Corporate Wildlife: The Certified Guide to Modern Office Humor
ISBN: 9781581125696 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Management and Business sections of all bookstores are usually filled with hundred and hundreds of serious business books. An employee of today's modern, high-pressure corporate life will find very few books written on the lighter and satirical side of things we normally (or abnormally) do in today's workplace. This book attempts to fill that gap, and is a book about HUMOR in Office & Corporate life. The contents of the book are totally imaginative and are meant to be taken with a "pinch of salt," though the paper used may not be edible. A copy of this good for nothing book on every...
Management and Business sections of all bookstores are usually filled with hundred and hundreds of serious business books. An employee of today's mode...
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110,88 zł |
Dishing Hollywood: The Real Scoop on Tinseltown's Most Notorious Scandals
ISBN: 9781581823707 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Dishing Hollywood" is a delightful and naughty romp through some of the biggest scandals that have rocked Hollywood - from the earlier part of the twentieth century to the present. Some of the stories appear here for the first time. Some you might think you've heard, but you haven't heard it all To add a little spice to the story, the author includes a recipe with each "scoop" - favorite dishes, cocktails of choice, even some last meals, including... - Inger Stevens: C'mon, who kills herself while in the middle of snaking her favorite sandwich, a BLT with avocado? Mama Cass: That... "Dishing Hollywood" is a delightful and naughty romp through some of the biggest scandals that have rocked Hollywood - from the earlier part of the... |
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79,19 zł |
Business Wit & Wisdom
ISBN: 9781587982569 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Compendium of sayings, quips, and wise insights related to the business world.
Compendium of sayings, quips, and wise insights related to the business world.
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173,81 zł |
Biblia's Guide to Warrior Librarianship: Humor for Librarians Who Refuse to Be Classified
ISBN: 9781591580027 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining the lighter side of librarianship, this book presents a combination of outrageously funny cartoons, commentary, and wit. Globally known as Biblia, the Warrior Librarian, Amanda Credaro has teamed with cartoonist Peter Lewis and produced a book that expands on her award winning web site, Warrior Librarian Weekly, the product of many years of experience in librarianship. Equally applicable to all types of libraries, the work offers humorous advice, typical situations and dilemmas, and helpful examples that will be appreciated by anyone who has ever worked in a library. The book...
Examining the lighter side of librarianship, this book presents a combination of outrageously funny cartoons, commentary, and wit. Globally known as B...
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143,45 zł |
Shreds and Patches
ISBN: 9781844014637 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A slip of the tongue, a misplaced comma, a lapse in concentration. all are easily done and all can have hilarious consequences, as the author - a schoolteacher of some forty years' experience - has witnessed. Whether holding forth on "pubic amenities and facilities"; "carless drivers"; or a beautiful jewel "the size of a bottle of Tipp-Ex," the comments recorded in these pages will have you giggling every bit as much as Shakespeare's bumbling fools, and the beauty is, the authors have no idea just how funny they are
A slip of the tongue, a misplaced comma, a lapse in concentration. all are easily done and all can have hilarious consequences, as the author - a scho...
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65,48 zł |
The Renegade Lawyer: Legal Humor for Law Students, Attorneys, and Other Interested Third Parties
ISBN: 9781934086070 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Renegade Lawyer" satirizes todays legal profession. Rather than collecting stories of widows leaving their fortunes to their cats or stupid cases from the 1800s, this book tackles such topics as how majoring in political science is pointless, how the way the law is taught would have Socrates turning over in his grave, and how court decisions result from what the judge had for breakfast. (Legal Reference/Law Profession)
The Renegade Lawyer" satirizes todays legal profession. Rather than collecting stories of widows leaving their fortunes to their cats or stupid cases ...
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136,64 zł |
The Renegade Lawyer: Legal Humor for Law Students, Attorneys, and Other Interested Third Parties
ISBN: 9781934086117 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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78,72 zł |
Installing Linux on a Dead Badger
ISBN: 9781894953474 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Installing Linux on a Dead Badger (and other Oddities) is a collection of Lucy Snyder's humorous essays, fiction and articles, some culled from places like "Strange Horizons" and "Spacesuits and Six-Guns" and some brand new. This collection of thirteen short stories, articles and essays from Lucy A. Snyder will appeal to any fan of zombies, aliens or installation manuals. Here's what Wikipedia said about Lucy, last time we checked: "Lucy A. Snyder is an American science fiction, fantasy, humor, and nonfiction writer. She grew up in San Angelo, Texas but moved to Bloomington, Indiana for...
