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> If you're, like I am, tired of having to choose between books written decades ago and books written by those with at least a slightly ulterior motive

I find that most of my favorite books were written decades ago. New stuff is too boring to be worth books half the time.

That said, I buy books regularly and completely agree with the net advice. Support authors and make it a valuable career to work hard, build good knowledge, and share it.

Wikipedia can only get you so far.