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Tax-Free Wealth

★★★★★ 4.6 · 4,200 ratings
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★★★★☆
Good principles but tough to put into practice

I think the principles are sound, but, be careful when you try to follow them. Some glaring points to highlight. (1) For depreciation, there is no mention of the gross income limits. When your gross income goes above 100k, depreciation starts phasing out until 150k when it becomes zero. This basically means that if…

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★★☆☆☆
I would have like to learn more about structingnthe LLC's in pro-business states ...

Decent book but 3 times longer than necessary. As other reviewers mentioned, you end up waiting for Tom to reveal a secret that he forgot to reveal. I'm not an accountant and don't play one on TV but many of the strategies seem unethical and barely legal. Others are simply so far out in left field for me (become a day…

Radiation Nation: The Fallout of Modern Technology: Complete Guide to EMF Protection - Proven Health Risks of EMF Radiation and What You Can Do to Protect Yourself & Family

★★★★★ 4.6 · 955 ratings
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★★★★★
A must read and re-read, and then share!!

I found this book doing my own research into my own health concerns regarding EMF and RF in my home. My health had been greatly affected by something I could feel but did not see and other thought I was going mad. I am so thankful I purchased this book and so grateful to the authors. I am on the right road to…

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★★☆☆☆
Not for adults. Best for Middle School age children.

The authors Daniel T DeBaun and Ryan P. DeBaun have begun a family owned business DefenderShield. This book is a marvelous marketing tool. Both the father and son, the authors, have prior experience within the telecommunication fields therefore my review will be blunt. I felt insulted after reading this book which…

Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug

★★★★★ 4.7 · 903 ratings
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★★★★★
Eye opening and scientifically proven

In my inmost being I always knew that my immoderate consumption of caffeine - mostly in form of coffee - cannot be healthy. When my Christmas holidays started, I really had no reason to consume this black and bitter broth at all - I had no deadlines, no appointments, basically I was not exposed to any form of stress…

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★☆☆☆☆
Returned! Was practically a textbook !!!

It was too wordy and too lengthy to read almost 400 pages. Returned and quit cold turkey instead!! I wanted results NOW not as long as it would take to read that book.

EMF*D: 5G, Wi-Fi & Cell Phones: Hidden Harms and How to Protect Yourself

★★★★★ 4.7 · 875 ratings
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★★★★★
Best EMF book I've read

I am a trained EMF consultant, and I must say that Dr. Mercola really covered all the bases here. I've read more than a dozen EMF books and this is best by far. There is plenty of detailed health info, plus tons of practical advice for how to deal with your home environment. The only part I really disagree with is the…

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★☆☆☆☆
Dumbest book ever

Save your money. Basically a conspiracy book about nothing. After reading this it's obvious that the whole book is one big hoax and not worth the time. It's no wonder either that Mercola has been banned on every media platform for fraudulent claims.

The Non-Tinfoil Guide to EMFs: How to Fix Our Stupid Use of Technology

★★★★★ 4.7 · 828 ratings
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★★★★★
Crucial Info with easy to understand, fun presentation

WOW! I LOVE THIS BOOK!! I got very very sick after living under a cell tower for a few months. I already had health issues, but that exposure was a tippping point in my toxicity and I became very sensitive to EMF. I have done quite a bit of research, so I thought this book was perhaps a bit too basic for my…

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★☆☆☆☆
Worthless

Worthless Citations of a first grader Don't waste your money or time

Be Smart Pay Zero Taxes: Use the Buy, Borrow, Die Strategy to Get Rich and Stay Rich

★★★★☆ 4.5 · 791 ratings
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★★★★★
Best Financial Education Must-have (And fun to read)

This book lays out the five pillars of the title’s strategy so clearly, concisely, and effectively, I couldn’t put it down. The author takes what most would call a boring topic -taxes/financial literacy- and makes it interesting. The author’s communication style - conveying the rudimentary fundamentals of the…

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★★☆☆☆
Shaky advice for ordinary investors.

