Below is a select group of books that our staff highly recommends.

Our goal is to help you become more informed about credit and privacy.

These are informative, well written books that everyone should read.

Edward F. Mrkvicka (Author), had years of experience in the banking industry. This tell all book explains the ins/outs of the high flying world of finance.  It is a must have when dealing with your bank.  Not only does it explain the problems, but he gives you working solutions worth thousands of dollars.

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Touch here, for Michelle Singletary's, July 21, 2004 interview with the writer, Evan Hendricks.

Evan Hendricks, author and writer of "Privacy Times" takes on the credit reporting industry.  Through careful research and precise writing, Credit Scores & Credit Reports, allows consumers to understand how these systems actually work, and what they can do to improve their scores. Importantly, the book also describes how the system sometimes doesn’t work, and how hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of consumers have been frustrated in their efforts to correct errors in their credit reports.

This book is 26th on amazon.com's best selling book.

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Juliet B. Schor, author of "The Over-spent American", addresses the problems of marketers and children.  It seems that some companies will stop at nothing to reach kids and some tactic described  are downright creepy. At the heart of the book is Schor's survey of 300 children ages 10 to 13, which shows a correlation between involvement in consumer culture and emotional and psycho-logical problems.  Schor finds consumer culture is harder than ever for kids to avoid, especially with targeted marketing. Schor calls for tough federal regulation of advertising to children and ad-free schools.

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Denise Richardson paid a little extra on her mortgage each month, hoping to shorten the length of her mortgage and pay less interest charges. That simple, recommended practice catapulted her into an epic David vs. Goliath battle(s) stealing her true credit identity and a decade of her life. After reclaiming her good name-briefly, she realized others were shredding her credit and would steal another five years of her life. Denise paints a human face on the insidious effects of Identity theft, inaccurate credit reporting and loan servicing fraud while offering chapter lessons that provide knowledgeable tips to help prevent becoming a victim of a system gone terribly wrong.

Denise is a Board Member of ACCESS and a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates.

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