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Truly enjoyed this book. It's very witty. I kept laughing and giggling through the book. At times I had to read some passages to my husband for a shared laugh. My favorite chapter was on the Marathon history. Very informative and humorous

This book is great for anyone after some serious conjugal bliss ! It was only by reading this book that my eyes were opened to the possibilities of meeting my soul mate in the 3 mile queue for the toilets before the start of the Menai Straits half marathon. The subtlety with which Mr Taylor alludes to the exquisite trials of nipple burn pronation and crotch chaff belies his deep appreciation of his subject. Mr Taylor's neo medicinal interest in vomitorial and lavatorial systems provides a regular evacuation of humour throughout the novel - Bronwen and I will be eternally indebted to him !

As a dedicated couch potato, I am really like books that let me experience exercise without ever having to do more than lift som e potato chips to my mouth. This book is great - it really makes you empathise with Russell Taylor's attempt to get fit, and learn how to run a marathon, without making you feel like you are reading an instruction manual. Clever and funny, in a way that will appeal to both running enthusiasts AND those who like reading humorous books on any subject.

'Looniness' might be a book about an unfit Londoner but the writing is anything but! This very funny author had me in more stitches than the one I got when I last attempted to run a marathon.

Well, there are lots of books nowadays in the market about how one swims, runs, bikes .....to regain lost championship, for his/hers lost brother.. to just almost everything and I have honestly read at least 15 of them.
What makes this book different is that it is written by a British author and it is refreshing to read about the sarcastic British humor about being a runner, for example : the long distance runner is always the first one discovered dead body ... I kept giggling and laughing throughout the whole book.
One problem - if you are an average american like me who masters the most between two to three thousands words, there are a lot of new words to be discovered in this book.

This book has some great recipes and I would recommend it to the first time wok cook. I was very impressed by how Keener Books shipped the copy of the book. I purchased it used and the condition was good as promised, the book was wrapped carefully to ensure no damage would occur during shipping. I received an email from Keener letting me know when shipping would happen...for once just an all around good shopping experience. If you purchased used, go with Keener.

I've been preparing authentic Chinese dishes from this book for over 20 years now. In fact, this is my second copy - I wore the original out after years of use and was lucky enough to get a second copy at a low-traffic book store. This book is so authentic, you'll have some real challenges finding and properly preparing the ingredients. But of course that is part of the fun, too. And oh what a sense of accomplishment when you serve your first Chinese feast and get rave reviews! Good Luck finding a copy - and good eating if you succeed!

I have owned this book for over 20 years. It is dog-eared, grease-stained and tattered. I really use this book and love the gentle inspiring quotes it contains. The recipes in it have "wowed" my guests and family for over twenty years. I cannot thank the authors enough for sharing this with the world. I am ordering another copy so that I can keep these treasured recipes for generations to come.

This is absolutely the best book on Chinese cooking! The recipes are easy to follow and most of the ingredients are easily found in your local supermarket. Each food section is prefaced with a short tid-bit on Chinese food history and culture. There is also regional information and a short comment at the beginning of each recipe. A glossary of cooking techniques, ingredients, and special hints is included at the front of the book and is extremely helpful. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to bring authentic Chinese food to their table.

I grew up in a smallish city with only one semi-authentic Chinese restaurant and a Chinese family friend who ran an Asian grocery. She recommended this cookbook to my mother, who then cooked for our family from it.

I have to say that I am spoiled to the day. So many of the recipes in here are much better than what you'd get at 99% of any typical Chinese restaurant. I now live in one of the largest cities in the U.S. and it's still hard for me to find food as good as this.

My daughter got this book for her preschool class and they love listening to her read it again and again. The children remember the Spanish words and their meanings. The pictures really make this book special.

If you don't study the illustrations, you'll miss a lot of extra humor. The writing is great, but the illustrations really add an extra twist of irony, as the excuses made by the friends look more and more foolish given their undescribed actions as drawn on the page. My kids love this book.

The story is about an Iguana and her friends that were organizing a party on Saturday. But iguana had to do everything herslf because the snake, the conejo and the tortuga were only giving excuses so they didn't help. The main characteres are the Iguana, the conejo, the snake, and the tortuga. The tortuga, the conejo and the snake didn't want to help. The Iguana is my favorite character because she was the one who did eerything and she did the right thing. Sometimes I ask my sister if she could help me in something and she allways give excuses for not do it. One time my dad told us to clean a room nd only my big sister and I were cleaning and my other sister was only telling my dad that she had done something alredy. I did like the book. My favorite part was when everyone was in the fiesta having a good ime. My least favorite part was when they didn't want to help her deliver the invitations. If I could, I would change the setting o a prettier. I would rcommend this book to my friend. I hink that my brother Frank would like this book (he is three years old).