Page 6 indicates the author doesn’t appreciate book reviews from smart people. He implies they “already know everything”. This told me that the book is intended for a gullible, financially unsophisticated audience. I don’t already know everything, but I can detect a thinly veiled con when I see one. Beginning on…

Be Smart Pay Zero Taxes: Use the Buy, Borrow, Die Strategy to Get Rich and Stay Rich

★★★★☆ 4.5 · 791 ratings
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★★★★★
Informative process, with examples and suggestions!

Easy to read book on Buy, Borrow, Die method to build wealth for yourself and future generations. I learned enough that I bought the other books from Mark. His writing is comfortable, chapters are divided up nicely, and they are short enough that you can read one in just a few min (important for us people that get…

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★☆☆☆☆
This could be a disaster...

This book is just the right thing to get you in a heap of trouble. If everything goes like it has for the past fifteen years (up and to the right while the government prints money), and you have utmost confidence that you can pick the winners, then you'll be great. But if not, watch out. One good 2008-like crisis and…

Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening

★★★★☆ 4.3 · 652 ratings
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★★★★★
Remaining in loving contact without enabling

I include this book on the reference list I hand to parents in the treatment program I volunteer in (Ashwood Recovery, Boise, ID) and the online BLOG I write for parents called BlindersOff.org. In addition to knowing the 3 C's of loving someone with substance use disorder: I did not cause this, I cannot cure this, I…

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★☆☆☆☆
Could not recommend

If your drinker comes home once or twice a year acting silly after the office party, this book might be for you. If you have a loved one with a serious drinking problem, who is often drunk and angry or belligerent, this book is insulting. Asking someone who is drowning while trying to keep the house and family going…

Break the Mold: 5 Tools to Conquer Mold and Take Back Your Health

★★★★★ 4.8 · 648 ratings
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★★★★★
Helpful info to get started understanding the effects of mold

Read this in a day. Easy read, with some good humor to diffuse a very stressful subject! Suggestion while reading-get small sticky notes to bookmark the recipes/suggestions which are applicable to you, as they're scattered throughout. I'm planning to read it again to make sure I'm doing what's necessary to recover…

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★★☆☆☆
Changing my verdict as I've read more

I first left a review that wasn't necessarily in favor of this book but as I've bounced back and forth between different resources and books, I returned to this book. I realized I may have made a quick judgment on this book. I've been stuck on not being able to do binders or the ones some have suggested and I returned…

The Atomic Habits Workbook: Official Companion to the #1 Worldwide Bestseller

★★★★★ 4.7 · 645 ratings
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★★★★★
Reading Is Easy. This Helps With Doing.

I haven't finished the workbook yet but so far it's great. It's really helping me to identify and clarify the things I need to do. I can't wait to finish the workbook, put it all together with action, and let time do it's thing. I have 2 recommendations for the workbook: 1. Please create a spiral bound workbook as an…

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★★☆☆☆
To much reading not enough me expressing my learn or my growth

Iwas looking for more Journaling pages than reading

The Break Up Manual For Men: Recover From a Serious Break Up, Become Stronger and Get Your Ex Back (If You Want)

★★★★☆ 4.4 · 617 ratings
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★★★★★
A Lifesaving Book!

This book by Andrew Ferebee is saving my life now. On 11/17 this yr, my wife of 30 yrs told me she was divorcing me. I'll be 78 next month. This is an absolute "how to" understand + recover from when we are dumped, or cancelled by a spouse or significant other. I gave it 5 stars. It deserved 20!

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★☆☆☆☆
Not a break up manual, more like a breakup pamphlet

There was some good stuff in it about testosterone, but all the rest was very short and superficial. I felt the author was slinging around scientific words without truly understanding them. The whole book seemed more like a long article intended to make you buy his other dating book.

How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2020-2021: Your Guide to Every Tax Break the IRS Allows

★★★★☆ 4.4 · 500 ratings
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★★★★★
Great read for tax prep

I have been reading this book since 2004. I have, honestly, not read it every single year, but this is about my sixth year and it is tremendously helpful!

