Dear all, Thanks for all your messages: my friend will be very grateful and I've discovered a few gems myself. I have compiled below a list in alphabetical order of the suggestions you made (I wasn't able to locate a couple). Mason Gaffney and Nicholas Theocarakis sent me attachments with their own lists, in case you want to request a copy from them. Thanks once more David Roger Backhouse, The Ordinary Business of Life Roger Backhouse, The Penguin History of Economics William J. Barber, A History of Economic Thought (Penguin Economics) Eric Beinhocker, The Origin of Wealth Mark Blaug, Economic Theory in Retrospect Todd G. Buchholz, New Ideas from Dead Economists Gilles Campagnolo, Criticisms of CLassical Political Economy. Carl Menger, the German Historical School and the Austrian School Ray Canterbery, A Brief History of economics John Cassidy, How Markets Fail Nancy Folbre, Greed, Lust and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas John K. Galbraith, A History of Economics: the past as the present John K. Galbraith, The Age of Uncertainty Robert Heilbroner, The wordly philosophers Justin Fox, The Myth of the Rational Market Steve Kates, Say's Law and the Keynesian Revolution John Maynard Keynes, Keynes's Essays in Biography Perry Mehrling, Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance Thomas McCraw, Prophet of Innovation (bio of Schumpeter) Antoin Murphy, Richard Cantillon: Entrepreneur and Economist Sylvia Nasar, Grand Pursuit: Story of Economic Genius Michael Perelman, The Invention of Capitalism Daniel Rodgers, Age of Fracture Agnar Sandmo, Economics evolving Joseph A. Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes Mark Skousen, The Making of Modern Economics Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions Henry Spiegel, Growth of Economic Thought. Nicholas Wapshott, Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics David Warsh, Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations Lawrence H. White, The Clash of Economic Ideas: the Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Past Hundred Years