Country Baking: Simple Home Baking With Wholesome Grains and the Pick of the Harvest

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Misleading title...........2004-10-31

The title of this book is very misleading. The recipes do incorporate some whole grains in each recipe, but use predominantly unbleached white flour.

There are a few recipes that are entirely whole-grain, but if that is your focus, you would do better to keep looking.

I'm sure there are some fine recipes in this book (I own several of Ken Haedrich's books), just not what I was expecting.

What an Amazing Cookbook!.......2001-10-19

This is the best cookbook I've bought in years! This book is a great way to introduce your family to whole grains if they aren't used to them; and it is an awesome book for families who already cook with whole grains. The recipes are delectible [which isn't always true of the whole grain recipes I've tried from other sources]. This cookbook uses whole grains without being pretentious too [if you know what I mean... ].

Ken Haedrich is very entertaining throughout the book - its actually a fun read [how often can you say THAT about a cookbook?]. He educates without preaching and conveys the wonder and peace of baking your own goods - it really is wonderful.

I found this book thoroughly enjoyable and my family has LOVED all the recipes I've made from it. [And I have one family member who is a real "white bread, meat and potatoes" kind of guy - so this is saying something!!].

Best cookbook ever.......2001-01-19

You can actually *read* this cookbook from cover to cover, enjoying every page not just for the recipes but for the running commentary and tips provided by Haedrich. He is a wonderfully skilled writer and cook, and these recipes are healthy, wholesome, and absolutely delicious. Don't miss the 60-minute bread recipe. Yummm!

My Favorite Cookbook!.......2000-06-21

I currently have this book out from the library and it is about 2 months over due as I cannot bear to part with it ( I promise to give it back when mine comes in from Amazon!) Every recipe I have tried in this book from Soft Oatmeal Sandwich Bread to Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies is wonderful! They tastes delicious and yet the recipes use natural ingredients.

Great book!.......2000-02-21

I have had this book for several years, it is well worn splattered and loved. My favorite recipe is the soft oatmeal sandwich bread. The molasses cookie recipe is great too. I have not had a failure yet from this book or any other of Mr. Haedrich's books. The tone of the book is friendly and family oriented and a good read. If you're looking for a good wholesome baking book I highly recommend this one.

Ken Haedrich's Country Baking. Simple Home Baking with Wholesome Grains and the Pick of the Harvest.

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Ken Haedrich's Country Baking. Simple Home Baking with Wholesome Grains and the Pick of the Harvest.
Ken. Haedrich
Manufacturer: Bantam Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N58R7U

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Like the first two Photo-Journal volumes, these beautiful hardcovers reproduce hundreds comics of covers, with a focus on everything published by Marvel Comics! In addition to Marvel's earliest books, these volumes contain such "Marvel Age" milestones from the 1960s-'70s as the debuts of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men (including Wolverine), and other comics legends! Volume 4 contains those from K-Z. HC, 10x14, 176-352pg, FC

The Photo-Journal Guide to Marvel Comics/Vol. 3(A-J), Vol. 4(K-Z)

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INDISPENSIBLE
A Great Resource for the Comic Fan and Marvel Enthusiast

The Photo-Journal Guide to Marvel Comics/Vol. 3(A-J), Vol. 4(K-Z)
Ernst Gerber
Manufacturer: Diamond Comic Dist - Stock
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0962332879

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INDISPENSIBLE.......2004-12-16

These two books, along with the companion Golden Age volumes (I and II) are essential for the serious comic fan and collector. Here are covers of every Marvel comic from 1940's to 1991. Even though I am basically a one-character collector (Spider-Man) and am one book short of having every one ever published, these books are gems! Beautiful color photos of every cover on rich, glossy paper really brings these dynamic covers to life. Although basically a Spidey collector, I grew up reading all of the Marvel heroes and am still fans of them all. These 4 books (these two and the first two volumes dealing with Golden Age books) show comics to be the works of art we all know they are. These books might be a bit too serious for the casual comic enthusiast but are worth their weight in gold for the serious collector!

A Great Resource for the Comic Fan and Marvel Enthusiast.......2002-04-24

The Photo-Journal Guide to Marvel Comics. Volume A-J (#3), Volume K-Z (#4).

