story 33. Opening What Once Was Cerrado Story 34. Chocolate-Covered Opportunities Story 35. Fired Up in Ghana Story 36. Buy Local! Story 37. Hungry for Data Story 38. The Power of a Piece of Paper Story 39. Farmer of the Future by Howard W. Buffett Story 40. A New Approach to Governance

Epilogue: A Pessimistic Optimist Returns to Prague Acknowledgments About Howard G. Buffett Notes Index Copyright