Installing Linux on a Dead Badger (and other Oddities) is a collection of Lucy Snyder's humorous essays, fiction and articles, some culled from places...
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45,76 zł |
Cubicle Warfare
ISBN: 9780061438868 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Get revenge on all your annoying coworkers with this guide to 101 awesome office pranks Are your eyes beginning to glaze over from the fluorescent lights in your tiny cubicle? Have you had one too many burnt cups of coffee? Does the guy in the cube next to you insist on pencil-drumming while cranking "Hells Bells" and five-finger discounting your paper clips? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then you're in need of some Cubicle Warfare. With Cubicle Warfare, you'll never be bored at the office again. Make your coworkers jump, squeal, and run for cover... Get revenge on all your annoying coworkers with this guide to 101 awesome office pranks Are your eyes beginning to glaze over from the fluore... |
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79,36 zł |
Bullwinkle on Business: Motivational Secrets of a Chief Executive Moose
ISBN: 9780312382162 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This animated business analogy is corny, outrageously unrealistic, and at times fiendishly clever. Much of the practical wisdom imbedded in it is right on target. . . . A good refresher course for entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and others in management and leadership positions who may have become too set in the ways of doing things."--Cecil Johnson, The Salt Lake Tribune "This animated business analogy is corny, outrageously unrealistic, and at times fiendishly clever. Much of the practical wisdom imbedded in it is ... |
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83,54 zł |
Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Banker: And Other Baller Things You Only Get to Say If You Work on Wall Street
ISBN: 9781401309688 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In one word: egregious. Damn It Feels Good to Be a Banker is a Wall Street epic, a war cry for the masses of young professionals behind desks at Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity shops around the world. With chapters like "No. We do not have any 'hot stock tips' for you," "Mergers are a girl's best friend," and "Georgetown I wouldn't let my maids' kids go there," the book captures the true essence of being in high finance. DIFGTBAB thematically walks through Wall Street culture, pointing out its intricacies: the bushleagueness of a Men's...
In one word: egregious. Damn It Feels Good to Be a Banker is a Wall Street epic, a war cry for the masses of young professionals be...
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83,54 zł |
Option$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs
ISBN: 9780306817410 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welcome to the mind--to the world--of Fake Steve Jobs. Fake Steve the counterintuitive management guru: "Obviously we can't literally put our employees' lives at risk. But we have to make them feel that way." Fake Steve the celebrity hobnobber: "I like Bono. He's the only person I know who's more self-absorbed than I am."
Options is the book that had the critics howling--with laughter: "A voice for our own digital age....Mac-slappingly funny."--Newsweek.com Welcome to the mind--to the world--of Fake Steve Jobs. Fake Steve the counterintuitive management guru: "Obviously we can't literally put our employee...
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83,54 zł |
The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles
ISBN: 9781933368900 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From mom-and-pop general stores to big-box, strip-mall chains, it is impossible to consider the American experience without thinking about the buying-and-selling retail culture: the sales and the stockrooms, the shift managers, and the clock punchers. The Customer Is Always Wrong is a tragicomic and all-too revealing collection of essays by writers who have done their time behind the counter and lived to tell their tales. Jim DeRogatis, author of Let It Blurt, for example, describes hanging out with Al himself at Al Rocky's Music Store, while Colson Whitehead explains how three...
From mom-and-pop general stores to big-box, strip-mall chains, it is impossible to consider the American experience without thinking about the buying-...
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66,65 zł |
How to Relax Without Getting the Axe: A Survival Guide to the New Workplace
ISBN: 9780061340369 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Nobody pricks corporate balloons better than Stanley Bing."
--New York Post The ultimate satirist of corporate America, bestselling author Stanley Bing (Sun Tzu Was a Sissy, Crazy Bosses) now offers an outrageous "Survival Guide to the New Workplace" with How to Relax Without Getting the Axe--an eminently useful handbook that shows you how to retire on the job while still taking up (window) office space and drawing a huge salary. Succeeding in business without really trying is easy the Bing way. How to Relax Without Getting the Axe shows you... "Nobody pricks corporate balloons better than Stanley Bing."