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★☆☆☆☆
Not Helpful

This book covers historical details and provides a long list of items but the promise of easy to understand and follow is not what this book delivers. Poorly organized and difficult to follow what to take away.

How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2020-2021: Your Guide to Every Tax Break the IRS Allows

★★★★☆ 4.4 · 500 ratings
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★★★★☆
Excellent Table of Contents to Find what you need

Some parts are a little generic and I thought there was way too much info on the way things used to be years ago. This is a hard year due to changes, but the book was written before then and I felt it was a little shallow on specifics.

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★★☆☆☆
Very dense

I was expecting more of a narrative with different chapter topics, but it’s more of a reference guide so easier for me to just watch videos

The Easy Way to Quit Caffeine: Live a Healthier, Happier Life

★★★★☆ 4.5 · 495 ratings
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★★★★★
It really works!

This boo really worked to help me change my view of this addiction for profit industry. Grateful to be free of this poison and get my energy and life back. I feel younger! Thank you Allen Carr!!!

A common criticism
★☆☆☆☆
Like Carr's never drank a cup in his life

Allen Carr's quit smoking regimen is wildly successful. Way I see it, he's built an empire there and sought to expand sales to all addictions - but not all addictions are equal. It's like his reps said "OK Allen, tomorrow's topic is caffeine - put something together overnight" and he did, having never drank coffee…

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Cannabis: Regain Your Drive, Health and Happiness

★★★★☆ 4.5 · 462 ratings
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★★★★★
10+ years daily pot smoker - I was ready to quit after chapter 4

I was a 10+ years daily pot smoker and I was ready to quit after chapter 4. I've tried countless times to quit, and I struggled. Bud was one of my biggest addictions and struggles. Even when I would quit, it wouldn't be for long. This book has helped me so much. Before, I would quit and not be able to fall asleep…

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★☆☆☆☆
just quit for good - the end

I read the book and the main theme is be ready to quit for good and then quit.... hmmmm ok. Not helpful but an ok read. Reminds me of when you are troubled and tell someone life is hard for you lately, and they reply, that is because you think it is... Not helpful.

How to Be Debt Free: A simple plan for paying off debt: car loans, student loan repayment, credit card debt, mortgages and more. Debt-free living is within ... Finance Books) (Smart Money Blueprint)

★★★★☆ 4.3 · 442 ratings
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★★★★★
Great for all ages and in any type of financial state

If you're looking for a simple and effective way to get your financial life in check, this is for you. Whether you're older or middle-aged or a youngster starting out in the world of credit and financial stability, this will be the book that will get you there. I've definitely had my financial heartaches over the…

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★★☆☆☆
Not worth the money

I thought the book would contain ways to pay off your debt. It was all narrative that everyone already knows. I got nothing out of the book.

How to Quit Porn

★★★★☆ 4.4 · 350 ratings
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★★★★☆
Its a book.

Im sure it works if you read it. The guy says so. Well it'd be false advertising if it didht... Just sayin.... Anyway, gotta go... enjoy sone online content.... by various.... content creators....yeah

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★★☆☆☆
I don't like the way the author assumes every man is heterosexual

I don't like the way the author assumes every man is heterosexual. Porn is a huge issue for gay men and something geared towards us would be very helpful. All this talk about men being with women and the underlying assumption that this is how it is was quite distracting and annoying. At least put a an acknowledgement…

Group Treatment for Substance Abuse: A Stages-of-Change Therapy Manual

★★★★★ 4.6 · 336 ratings
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★★★★★
Like brand new

I am thrilled with my purchase! I expected at least some wear, maybe some marks (it is a text book after all), but it is in better shape than the one I borrowed from the college! Thank you! I plan to scan for my book needs and interests from this seller every time, first!

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★★☆☆☆
Doesn't say how to access online

Product description states that all worksheets are available for downloading however can't find instructions to access this

Expat Secrets: How To Pay Zero Taxes, Live Overseas & Make Giant Piles of Money

★★★★☆ 4.0 · 312 ratings
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★★★★★
Excellent quick read for anyone considering the expat lifestyle!

