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.The Richest Man in Babylon
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by: George S. Clason

February 03, 2004
The Richest Man in Babylon was first published in 1929 by George S. Clayson, but written as if it had been translated from tablets taken from the ancient city of Babylon. Though the device is similar to something H.P. Lovecraft would use to establish credibility in a horror story, here it lends weight to his lessons and principles about how to create wealth. The basic principle boils down to save a dime from every dollar, but there are more nuggets of useful advice that would work wonders if you would but follow them faithfully.

It is a bit jarring to the modern ear when Clayson talks of slaves and slavery, but when you think of it, being in debt instead of saving and having your savings and investments working for you is a kind ... Read More:
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.Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney
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by: Lee Cockerell

October 14, 2008
The Richest Man in Babylon was first published in 1929 by George S. Clayson, but written as if it had been translated from tablets taken from the ancient city of Babylon. Though the device is similar to something H.P. Lovecraft would use to establish credibility in a horror story, here it lends weight to his lessons and principles about how to create wealth. The basic principle boils down to save a dime from every dollar, but there are more nuggets of useful advice that would work wonders if you would but follow them faithfully.

It is a bit jarring to the modern ear when Clayson talks of slaves and slavery, but when you think of it, being in debt instead of saving and having your savings and investments working for you is a kind ... Read More:
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.The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (And Their Employees)
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by: Patrick M. Lencioni

August 17, 2007
This book was a great reminder for me as a manager on what I should be focusing on to keep my staff engaged in the business. Teaching these lessons fable style makes it easier to see the how and why.
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.Personal Finance For Dummies, 5th edition
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by: Eric Tyson

September 12, 2006
It's just amazing. Every other theme not too well understood is explained with clarity. Website references are a plus. If you have no idea of most financial concepts, what they mean and how to understand them this is a good starter tool.
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.Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your SmallBusiness
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by: Jay Conrad Levinson

May 22, 2007
I think the book does provide small business owners with ideas and tactics to use that their competition would not see coming, however the book didn't bring really anything new to the table that I think is that secretive and was very very repetitive, it constantly talks about his tactics and how they wouldn't work for the big corporations, but they would work for you and how this that works for the big corporation wouldn't work for you, yeah, we get it, like I said just very repetitive and seems like it went in circles just from different degrees of the circle you still end up really no more wiser than you were before you read it.
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.How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
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by: Leil Lowndes

September 19, 2003
How to talk to anyone is written in a straight forward way, giving you tips on how to carry good conversations. It highlights things that, when you think about it, is very very true, especially when you think of people you DONT like speaking with, but dont really see why not.

nice short chapters that lets you pick up a few things every time you pick up the book.
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.The 29% Solution: 52 Weekly Networking Success Strategies
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by: Ivan Misner, Michelle R. Donovan

September 01, 2008
Six degrees of separation: You've probably heard of that concept . . . that you can connect with anyone else through six contacts. The authors deconstruct that observation to point out that fewer than half the people (somewhere around 29 percent) can do that well, hence the title.

But do you really care if it takes three contacts or thirteen . . . as long as your message gets through? Probably not.

More important than getting through to others through mutual contacts is the ability to get help when you need it: That's the real value of being well networked.

So you can skip over the premise discussion. It just seems like a gimmick to help attract attention to the book.

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.Financial Management: Theory & Practice (with Thomson ONE - Business School Edition 1-Year Printed Access Card)
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by: Eugene F. Brigham, Michael C. Ehrhardt

March 20, 2007
The book provides a good introduction to financial concepts. It clearly exlains, in a progressive fashion, the concepts that form the basis of financial analysis and pricing.
It would be a great book if it was slighly less expensive.
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.Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story
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by: Jerry Weissman

February 09, 2006
This book is an excellent tool. It focuses very specifically on effectively creating a business presentation. The tips were valuable to be and I have been creating presentations for several years. It will also be very easy to reference in the future.
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.Intermediate Accounting, Update
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by: Donald E. Kieso

December 10, 2007
Got this book for my intermediate accounting 1 class. VERY hard to follow. Some homework questions are not even discussed within the chapters! Some are phrased in a way that you have to dig for the answer because it doesn't match how it was explained in the text (ie you're looking for potato and the text refers to spud - same thing but you have to really *look* for it). Mix with a professor who doesn't explain things well and you'll struggle a bit. Plan on reading each chapter twice to fully comprehend.

Side note: book is INSANELY heavy. If you plan on keeping the book and are going to use it again for other classes, it's WELL worth spending $10 at a kinko's to have them cut the binding off and three hole punch the text to carry just what you need for the semester with ... Read More:
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