# Professor Aswath Damodaran's forthcoming book, "Narratives and Numbers: The Value of Stories in Business," is featured in a winter book roundup

1 Faculty News December 12, 2016 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-12/10-books-to-make-winter-pass-faster) -- "It comes from New York University Stern school professor -- and all around valuation guru -- [Aswath Damodaran](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/aswath-damodaran). I am all too aware that narrative is often used to distract from numbers, but if anyone can walk that line, it is Damodaran. During our Masters in Business conversation, I was impressed with his common sense, down-to-earth method of valuing companies, both private and public -- so much so that, I was compelled to pre-order his newest book."

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