I loved the story of The Little Red Hen when I was a child, but I'm going to read Manana Iguana to my children. The Colorful illustrations along with the great fiesta story make this book a must for my library. It was as much fun for me to read as it was for my daughter. The vibrant colors and character's personalities had us anticipating the turn of every page. I also love the story's bilingual element. If you grew up in a "spanglish" home, you absolutely need this book!

My son loves this book. He has several twists on "The Little Red Hen" and this one is one of his favorites. There isn't too much spanish to make the book too hard or lose his interest, but just enough to broaden his vocabulary.

This is an awesome book. The lessons are easy to read and follow. Just reading through it made me feel at peace. I like the Ten Lessons layout and being able to read it and apply!

A Barry Long reader, listener, and viewer for well over a decade now, this is the book I have suggested people start with and have also given away the most. It's an excellent introduction to the teaching, practical and user-friendly. Just working with each brief lesson a day over ten days and repeating the cycle over and over until the "tools" are integrated is transformational. And if only a few of the lessons speak to you, then work with those. It's the same with all of his teaching. You come back later and more speaks to you. Sometimes it's as if you've never even heard it before. And as "meditation" has become a loaded word with all of its Eastern implications, and not to put that down, the would-be reader needs to know that this is a meditation book for Westerners, addressing the particular needs of stilling an incessant mind that feeds emotions which creates all of our problems. I write with much gratitude.

What I really liked about this book is that is written in such practical, down to earth language. i have spent years getting into meditation through eastern practices, after reading this I have suddenly gone so much deeper! It's definitely because Barry is a westerner and speaks from the experience of living in this culture. the book's exercises are clearly written and really work in the way they are meant to, ie clearing the unnecessary clutter in the mind and dropping through to the stillness beyond it that is always there. I've never read a better book on meditation, and I've read a lot of them! Anyone who meditates or would like to should read this book.

A really solid introduction to meditation and self-discovery. My thanks to the author.

Having never tried meditation, I found the book very accessible and commendably lacking in mysticism. I'd recommend it to anyone who's looking for a new perspective, but thought meditation was too way out there to offer one.

This is the most challenging book for every Christian to read. I could hardly put it down while reading it. It covers many aspects of the Islam religion that we should know about, and gives us hope that Muslim people can and do find Jesus Christ as their Savior. I am encouraged to pray more for Mina and Javid for the work that they do, and that more Muslims will accept the Lord.

The most effective aspect of Mina Nevisa's Miracle of Miracles (Long Wood Communications, USA, 2004) is the personal voice of a woman who stood against the forceful captivity of thinking foisted by fundamentalist Muslims. All the pains, this devout Christian woman details, stood in her path of freedom from the reckless talons of Islamic laws hunting for the religious converts in Iran. Mina's escape is indeed a living miracle that sends shivers through the hearts of many who do not yet know what it means to shun Islam in a fundamentalist Muslim country.

In her quest for freedom of thought and belief, Mina lost her friends to death by torture at the hands of Islamic authorities; her family to shackles of prejudiced hatred, and her first ever child to death before birth. It was a Pyrrhic victory for her, but her faith in Christ redeemed her from the dread of slavishly following something she did not choose. Miracle of Miracles is a touching account of her persistence in pursuit of what she believes the true path of salvation.

Mina's account of her experiences is followed by an addendum at the end of the book that criticizes sharply the logical flaws of Islam's basic teachings and tenets. She exposes the darkness incumbent on the developed world by the arrogant ideologies of Islamic fundamentalists and justifies her claims by instances from history.

Two features of the book pose a challenge to the reader's faculty of reason. First, the account of several miracles that touched Mina's life and those of her friends, family, and acquaintances, appear either contrived or just another interpretation of reality. For a nonbeliever, this certainly is a serious drawback of Mina's work. Then there is the last part of the book, which acts counter to the whole mode of reading the author's realistic account of Islamic barbarism. Mina directly addresses the readers urging on them to convert to Christian faith. Not only does this sound too preachy and unwanted in a book of mature discussion but also tames the bright image of the author's personality. Perhaps, Mina could not subdue her emotions while thinking of ways to let people out of the claws of fundamentalist Muslims.

