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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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How To Open & Operate A Financially Successful Construction Company With Cdrom
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Tanya R Davis
rickstein
, June 16, 2008
In the realm of "how-to" books, this stands out as one that drills into the reader the basic common sense necessities of starting almost any business and combines them with some valuable specifics about the particular challenges of being a building contractor. The construction industry is risky business and not for the faint of heart, so one of the earliest sections of the book is a questionnaire to determine if the reader "has what it takes" to make it in this business. If you fail that, you might as well not read any further. Overly well-organized (the table of contents alone is 15 pages!), this is definitely a useful primer for anyone who is toying with the idea of this career option. There are a number of especially useful tables in the book, like budget templates and project timelines, and the tone of the book is decidedly upbeat about the factors that make for success in this--and, frankly, almost any--business.
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How to Go to College on a Shoe String: The Insider's Guide to Grants, Scholarships, Cheap Books, Fellowships, and Other Financial Aid Secrets
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Ann Marie O'Phelan
rickstein
, June 16, 2008
The high point of this book is that it employs case studies to illustrate the diverse college-going experiences available to prospective students. This serves to de-mystify what is, for high school students, terra incognita, while also providing them with some practical options that may be relevant to their specific circumstances. This book is not an adult’s guide to sending a child off to college, though, as it’s written in a casual style that will appeal to the late teen and does not provide the authoritative voice that his parents might expect. But for the young person planning his or her college career, it provides a broad, useful overview of the various challenges of financing a college education these days, and offers a generous list of resources and tangible advice.
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