Arif said:
BTW- Anyone want to bet Nords has atleast five books he'll recommend?
Geez, don't you guys save my "book report" posts?
Arif said:
BTW- What books would you guys/gals recommend that deals with finances, retirement, or anything along those lines?
The most important book on those subjects that I've read lately is Dave Barry's "Money Secrets". It's worth any other five books you'll read! I'm curious how he managed to avoid being simultaneously sued by Suze Ormon, Donald Trump, & Angelina Jolie.
But I digress. Let's do something completely different. Here's the first page of my "To Read" list, some with notes on what inspired the entry. I think there are at least five here meeting the "finances, retirement, or anything along those lines" criteria:
- "The Denial of Aging: Perpetual Youth, Eternal Life, and Other Dangerous Fantasies" (Harvard University Press), Newsweek review. Dr. Muriel R. Gillick has some bad news. No matter how well you hide it, there's no avoiding the truth: growing old is hazardous to your health.
- Freakonomics: "Excellent" recommendation from Scott (Dilbert) Adams.
- The Grown-Up's Guide to Running Away from Home by Rosanne Knorr. Sue Stevens on M* re retirement.
- Cell, Stephen King on cell phones turning owners into neck-biting zombies. 3 March 2006 "Slate" review. Classic King; best "The Stand" reprise since he got sober.
- "Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement and Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust", Samuel King & Randall Roth. Reviewed by Star-Bulletin. This is a local book about the Bishop Estate Trust for Kamehameha Schools. The scandal ripped the state apart for a couple years (Roth is currently one of the governor's advisors) and is still reflecting shock waves through the Hawaiian community.
- Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life by Eugene O'Kelly. Business Week book review of KPMG CEO's brain cancer.
- Stephen King’s book called On Writing, recommended by Dilbert's Scott Adams. Another excellent memoir & great writing advice. Frightening discussion of his near-death & physical rehab.
- CONFESSIONS OF A WALL STREET ANALYST A True Story of Inside Information and
Corruption in the Stock Market By Dan Reingold with Jennifer Reingold. Business Week review.
- Rock and Roll Gearheads by Billy Gibbons. (Flogged on TV show "Yes Dear".)
- "Wall Street Versus America" by former BusinessWeek writer Gary Weiss. "You will see just how alone you truly are." (Jon Barker's farewell column as he heads into ER.)
- The Wal-Mart Effect, Charles Fishman, Jan 06, Business Week book review.
- "Viva la Repartee: Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts From History's Great Wits & Wordsmiths". Dr. Mardy Grothe is a psychologist, author, and avid quotation collector. For more, visit
http://vivalarepartee.com. (From A Word A Day)
- "Retire Early? Make the Smart Choices" by Steven Silbiger. Recommended by Mikey.
- The Light-Years Beneath My Feet, Alan Dean Foster, 2nd in the "Lost & Found" trilogy. Reading it now. It's OK but he seems to be phoning 'em in lately.
- Company, Australian novelist Max Barry, good review in FORBES magazine. "Jennifer Government" was bitingly hilarious.
- Healthy Martial Arts coming Spring 2006 by Dr. Jolie Bookspan.