This book is outstanding for both content and style. It presents a far more accurate picture than what is being presented by our educational institutions or our politically correct media. My heartfelt thanks goes out to Mina Nirvana as she has told the story of extreme persecution under a tyranical form of government with its extremist ideology.

This book depicts the true story of a woman who was raised in Iran in the Isalmic faith and comes to find Christianity. Though what she went through was very difficult and harsh, it's a gently written book, full of compassion and love. She gives great insights into the Islamic religion, and through her telling of the miracles that happened to her over the years, your faith will grow in understanding Christianity and God's love. I challenge anyone who thinks all religions are the same to read this book. You will understand the difference by the end. A must read! Could not put it down.

This account tells of the author's conversion, marriage and flight out of Iran. She and her husband subsequently lived in Spain, the Netherlands and the U.S. The threats and harassment of radical Mohammedans follow them even across the Atlantic.

I read portions aloud to my children. They were enthralled by the miraculous accounts, especially of the salvation of Mrs. Nevisa's father. They also were given a glimpse into what it is to live under an oppressive government, like that of Iran.

As Christians, we ought not ignore how fellow believers around the world must risk their jobs, family relations and sometimes even their lives just to be able to read the Bible, pray to the God of the Bible, and have fellowship with other Christians. This is an engrossing and accurate account that chronicles the cost for some of following Christ Jesus.

A final note: I had the privilege of meeting the author and her husband at a gathering in a friend's home. They are the "real deal" - a humble couple who is pressing on, seeking God's guidance one day at a time. I know they would be delighted inasmuch as this book encourages people to pray for the people of Iran and others who are caught in the bondage of Islam.

I just spent three days reading this book, and it's unlike anything I've ever read -- yet it has elements of some of the greatest works of literary fiction ever.

It is a wonderful mix of childlike joy and wonder with adult humor and satire -- "gentle satire", the author says in his review here, and I would say that's absolutely correct.

It opens with a dizzying array of characters. The chapters are short, bulleted to give you just that little tantalizing bit to keep you hanging, the way Miss Alice's cakes so tantalize and mesmerize the denizens of Parcivel. It has great suspense -- you don't know till the very end why Quentin Coriander has come to Parcival or what he represents. Just as you start to think you are getting it figured out there is another plot twist, another new character, to nudge you out of your comfort zone, so that you never know entirely where you are being taken, only that you enjoy the ride.

There is a ton that is fun in this book -- the midwest stereotypes, intentional overblown characters and exaggerations that hallmark good satire, and even the character names --"Justin Case", Stephen a.k.a. Jelly Bean, and characters named for foodstuffs and spices (Pumpernickel, Coriander.) There are also some recipes that I'm going to want to try. But by the time you reach the end you realize that there is a method to the madness. There is in fact, like with all good literary fiction, a message in this work that is hopeful, uplifitng and connective in the sense of agelessness. Once you reach the end, it all comes together, the way an entire town that once went lost, returns, and you recognize, clearly, that you have been deftly handled.

All in all this is a wonderful, imaginative work that tells a lot about the recipe for life's success, and makes you love every bit --and bite -- of the tale. Highly recommended.

Barry Aitchison's debut novel is an amazing book, containing all the elements that make best-sellers: originality, suspense, mystery and humor, wiith a background love story between a pair of average, small-town characters that seem made for each other ... until a mysterious stranger, Quentin C. Coriander, sneaks onto the scene.

The story is set in a small, unremarkable Midwestern town with the unlikely name of Parcival. Odd things begin happening when Coriander arrives, but he minds his own business and remains remote from the citizens ... until Miss Alice Merriwether, the town's favorite spinster, sets her "baker's cap" for him. She woos him with her delicious, famous cakes, and ... OOPS ... Gotta stop there; don't want to give too much of the story away.

The unique story is filled with delightful characters that readers can relate to, characters we will remember long after reading the book. Aitchison has a wonderful way with words and a sly, subltle sense of humor that's a real gift. And he takes his readers on such a tortuous ride we can never guess what's going to happen next.

