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Books offer tips on saving, investing, winning
By The Associated Press
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Published: August 29, 2010
Paying for college without piling up debt, investing in post-recession volatility, and approaching life and work with the competitive zeal of a college football coach are some of the themes in new books worth considering.
New titles:
TITLE: Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching Off My Parents
AUTHOR: Zac Bissonnette
PRICE: $16.95 (paperback) (release date Wednesday)
E-BOOK: Available for Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader
SUMMARY: Why trust a 21-year-old student at a large public university to tell you how to finance your child's college education? The author poses this question about himself at the start of this entertaining book, then delivers the answer in a series of useful tips and insights into what he calls the "con game" of inflated college costs.