Recommended Reading by Warren Buffett at Berkshire's Annual Meetings (2000 and 2008) and on CNBC with Liz Claman (2006)  making it a Business Week best seller.    By arranging Buffett's lengthy writings thematically, Cunningham's classic book makes clear and coherent the principles and logic of Buffett's philosophy of business, investing and life. When first published in 1997, many knew Buffett's writings were gems, but this book's novelty was to lay out exact principles and their relationship to each other.  The central discovery is that the philosophy pivots around one core concept: the vast difference between price and value.  From that core radiate the other themes that the book's arrangement clarifies.  The Essays of Warren Buffett is a unique book that takes the raw material of Buffett's 700+ pages of letters and renders them into a finely-woven 270-page narrative, fulfilling Buffett's hope that Cunningham would "popularize" his writings. TABLE OF CONTENTSPrefaceIntroducitonPrologueI.   Corporate GovernanceII.  Finance and InvestingIII.  Investment AlternativesIV.  Common StockV.   Mergers and AcquisitionsVI.  Valuation and AccountingVII.  Accounting ShenanigansVIII.  Accounting PolicyIX.  Tax MattersEpilogueIndexConcept GlossaryDisposition Summary