MISS ALICE MERRIWETHER'S LONG LOST CAKES is an easy-to-follow, well-written story; so reader-friendly, the author makes it look easy. His characters are described so well, they came alive for me. And the ending is a real stunner, a satisfying ending that leaves the door open for a sequel. As for me, I'm screaming for a sequel; can't wait to find out what happens next to these intriguing characters.

With this creative piece of literature, this gifted author has started his career with a bang! This is an "unputdownable" page-turner, so be prepared to lose some sleep. Congratulations, Mr. Aitchison.

(Before buying this book, I read his three short stories on Amazon Shorts, and they're real masterpieces too.)

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Loved it! The characters reminded me uncannily of many people I have known with all their particular foibles and constantly had me chuckling to myself as the characters reacted to the strange situation they found themselves in. An interesting insight into human nature but always with its own inimitable quirky brand of humour.

I have seen it compared for its superb satire to Orwell's Animal Farm and The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis. It is many years since I read Animal Farm but it does have elements of that satirical bent and commentary on human nature. Unfortunately I have never read The Great Divorce but as a result of reading Alice Merriwether it's now on my "to do" list! At times it had me also thinking of The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy but I must admit it's also a long time since I read that - time to go back and re-read it to see how right I was.........

If you have a sense of humour do your yourself a favour and read this book. I'm sure you'll love it!

I've only read the first chapter of this book, but it is fantastic, like nothing you've read before. The style is simple, yet almost fractal in its fatness. It swerves into your soul and pinches you on the medulla. BUY this book, and tell your friends to buy it, if they want to read something entirely different.

Written by Barry Aitchison, Miss Alice Merriwether's Long Lost Cakes & Further Inducements to Wonder is a most unusual and fantastic novel about a small, close-knit American town, the inhabitants of which are about to have their lives transformed forever. No one in the town can remember when Quentin Coriander first arrived, and he is not one to engage in excessive conversation. Yet while no one pays much attention to Quentin, he is always watching them - aware of not only their troubles and misfortunes, but also of possibilities beyond the townspeople's comprehension. When inexplicable events begin to occur, and troubled townspeople disappear, some accuse Quentin of murder; only a few suspect the truth might not be that simple. A captivating mystery with equal moments of serious contemplation and lighthearted fun.

As a minister, this is a great daily devotion for couples who are longing for children. Garrett has pulled together an enormous amount of scripture and insight to help the reader walk through this process and understand that they are not alone on many levels.

I loved this book. We are at the beginning of a journey we never wanted to take. This book has provided sound biblical advice and encouragement for both me and my husband. The writer has found a wonderful way of writing just what I needed to read at just the right moment. I have shared many of the devotions with my husband and he has enjoyed it as well. I recommend it highly. The author truly has a devotion to encourage you during every step of the journey. Moreover, if you have a friend or are in ministry this makes a very comforting gift. The author doesn't make any foolish guarantees or empty promises but manages to give the reader hope and points to Christ as our ultimate source of peace.

THis book offered everything I needed to guide me emotionally and spiritually for getting through trying to conceive. Every time I started to feel hopeless, a friend getting pregnant and me still TRYING, another negative pregnancy test, etc. I could turn to this book and find a moment that I could relate to. SHe covers it all - there's something in this book for everyone. Her journey is inspiring and comforting, giving hope for your personal infertility struggles. The prayers are written out and help guide your personal time with God. I recommend this book to ANYONE who is hurting and desires to find peace and comfort through God.

I am not extremely religious, but definitely believe in God and that "everything happens for a reason". I found this book to be most comforting to put things into perspective and put my mind at ease while trying to conceive. Whether you are impatiently waiting or suffering from a physical impairment blocking your ability to get pregnant, this book is great.
Also recommended: "Healing Mind, Healthy Woman" by Alice Domar.

In my struggles with infertility and miscarriage, I have found Ms. Garrett's book the best one out there. My husband and I use this as a devotional each night before we go to bed. The short stories have hit right on the mark of feelings and situations we are experiencing, and give practical, Biblical advice on them. It is great to hear what God says about our struggles, and I am so glad that this book is available. Highly recommend it to everyone who is searching for comfort on their most awful days.