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The Photo-Journal Guide to Marvel Comics. Volume A-J (#3), Volume K-Z (#4).
Ernest (with Stan Lee and Paul Theiss). Gerber
Manufacturer: Gerber Publishing Company, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UWV3ZY

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Needlepoint letters and numbers
Carol Cheney Rome
Manufacturer: DoubleDay
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Letters and Numbers for Needlepoint
Elinor Milnor Parker
Manufacturer: Macmillan Pub Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Needlepoint Letters and Numbers
Carol cheney Rome & Donna Reidy Orr
Manufacturer: Doubleday & Company Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LZ4OPG

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How to play with your office supplies! Includes 75 tricks and stunts with pencils, business cards, paper clips, rubber bands, copy machines, fax machines, calculators, paper, and neck ties. Relieve occupational stress with... Credit Card Buzzing, Letter Opener Swallowing, The Endless Fax, The Disappearing Pencil, and the Invisible Elevator. 128 pages. 208 photos and illustrations.

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Best for Those Who Like to Be the Life of the Office.......2003-01-07

This is a very funny book. I recommend it for anyone who wants to bring a little life into his/her office. Best of all, the tricks listed inside the book really work!

College Enhancer.......2001-10-17

As a college student, I don't do much work anyway, but this book increased my fun about 1 million fold. I can now "amaze" my "friends" with manuvers like the "Credit Card Buzz"! A must have for the serious procrastinator.

Work .. Play .. What's the difference?.......2000-03-22

I swear 99% of my users have read this book. As a LAN Administrator, my users are famous for skirting work. This is their Bible.

Day Job: A Workplace Reader for the Restless Age

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Funnier than Dilbert
great TQM dissection
A must-read for anyone in the workforce under age 35
It's For Real!
Brilliant -- and Confusing

Day Job: A Workplace Reader for the Restless Age
Jonathan Baird
Manufacturer: LPC Group
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Binding: Hardcover

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Are the walls of your cubicle starting to close in? Have you just sat through yet another meeting trying to rally team morale? Time for a break. Grab a cup of coffee, find a quiet spot, and delve into Jonathan Baird's illuminating and hilarious book Day Job. Take comfort in the fact that you are not alone.

Mark Thornton works in customer service for a company committed to TQM (Total Quality Management), a program in which "groups of contaminated individuals lapse into loud and ungovernable fugue-like states, wherein future trends of commerce are prophesied and cosmic lessons in human behavior are thought to reveal themselves." Charters, team spirit, unreasonable clients, and a manager totally dedicated to TQM plague Thornton, who, just a couple of years out of college, never envisioned himself working in a meaningless "day job." So when a client recommends participating in the SysCorp Journal program, Thornton jumps on it, hoping, perhaps, to discover a career path for himself. For one day, he'll record everything that happens to him at work, which SysCorp will then analyze and notate. The result is Day Job; half business self-help, half humorous novel, it is the journal of a disillusioned worker, complete with notes from SysCorp, doodles and asides from Thornton, and helpful words of advice culled from everyone from Proust and Walt Whitman to Deepak Chopra and Stephen Covey's (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People).

The design--which at first may appear gimmicky--is ultimately delightful, making this book a pleasure to flip through. But the true fun lies in how Thornton dissects his life and the lives of those all-too-familiar characters who appear in our own offices--the defensive temps, the proudly overworked, the suspicious coworkers. Whether you're just starting your career or you've been master of your cubicle for years, you'll enjoy the lively prose (think Douglas Coupland meets "Dilbert"), not just for its humor but also for how close it hits home (or, rather, office). --Jenny Brown

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Funnier than Dilbert.......2000-05-02

I love books that are different. When I saw this I bought it right away. I was not disappointed.

Day Job is just about the funniest thing I've ever read. The author is really demented.

