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Advantages: Human story jammed with facts
Disadvantages: Isn't manditory school reading

...cover of my copy of Reefer Madness is perhaps a little more risqué. The title Reefer Madness is written in large Red letters along the back of a girl wearing nothing more than small underwear with an American $100 bill emblazed across them. This might not be one to take in to the office if you work in a relatively conservative environment. - I took mine in to work for this exact reason and it did get a few raised eyebrows. About the author Eric ...
...universities across the country and Reefer Madness was selected as a Forbes Book Club Pick for 2003. In addition to his writing Schlosser has addressed the United States House of Representatives and Senate about the risk to the food supply from bioterrorism and has lectured at universities across the country, including Princeton University where he studied, the University of California at Berkeley and Yale University . As well as Fast Food nation, ... Read review

Advantages: Good advice, balanced
Disadvantages: Sometimes sounds a little patronising; not much regarding pensions

...know exactly how to sort your life out" tone, there is a wealth of valuable information in this book. I found the balance of the book about right in terms of debt management, savings, investments and other financial problems. A lot of books tend to focus on investments, when for a lot of people, this is a long way off being realistic. In terms of practical advice, a major theme is changing your mindset to becoming more financially responsible and ...
...the first chapter "Money and Your Mind". Alvin proceeds to discuss consumer debt and how to get out of it, how to make a start at saving, and how (or whether) to get onto the property ladder. The latter is really useful as it made me realise the various expenses involved in buying a house - there's a few that many people wouldn't think of. The advice about saving a decent deposit is particularly salient in the current credit crunch. There's a 2 ... Read review

Advantages: Concise chapters, good basic advice, not too long, available in hardback or paperback
Disadvantages: Not for the advanced investor, or probably a lot of men

...In the 369 pages of Love is not Enough Merryn covers a range of topics familiar to most. Introduction - Merryn discusses the fact that unfortunately many of us women are raised to see taking control of our finances as an unfeminine thing. Something for men, and that one day a man will come along and make everything ok for us. She mentions that many women never make a pension provision, have their own current account or even pay a bill once part of ...
...women are very good with money once they get the confidence. For example women investors tend to do better on the stock market because they are more cautious than men and tend to think more about where to put their money for the long term rather than looking for the next big thing. All very uplifting. Section One: Finding the Money covers maximising your income, spending less and having more and finally debt. One of the take outs from this chapter ... Read review

Advantages: INFORMATIVE, MIND OPENING, ENTERTAINING AND LIFE LONG READING.
Disadvantages: IN PLACES A LITTLE SLOW,HAVE TO HAVE A 'WANT' TO READ IT.

MY PARTNERS DAD LENT US HIS COPY 6 MONTHS AGO AND WE WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDING IT FOR ANOTHER 6 YEARS, AND NOT BECAUSE ITS BAD BUT BECAUSE ITS ALMOST A STUDY AID.THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED YEARS AGO AND I HAVE THE UPDATED VERSION THERE ISN'T MUCH DIFFERENCE IN TEXT JUST HOW TO USE THE BOOK. THE BOOK IS TRYING TO GET YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE SECRET WITHOUT TELLING YOU WHAT IT IS.THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN AS AN AID TO HELPING YOU GAIN SUCCESS IN ALL AREAS OF YOUR ...
...VERY INSPIRING. AS I GATHER ALOT OF INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE HAVE READ IT AND RECOMMEND IT AS A GOOD RESOURCE FOR OPENING YOUR MIND AND GETTING ON IN LIFE. IN PARTS IT CAN BE ALITTLE HARD GOING WHEN THE READER DOESNT FEEL THE SUBJECT IN HAND APPLIES TO THEM BUT ITS WORTH GOING THROUGH THOSE MOMENTS BECAUSE YOUR SOON READING THINGS WHICH ARE INTERESTING AND APPLICABLE. IF SOMEONE RECOMMENDS THIS TO YOU ITS FOR A VERY GOOD REASON AND THEY ARE TO BE LISTENED ... Read review

Advantages: Good advice, clear plain english, accessible to all
Disadvantages: none

...have it. Our author. How does the book work? ***************************** The book comprises 11 chapters and I will just explain briefly what each one contains. Chapter 1 - What is early retirement. The first chapter seeks to explain how one mans early retirement is late to another. It explains the current state pension position and how unless we make suitable other provision for ourselves most of the people of my generation wont see much change ...
...although uncomfortable to broach, determine how they intend to make their own retirement and possible long term care needs work. Chapter 3 - Budgeting for an early retirement This chapter is devoted to the importance of budgeting in the long term planning process. Some useful stuff in here if you are not the sort to enjoy sitting down with an excel spreadsheet of an evening. Chapter 4 - Debt Destruction I am sure that most people are familiar ... Read review