When you think of an "explorer" you think of a guy like Hedin. From an early age he ventured again and again into large swatches of Asian geography where few or no Europeans had ever trod. Hedin graphically and realistically portrays his travels with such detail that you can feel the cold, the heat, the parched throats, the curious indigenous eyes and the scenery staggering in its beauty. When you come to the end of this book, you will be all "adventured" out, for on almost every page there is a suspenseful, fascinating episode. Hedin was truly an explorer's explorer. His greatness is dimmed, however, by his fervent support of Naziism during WWII. As someone has writen elsewhere, Hedin knew about the death camps and never disavowed them. He was a solid Nazi partisan. In an epilogue to this book, author and admirer Peter Hopkirk urges us to look at Hedin's many and major contributions and to forgive his pro-German activities in both world wars. I'm not quite willing to forgive, but I will segment my views of Hedin into Hedin the explorer and Hedin the Nazi sympathizer. Anyhow,if you're looking for a fascinating book about exploration in the most forbidding sectors of our planet at the turn of the 20th century, this is a book for you.

(This refers to the National Geographic Reprint edition)

This is truly a great book, full of the amazing adventures of an incredible explorer. You have to admire Hedin's determination and stubborness, although sometimes I wonder about his planning. It seems like every trip all his animals die, and the men are on the verge of starvation. And as for his trips in the desert, I would have thought the concept of "take some extra water" would have occured at some point!
Hedin is a fine writer, and his descriptions are not only accessible to the average reader, but often quite poetic as well.
Nevertheless, I only reluctantly give this a full 5 stars, because I feel that National Geographic missed a great opportunity to make this an almost perfect book, and it wouldn't have been that difficult to do. As a previous reviewer mentioned, some good maps could have helped. There's almost no excuse for NG not to have included some decent maps of Central Asia in their edition. Furthermore, one tends to forget (although Hedin mentions in the text), that he also took photographs on many of his travels. These might have been included as well. (To see some, refer to the Photos section of the website of the Sven Hedin Foundation, "http://www.etnografiska.se/hedinweb/htmsidor/organi.htm"). Aside from the simplistic drawings that are included, Hedin also did many detailed sketches and potraits on his travels. Now one can assume that none of these were included in the original, and this is only a reprint, but nevertheless, it is a missed opportunity. The introductory chapter by A.Brandt also adds little insight, and might as well have been left out as well.
However, despite the lost opportunities, this book is highly recommended.

The Swede Sven Hedin was the last great explorer we will see on this well-traveled planet. Hedin was born in 1865 and this autobiography describes his life up until 1908. Hedin's career was hardly finished, however, as he continued to traipse down the old Silk Road in Central Asia until the 1930s when he was 70 years old.

In a happy trait that should be copied by more auto-biographers, Hedin doesn't spend much time on his childhood. By the third page of his narrative he is 20 years old and off to the Caucasus Mountains which only whets his appetite for the little-known peaks and deserts of Tibet and Central Asia. He spent the years between 1893 and 1908 exploring these regions and filling in blank places on the map.

National Geographic's "Traveler" magazine put this book on its list of 100 best adventure books and, truly, the tales of Hedin's adventures make for good, exciting reading. Hedin displays both charm and generosity in his account. He traveled without the company of other Europeans and he enjoyed the companionship of his local helpers and the dogs he adopted along his way. He draws many clever portraits of the people he met in his travels. Hedin, however, was no mere adventurer. He was a serious, sober scholar who produced dozens of scientific studies of his findings.

One of the most hair raising tales in the book concerns Hedin's first expedition into the sands of the Takla Makhan (desert) of China in which he and his companions nearly died of thirst. A second high point of the book is the account of his attempt to visit Lhasa, the forbidden capital of Tibet. He failed after getting nearly to the gates of the city and was denied the honor of becoming the first foreigner to visit Lhasa in half a century. Amidst the plethora of adventures, the stoic Swede brushes over incidents others would consider high -- or low -- points of their lives. "Fever kept me in Kashgar a long while" is his complete description of one serious illness.

The book is illustrated with many of Hedin's drawings, including his hand drawn maps. I suggest that you read the book with a good modern map at hand so as to trace his routes with more precision as his constant tooing-and-froing can be confusing.

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This is a tale wonderfully told of an explorer's quest to fill in the blank spots on the map of Asia. Not only does Hedin present a clear and highly entertaining view of his travels, but he also gives us a portrait of his character. He shows us that he is a man with high goals and is undeterred in achieving those goals, even when all odds are against him. He shows us that he is also a very caring man, very much concerned about the welfare of his men and his animals. He also is a man that is awestruck by nature and is very concerned about not unduly intruding upon it or unnecessarily destroying it.

But most of all, this is an adventure story that is just plain fun to read.

