If you've heard Clark Howard's show more than 5 or 6 times, the information in this book is going to be very redundant for you.

I love Clark Howard - I honestly listen every chance I get. His syndicated talk show is one of the most empowering consumer programs on the radio today, second only to Bruce Williams. But I would recommend passing on this book, and perhaps read another of his books instead.

The topics and advice in this book are not very creative. The book is organized by subject heading: best deals on medicine, clothes, cars and car parts, furniture, etc. Roughly half of the book is simply a pitch for Costco (if Clark isn't getting royalties from Costco, he should be!). This is not an exaggeration - he goes on and on and on about how he found great prices for shoes, clothes, books, music, hardwood floors, food, etc., at Costcos.

There are several problems with this recommendation. First, I think these wholesale clubs are way too expensive! If you're looking for creative ways to save money, there are MUCH cheaper ways about it (i.e., the internet, garage sales, flea markets, salvage yards, etc.). In the past, he's talked about saving a dime per stick of deoderant at Costcos, when one can buy a box of 100 sticks of deoderant on eBay for about $10 (I know - I did it last week!). Second, places like Costco & Walmart's Sams Club are destructive to the environment and exploit third-world and domestic labor...and many people (myself included) cannot support organizations like these with a clear conscience. Third, this recommendation doesn't really get radical about saving or conserving.

Instead of shopping at cheaper stores, how about shopping less? Our little country consumes nearly 2/3 the world's resources - we don't need more stuff! Instead of buying a new "energy-efficient" fridge, how about fixing the old one? Or finding a radical alternative (like my inexpensive solar fridge) that requires no electicity at all? These big corporations exploit workers and consumers, then convince us there aren't any real alternatives to mainstream consumption habits. Unfortunately, Clark's book doesn't question this model at all. If you want one that does, try: "Your Money Or Your Life", "Voluntary Simplicity", & "The Solar Living Sourcebook", just to name a few.

There are a few useful tid-bits in the book - like his recommendation for buying tires online at tirerack.com - but it sucks up about 4 pages (nearly an entire chapter) to make this one recommendation! And to make it worse, each chapter has a lengthy summary at the end, which simply restates (in bullet format) exactly what was said in the previous pages. This is extremely repetitive - I got through the entire book in less than 30 minutes, and didn't learn much at all.

Sorry Clark! Keep up the good work on the radio.

I like Clarks show. This book is great. I didn't really think it was a good idea to take your bottled wine to a fancy restaurant to save $ but the rest was really really good!

Spend the least and get the most from it; from TVs and clothes to cosmetics and drug prescriptions, with an audio which tells how to locate bargains, whether they be on the web or in the store. From saving money on event tickets to buying a car, Clark's Big Book Of Bargains will prove a bargain hunter's dream ticket.

"Color and Fire" is based on the collection of the exhibition at the Los Angeles in 2000. This book collected the wonderful picture of the unique clay objects that created after 1950. It introduces the development of the American ceramic from 1950 to 2000. Every one who involving in the ceramic should have the book on hand for reference. It is a good book for People who want to know the history of the modern American Ceramic.

astounding autobiography of author clark howard. It is the ultimate preseverance story of a young man battling life in inner city chicago in the fifties. Extremely underated- accidently happened upon it at the library, outherwise , I would have never had the experience of this wounderful read in my life. would have been the perfect vehicle for DiCapriano after Gib lbert Grape. Fabulous Read should be a movie.

For anyone with an interest in the purpose and objectives of higher education, read some pages from the Spanish Philosopher of the early 1900s.

Accessible and highly intellectual (at the same time) this book is great for the philosophy student, or any grad student/future professor in any field.

It should be part of the modern debate over the purpose of the university: Should learning train the mind to think or act as mere training for the "real world?"

I read this book 10 years ago, and it satisified my curiosity regarding the facts surrounding a mass murder in Georgia. I had seen the newspaper coverage, but the media did not provide enough detail. The situation involved the slaughter of the Alday family. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, but I can't remember the names of the perpetrators. The book ends when those receiving the death penalty are placed on death row. To my knowledge they have not been executed at this writing.

Quick Silver is a novel about silver mining in Virginia City, Nevada ca 1920-1950. The character development is shallow and the plot follows a simple formula, but never-the-less portrays the place and times well. Some scenes are underground, and as far as I recall, accurately portray mining. The mine suffers from rock burst and pockets of scalding pressurized water (as the mines in the area really did), and interestingly, at one point the miners are forced to employ quenching to excavate some particularly hard rock. While I assume that this is based on a true event, I've never seen any reference to quenching in a modern underground mine elsewhere.

On the first few pages, it becomes evident that the author of this book never met Howard. This work is by the ranch-hand that tended some of his massive holdings in Nevada. Part of the book is about the procedures to build fences and handle animals.

If you're a serious collector, the most interesting part of this is how the disposition of the land was handled after Howard died, and how the many purchases tie in with the scams covered quite thorougly in other books -- that Howard's cronys bought land under Howard's name without his knowledge at vastly inflated prices. The agents supposedly split the price inflation with the cronys.

Really, Really, weak otherwise.