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The item was delivered very, very quickly and in good conditions. I am very happy with my purchase. My only complaint is that the delivery time offered at the time of the purchase seems to be intentionally inflated. I am in favor of underpromossing and overdelivering but taken to an extreme this is sandbaging.

I have spent my entire career on Wall Street and have witnessed first hand a lot of the pitfalls outlined in this book. It is easy to see it in others, but how can you stop doing it yourself? How do you keep yourself from doing dumb things especially when the more success you have, the less people are honest with you?

I highly recommend this book for aspiring executives and entrepreneurs, just to make sure that they stay humble and avoid some of the traps on the road to success. The book shocked me because it clearly provides examples of past presidents, celebrities, and business executives and then outlines step by step how and why they blew it.

The first half of the book had me wondering if it was too late for me, a president of a growing software company. But the second half of the book is full of recomendations and survival tips that are insightful and applicable. I make sure that anyone around me who aspires to any leadership position reads this book.

This book chronicles the infallablity of man in a very funny and laughter inducing manner.

This is a crazy and funny little book that I received from my parents one christmas many years ago. It contains the worlds biggest mistakes like the bride that married the best man and the charge of the light brigade. Some of the stories are quite tragic but in their inane nature they become morbid and even in the tragedies one has to laugh at their stupidity even though one does this with a healthy does of guilt. This is a very nice little book that will enjoyed by people that like this kind of oddities.

Having a bad day? Party conversation in need of repair? Just want a good laugh? This book is good for all that and more. Read about the humorous blunders of entertainers, politicians, and atheletes.

I read the first book, and think this one is equally great, if not better. It was a blast to read about all the silly things the author put in the book. Very fun. I've even used some of the examples as ice-breakers at big corporate meeings, with much success. Kudos to the author. Keep it up!!!

Stefan Zweig unearths the reasons why Amerigo Vespucci gave his name to a newly discovered continent.

It is a story of ups and downs, unexspected U-turns and errors becoming truths.
He gives a very good portrait of Vespucci: he was not a liar or a swindler. He never pretended to be a great author or philosopher. He was not a master of intrigues, but rather a very average person.
His only merit seems to be that he understood that Christophe Collomb had not discovered a new land but a new continent.

Stefan Zweig brushes with verve the story of an unlikely designation.

Although the title of this book sounds extremely dry, unapproachable, and cumbersome, this book is a well-organized compilation of every type of unusual looking radiograph for every part of the human body. In my job as an Army physical therapist, I commonly have to screen plain radiographs. This reference has been invaluable to myself and others that work in my clinic, especially when evaluating foot and ankle films. There are several (more than a dozen) accessory bones that may be present, and these are all very well mapped out, each with a radiographic example, explanation, and key points to consider when evaluating each specific view. Excellent reference text!!

Guy Terry, MPT

Excellent book. Great thoughts for anyone going through an illness
or difficult period in life. The power of positive thinking and the personality of Jim Backus make this book a classic.

When searching for a child friendly book of stories based on William Shakespere's works I came across this little gem. The book is authored by Edith Nesbit, best known for her books "The Railway Children, Five Children and It and The Enchanted Castle." Edith has done a beautiful job of translating Shakespere's works into stories which will engage children in the classic works such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet and King Lear." This is a delightful way to introduce your children to the world of William Shakespere.

Arguably the most consistently funny panel since "The Far Side." A great collection. Viva en la bleachers!

This is a quality book, easy to read considering the deep philosophical and wide conceptual ground it covers. If you have enjoyed Reason, Perrow or Dekker discussing human error then I think you will find considerable value in this book. Excellent arguments about ecological validity, root cause, Heinrich's legacy, taxonomies, distributed cognition, normal accidents, psychology of risk, and on and on. Ultimately more questions than answers, but this caused me to understand how to question a lot of the more superficial texts and methods, which may lead in interesting directions.

Not an introductory text, but an excellent addition to the field that really ties together many ideas in the safety of complex systems. Fully indexed with complete references.

Mary Rose Callaghan has a gift for telling stories.

For instance, I loved "Prodigal Daughter." Sent it to my cousin and he called me to say it was the funniest book he'd read in a long time...though I would have called that one (P.D), "Translating Dante in the Bathtub."

This one, about the sister of a schizophrenic who is trying to get him the services he needs is realistic and moving. You have to be a fighter to get anywhere.

I even like the villains -- e.g., the Momma of these adult children.

Callaghan portrays central characters who are extremely good at keeping on keeping on. Maybe that's one of the attractions for me re her work: perseverance is not my strong suit.

This story resonates with Anne Tyler themes: quirky people just trying to make their lives comfortable enough to live in. In this case, it's a thirty-something woman (I'm guessing) who has her hands full with working and trying to paint, and having the care of a schizophrenic brother who keeps getting booted out of his supervised residence.

If you're not familiar with the trials of family life with someone troubled with the psychotic breaks that typify schizophrenia, this will educate you in the ways that families *have* to be aggressive in getting decent treatment for their mentally disordered members.

The situation in Ireland (the setting of this story) doesn't seem too much different than that in the US, though I think we do have more services and more latitude in working the system.

This story could use at least one sequel, as it ends redemptively for some, but not everyone. A sequel would allow the protagonist to come to terms with her very narcissistic momma -- a doctor who has retired and shoved off the care of Billy onto her daughter.

I am going to recommend this to NAMI, which is the national group of advocates and their families or clients. I think many members would enjoy it.