A suggestion to readers who are not very familiar with the geography of central Asia would be to have on hand some good maps as the ones Hedin draws are quite limited and often fail to give the perspective that may be desireable.

I concur with NDylanRay@aol.com. This book is exceptional. I could hardly put it down. You feel the excitement and intensity of his adventures, you begin to understand the force that drives him (and you respect him for it), and you meet the people and the places that make Turkestan and Tibet 100 years ago like no place that you could ever imagine.

Our national association, located in New York, NY. , has recommended Ms. Long's book to its membership. We find that it has helped improve sales and company image. We highly recommend it.

Never Drink Coffee saved me time and embarrassment personally and professionally. I know that my promotion was due to following Ms. Long's advice.

This book has drawings and is easy to read. I keep it in my briefcase for reference. Follow Ms. Long's advice and get ahead personally and professionally. Even my boyfriend follows her advice....great improvement for him. Thank you Amazon for having her book.

Our national association was looking for a book to help employees of our members improve their manners. Ms Long's book fits our needs perfectly. Many of our members provide her book to their sales staff and management. It significantly improves company image and sales.

This book provided helpful tips for any setting from casual to formal. The information is presented in a fun way that makes it easy to remember. No one is too young or too old to learn from this book! One of the very few books I have kept and read again.

I liked this book because it was small in size (5x7) only 78 pages, so it was not overwhelming. It got right to the point, covered every conceivable tip from picnics to high teas and how to handle them. I loved it. Very practical, clear instructions on exactly what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. Buy it!

One day a new waitress arrived at the Tropicana, she was quiet, kept to herself, but in Vegas, you don't ask questions; sometimes you don't want to know, other times you just aren't meant to know.
I had no idea this quiet one was an author! The poor girl fell victim to the cattiness of the other waitresses. I want to apologize for what she went through. I was fresh off the farm when I moved to Vegas and spent many a night walking home, crying.I know what you went through. (The town WILL toughen you up in time.)
When the local newspaper printed a short blurb about an author writing a tell-all book I had to get a copy!! Wow, WHAT A BOOK!-PLEASE write another!
And I'm sorry some of the girls were catty, you were sweet despite everything.

I'm also disappointed that this book is out of print. I think every kid should read this book since it will tell them a lot more about the world of work than the usual "Occupational Outlook Handbook" assignment given out by schools. The long hours and hard work of the roadie, the jerkish customers and low tips of the Vegas cocktail waitress are just a few things in this book that the kids might find enlightening.

This is one of my favorite books to have around and let people read. Lynn Snowden is a most entertaining writer and I really enjoyed the brief peek into so many worlds. Her tour with Skid Row was my favorite since it's so foreign to me. It did crack me up how she had to learn certain basics about office work, such as how you are always supposed to look busy, and the low, low temperatures to keep you from falling asleep.

I agree with the previous reviewer: Lynn Snowden, it's time for you to write something else!

This book is a delight--it's a pop version of Studs Terkel's WORKING, only author Lynn Snowden goes Studs one better: Instead of just talking with people about what their jobs are like, she actually works the jobs! From the horrors of being a housewife (the scariest chapter in the book) to her in-your-face observations of males and their pseudo-sexual behavior (the time she danced as a stripper), Snowden seldom lets the reader down. She is enormously aware of the unimportance of her ego in each job, and she never patronizes those with whom she works. She really gets in there and does the job--with hilarious and sometimes angry abandon. This book is about the nine jobs you don't want your son or daughter to have, but, disturbingly, it's also a book about all jobs and the politics of the workplace. Let me out of here!

--Jim Reed, ...

Ms. Snowden's accounts of her adventures in nine different jobs demonstrate a brilliant understanding of the workplace and its effects on one's identity, while at the same time explaining this connection with a wonderfully witty and dry sense of humor. Addditionally, Snowden's ability to poke fun at herself and her assumptions about various jobs prior to doing them offer an excellent insight into and challenge our own preconceived ideas about upper, middle, and lower class occupations. It's quite obvious the author has a love for language (english, that is) and is thankfully influenced by writers such as Tom Wolfe and Martin Amis. I'm sorry to see her book is no longer in print as I believe it an enjoyable experience for anyone who's ever worked, or dreamed about working, anywhere. I do hope Lynn Snowden writes a second book, and on what, quite frankly, I don't care, due to the fact she could probably make boiling water interesting.