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From the book bag

Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Sacha Chua

I love reading. Love love love love.

Here are a few more books:

Fight For Your Money: How to Stop Getting Ripped Off and Save a Fortune David Bach, 2009 Decent reference, useful form letters. Nothing too surprising in terms of advice. I like this more than his other books, which tend to hammer in the Latte Factor a bit much. Good to give to people who are just starting out in Canada.

The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By Scott A. Shane, 2008 Surprising data-driven insights into entrepreneurship. Depressing in some places (such as when he’s looking at the statistics for women and entrepreneurship), and encouraging in others (such as when it comes to capitalizing new businesses). Something to read in a library.

How are these Friday book reviews working out for you? How can I make them better?

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One Response to “From the book bag”

1. Seth Mason // Jan 29, 2010 at 3:04 pm

   I really enjoy your Friday book reviews. Two things could make them better for me.

   * Link to the worldcat.org page so I can find it at my local library. For example: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/271433304

   * More books about Emacs

   I’m willing to budge on the second one.

   Thanks.

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