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Review of J.K. Lasser’s Your Income Tax 2010: For Preparing Your 2009 Tax Return

March 18th, 2010 No comments
J.K. Lasser

Consistently, over the years, the best of the income tax guides for individual taxpayers. Well documented with clear, complete and well-organized explanations of both simple and complex taxable transactions, along with summaries of court decisions on many of the more confusing aspects of tax law. I’ve been buying J.K. Lasser’s annual editions for over 20 [...]

Review of The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction

March 18th, 2010 No comments
The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction

This is a greatly improved version of the original Mystery Method book.
One of the best new parts of the book are the scripted openers.A lot of PUA books gloss past this, but for most guys, it’s one of the main reasons they need help in the first place.So it was good to have these [...]

Review of Moonwalk

March 18th, 2010 No comments
Moonwalk

For all those people who choose to believe the crap that’s written about Michael Jackson, I suggest you all take a look inside yourselves. This book Moonwalk is a a wonderful book giving Michael’s point of view of his rise to fame, his family, and his relationships. This book was written in 1988, several years [...]

Review of Managerial Accounting

March 18th, 2010 No comments
Managerial Accounting

In the industry we call this the “Lighthouse Series.”It is the preeminent textbook in Management Accounting.My firm uses this book as a resource and it is available to us at work.I’m a practicing CPA, licensed in Washington, DC with a master’s degree in accounting.
Initially I hesitated to review the 13th edition of the Lighthouse Series [...]

Review of The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets to Extraordinary Success in Life and Work

March 18th, 2010 No comments
The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets to Extraordinary Success in Life and Work

My cousin, Ted Leonsis, is the happiest person I know. He has always been a happy person – long before he became a wealthy individual. I have known him my whole life, and as long as I can remember, he was always graced with an abundance of joy, an excellent sense of humor, and a [...]

Review of The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

March 18th, 2010 No comments
The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

Although I am a large fan of America’s Secret War and respect Mr. Friedman’s logical thinking and intelligence, this book is an undertaking so far beyond the capability of man -trying to outline how the next 100 years of history will look- that even though it started off captivating it ultimately left me feeling like [...]