--New York Post The ultimate satirist of corporate America, ... |
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58,46 zł |
after the beep: A Glimpse at the Wired Workplace
ISBN: 9780595478767 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written with the laugh-out-loud humor that can only come from someone well acquainted with the mishaps of everyday corporate life, "After the Beep" is a highly entertaining, always amusing selection of real-and really outlandish-communications delivered via the information superhighway all day, every day in our world of real-time messaging. Filled with humorous vignettes told through e-mails, text messages, and transcripts of voice mails, "After the Beep" will ring with familiarity to anyone who has experienced the strange and unusual communiques that result from the confusing quagmire of...
Written with the laugh-out-loud humor that can only come from someone well acquainted with the mishaps of everyday corporate life, "After the Beep" is...
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58,30 zł |
Hey Doc! Does Speling Count?: A Satire about the Decline of Higher Education in America
ISBN: 9781926585024 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hey, Doc Does Speling Count? is a humorous satire about the many failings of state universities in America. This book is for people who, like Professor Ward, enjoy laughing-those willing to poke fun at human behavior and traditional institutions. In particular, it is for those whose lives intersect American education. They wonder what's going on and why. "Hey, Doc ---" is for teachers, professors, education administrators, college graduates, business leaders, legislators, working professionals, serious college students, and self-sacrificing parents, whose monthly checks... Hey, Doc Does Speling Count? is a humorous satire about the many failings of state universities in America. This book is for people ... |
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93,38 zł |
Get Rich Cheating: The Crooked Path to Easy Street
ISBN: 9780061686146 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In these difficult times, there's only one proven path to ridiculous amounts of money: Cheating. Everyone's doing it--from sleazy CEOs to 'roided-up home run kings, silicone-enhanced starlets, and backroom-dealing congressmen--so why not you? Get Rich Cheating is your definitive guide to the illegal, immoral, and fun, detailing the schemes that have proven time and time again to generate more cash than God, Google, and the Treasury combined. No one ever bought a fleet of Bentleys with hard work, perseverance, and honesty. Simply by purchasing this book, you've already done... In these difficult times, there's only one proven path to ridiculous amounts of money: Cheating. Everyone's doing it--from sleazy CEOs to 'roided-u... |
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66,82 zł |
Management Speak
ISBN: 9780981988702 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Management Speak is a spoof or fake book satirizing the speech of modern middle-management in the business environment. The book consists entirely of business babble and is intended as a joke. As the back cover reads, "Covering the synergized breadth of domain, this book assures the reader such that in order that they morph systems. The board members can deliver more interactive eyeballs. Moreover, customers can mesh its mission-critical ROI with the executives. E-business is a distributed model unless your infomediaries can enhance the schema services. Impressions become a customized...
Management Speak is a spoof or fake book satirizing the speech of modern middle-management in the business environment. The book consists entirely of ...
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36,59 zł |
Save the Assistants: A Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Workplace
ISBN: 9781401310172 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -If you're tired, you're poor, and you're a huddled mass of an assistant yearning to breathe free, look no further than Save the Assistants.- --Yahoo -Lilit at Save the Assistants . . . feels your pain.- --Marie Claire What happens when nine-to-five turns into nine-to-eleven? How do you outmaneuver the office Underminer? Is it appropriate to have a cocktail at a company lunch? How do you get reservations for a restaurant with an unlisted phone number? What do you do when your boss throws a stapler at your head? As Page Six Magazine recently noted, bosses are -going from mean to... -If you're tired, you're poor, and you're a huddled mass of an assistant yearning to breathe free, look no further than Save the Assistants.- --Yah... |
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105,26 zł |
The Painspotter's Guide to Broken Britain: 50 People to Love, Hate, Blame, Rate
ISBN: 9781906465711 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welcome to Broken Britain
MPs are blaming 'The System' for their thieving behaviour. Bankers have burnt through more cash than President Mugabe and still been bailed out. Britain is Broke. Only one thing's going to sort this mess out - some good old-fashioned finger pointing. It's time to take revenge... Painspotting style. Let the Painspotting commence Welcome to Broken Britain
MPs are blaming 'The System' for their thieving behaviour. Bankers have burnt through more cash than President... |
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47,76 zł |