I appreciated the: Well organized content Practical advice Covered basic and aspirational goals Covered short term and long term strategies offered an objective global viewpoint

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★☆☆☆☆
No actionable information. Nothing secret.

Sometimes you get a misfortune of paying for a book and instead getting a brochure filled with long-winded sales pitch for author's websites and other products. Practically every chapter in the book ends with a paragraph or two urging the readers to click the link to the author's podcast or website, or download…

The Debt Consolidation Myth: A Proven Method to Help You Get Out of Debt While Still Living Your Life (YNAB 80/20 Book 2)

★★★★☆ 4.5 · 297 ratings
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Good Advice

It was good advice, but makes some assumptions about people’s (lack of) commitment with respect to accelerating payments to a debt consolidation loans. I wish there had been mention of 0-interest credit card transfers, which can be effective in maximizing the amount of payments going to principal pay-down. In the end,…

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★☆☆☆☆
YNAB is a great program, but THIS book is a waste

YNAB is a great program, but THIS book is a waste. Just read all their online content and save your $

EMF Practical Guide: The Simple Science of Protecting Yourself, Healing Chronic Inflammation, and Living a Naturally Healthy Life in our Toxic Electromagnetic World.

★★★★★ 4.8 · 251 ratings
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★★★★★
Most informative resource I've found to date to cover the wide spectrum of EMF issues

It covers more than just the radiation of cell phones and wifi. It covers electric fields, magnetic fields and dirty electricity as well as covering the many products and suggestions often given to protect oneself. He has guidance on what to do and the pros and cons of some controversial solutions. The author has…

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★☆☆☆☆
Really deceived by this book

I was really deceived by this book. I don't feel that this author is credible. I feel that Nicolas Pineault is much more credible as another regarding EMF.

Quit Porn Easily: Beat the Addiction Forever—Without the Cold Showers, Withdrawal Symptoms, Deprivation and Sacrifice

★★★★☆ 4.2 · 250 ratings
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★★★★★
so good worth the read

I have never heard this approach and I’m so ready to be FREE of the trap that is porn. Thank you Celibate Yogi for taking the time to wright this.

A common criticism
★☆☆☆☆
A lot of words, little substance

For a short book, it says very little and offers incredibly useless advice (if any) that it only divulges after a whole diatribe. It’s very heterosexual male focused which makes it a difficult read for LGBT readers or women and it even edges on transphobic.

CompTIA A+ Study Guide: Complete and Exam-Focused Reference for Core 1 (220-1201) & Core 2 (220-1202) with E-Learning Platform, Exam Simulations, Practical Study Strategies, and IT Case Studies

★★★★★ 4.9 · 232 ratings
What readers loved
★★★★★
Great study guide!

It's a great comprehensive study guide. Easy to follow and understand. Has practice questions after every chapter to enforce learning. Provides a website with practice exams, flashcards, and downloadable practice questions.

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★★☆☆☆
Badly printed

Content is good but format and the way the book is glued together is awful, the last words of every sentence are bent into the book’s crease and make it difficult to read, the formatting is also not great it reads like a copy paste outline that was just printed into a book format.

How to Get Free Government Grants - A Step by Step Guide for Getting Free Money From the Government

★★★★☆ 3.6 · 229 ratings
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Useful Advice for Getting a Grant

Great advice. It'll take you 30 minutes to read and it has all the information one needs to find and apply for a federal grant. The author provides a resource where you can search for a grant that fits your specific needs and preferences. Once you click on a grant you get all the relevant information including the…

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★☆☆☆☆
Same info you can get online for free.

Terrible for the price. I can get the same info online for free! Nothing about individual grant papers for starting a business.

Porn Free: Becoming the Type of Man Who Does Not Look at Porn

★★★★★ 4.7 · 222 ratings
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★★★★★
This book has been life changing for me and my husband.

UPDATE: My husband wrote to Matt expressing his gratitude for the book, and particularly how this helped with his most recent relapse. Matt wrote back with commendation on his sobriety and asked we leave a review for the book. My husband told me about this but I had already done it! My husband says this book will…

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★★★☆☆
It's okay

There are some cross-selling