Which NON-commercial/NON-review books for CPA self-study ?

Hi everybody !

I would like to earn the CPA exam sometime next year and need your
advice !

I am unable to pay for are all these expensive, commercial self-study
materials and review courses. I would like to purchase some
college-style second hand books instead and study on my own. I also
consider using available resources in libraries and on the Internet
for up-to-date information. I only had a couple of accounting classes
at college so far.

I hear from many people who are accounting majors or take a lot of
accounting courses at the graduate level, that they are well prepared
to take the CPA. Since most college professors almost exactly follow
college-style books as teaching material in their courses, I figure
that I could base my self-study on these kinds of books. But which
books are right taking into consideration the new style of the
computerized exam starting in 2004 ?

Did you use non-commercial review materials when you studied for your
CPA ? Waht did you use ? Any suggestions on what materials to use or
other ways to go ?

I tried Google, but with all these commercial guys trying to sell
their stuff I can't really find much  useful advice.

Any suggestions and comments are welcome. Please CC my email
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Have a great day !


Nico