My only complaint is it's physically tough to read at times, but it only adds to the charm of the book.

great TQM dissection.......1999-09-06

Through the busy device of sidebars and margin notes left by a fictional consultant, this beautifully printed novel of "Total Quality Management" is as much an in-joke on the editorial nurturing of a novice journalizer as it is an experiment in loosely melding fiction with nonfiction guru-management primers. Laurance Allen's deadpan closing publisher's note buries the efforts of Baird (who also designed and produced this amusing and informing business reader) within the context of researchers, proofreaders, sources, editors, and, of course, the suits who made it all happen.

A must-read for anyone in the workforce under age 35.......1999-07-14

Jon Baird really hit the nail on the head with this witty journal of a Twenty-something Customer Service rep experiencing corporate stupidity, and laying it out for all to see and experience. The layout is incredible. One that I think will start a new trend in off-line publishing

It's For Real!.......1999-01-30

I think you've been watching too much of the X-Files! Paranoia is an unfortunate side-effect. The book is NOT by a TQM sympathizer-it completely makes fun of silly management initiatives. It's not sneaky--it's BRILLIANT!

Brilliant -- and Confusing.......1999-01-24

On the back of this book, it reads: Fiction/Business/Popular Culture.

Is this some well-disguised TQM book? In the back of the book, it has order forms for more books -- so that middle management can give them to all junior staff and say, "I understand you, dude: my office, five o'clock."

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This digital document is an article from Information Management Journal, published by Association of Records Managers & Administrators (ARMA) on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2472 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Americans call e-mail essential to their jobs. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).
Author: Nikki Swartz
Publication: Information Management Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: Association of Records Managers & Administrators (ARMA)
Volume: 37 Issue: 2 Page: 16(1)

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INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO MINORITY LANGUAGE PRESERVATION AND TEACHING EFFORTS: AN INSIDE JOB.: An article from: Language, Learning & Technology

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INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO MINORITY LANGUAGE PRESERVATION AND TEACHING EFFORTS: AN INSIDE JOB.: An article from: Language, Learning & Technology
Daniel J. Villa
Manufacturer: University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Language, Learning & Technology, published by University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center on May 1, 2002. The length of the article is 6426 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO MINORITY LANGUAGE PRESERVATION AND TEACHING EFFORTS: AN INSIDE JOB.
Author: Daniel J. Villa
Publication: Language, Learning & Technology (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2002
Publisher: University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center
Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Page: 92

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The job-eating villain: is it NAFTA or Mexico's currency crisis? (North American Free Trade Agreement)(includes related article on petitions to National ... Offices): An article from: Dollars & Sense

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The job-eating villain: is it NAFTA or Mexico's currency crisis? (North American Free Trade Agreement)(includes related article on petitions to National ... Offices): An article from: Dollars & Sense
Brian Burgoon
Manufacturer: Economic Affairs Bureau
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00096LP6I
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Dollars & Sense, published by Economic Affairs Bureau on July 1, 1996. The length of the article is 3752 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Critics of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) contend that NAFTA caused the decline in the US-Mexico trade. On the other hand, others pointed out Mexico's currency crisis as the root cause. An analysis of the Mexican economy would show that the two issues have contributed to the trade crisis. Trade policies should focus on the empowerment of the National Administrative Office, the reform of North American Development Bank and the importance given to the people.

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Title: The job-eating villain: is it NAFTA or Mexico's currency crisis? (North American Free Trade Agreement)(includes related article on petitions to National Administrative Offices)
Author: Brian Burgoon
Publication: Dollars & Sense (Newsletter)
Date: July 1, 1996
Publisher: Economic Affairs Bureau
Issue: n206 Page: p12(5)

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Nursing jobs go begging across the country. (Focus: Health Care).(nursing home vacancy rates): An article from: Fairfield County Business Journal

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Nursing jobs go begging across the country. (Focus: Health Care).(nursing home vacancy rates): An article from: Fairfield County Business Journal

Manufacturer: Westfair Communications, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008DP4FU
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on June 9, 2003. The length of the article is 570 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Nursing jobs go begging across the country. (Focus: Health Care).(nursing home vacancy rates)
Publication: Fairfield County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 9, 2003
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 42 Issue: 23 Page: 22(1)

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Tax Executives Institute - U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Tax Policy and Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel joint liaison meeting: March 11, 2005.: An article from: Tax Executive

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Tax Executives Institute - U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Tax Policy and Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel joint liaison meeting: March 11, 2005.: An article from: Tax Executive

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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Tax Executive, published by Tax Executives Institute, Inc. on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 4064 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Tax Executives Institute - U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Tax Policy and Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel joint liaison meeting: March 11, 2005.
Publication: Tax Executive (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Tax Executives Institute, Inc.
Volume: 57 Issue: 2 Page: 180(5)

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Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office

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Bitter Is Totally My Style
Bitter I Bought It!
Someone owes David Sedaris an apology
FUNNIEST. BOOK. EVER.
Genius!

Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office
Jen Lancaster
Manufacturer: NAL Trade
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: B000O17CZG

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Jen Lancaster was living the sweet life-until real life kicked her to the curb.

She had the perfect man, the perfect job-hell, she had the perfect life-and there was no reason to think it wouldn't last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, highlighted, and generally adored to notice.

This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good.

Filled with caustic wit and unusual insight, it's a rollicking read as speedy and unpredictable as the trajectory of a burst balloon.

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Bitter Is Totally My Style.......2007-09-17

I enjoyed Lancaster's writing style, as I am a fan of snarkiness, bitchiness, and cynicism. However, about three quarters of the way through the book, it started to drag and all of the whining and complaining and bitching did begin to get to me. I started skimming a bit, eager to get to the end of this tale that probably could have done without 50 or so pages.

There were times while reading the book that her spoiled, rich girl/sorority girl, utter obliviousness with regards to manners, money, or tact attitude grated on me. However, her ability to make fun of herself for who she was and to reassure us of how far she has come and what a humbling experience she had kept me from disliking her. I actually would love to have martinis with her and make fun of people.

On the whole, I found Lancaster to be refreshing, fun, and easy to read and relate to.

Bitter I Bought It!.......2007-09-12

I made the big mistake of bringing ONLY this book on a Transatlantic flight. It turned out to be more annoying than the screaming baby sitting next to me! It read like a bad blog from a very unfunny, fat ex-high-school Thespian. I dragged myself through the first half, and then threw this waste of paper away. I instantly felt guilty, as the airplane lavatory was too fine a receptacle to be expected to hold this trash! Want funny? Read David Sedaris, Bill Bryson or even Nabokov. Skip this pabulum.*

*By the way, Jen, I also HATED the humor-free footnotes!

Someone owes David Sedaris an apology.......2007-08-17

Part of the reason I picked up this book was a quippy little review that said: "Jen Lancaster is like David Sedaris with pearls and a supercute handbag." Usually I try to avoid purchasing decisions based on marketing ploys that follow the line of 'if you like X, you'll love Z', but I AM a Sedaris lover, and I WAS in the mood for a laugh-out-loud funny read, and to that end Mr. Sedaris has never disappointed. But someone owes Mr. Sedaris an apology. The comparison is so far off-base, I think I would have rather spent the afternoon reading 200+ pages of Mr. Sedaris' thoughts ABOUT pearls and handbags, rather than Bitter is the New Black. Most of the major flaws of the book and the writing style have already been covered by other reviewers. Yes, Jen Lancaster is not nearly as amusing, witty, or clever as she thinks she is. Much of what we're supposed to consider humorous seems simply to be re-worked jokes and tired stereotypes we've all seen and heard before. Has this narrator really changed by the end of the book? Where are the moments of introspection, of realization that make us understand she's changed? The moments of true regret that finally win us over to her side, make us actually like and root for her, make us forget how jaw-grindingly irritating she is in the beginning? She never seems to dig deep enough, never goes beyond the obvious, never reveals enough of herself, or shares her true vulnerability with the reader to redeem herself, and thus, we don't really care all that much about her and instead tend to simply agree with the blurb on the book's cover: The [...] had it coming. Indeed.

She begins, for a few scant pages at the very end, to share the true source of her misguided materialism and and to show us the insecure girl from Indiana, but as soon as she touches on something real or tender, the book is over. We can all see through the bombastic personality and hipper-than-thou superiority from the beginning and recognize it right away for what it is: deep seeded insecurity and fear. The only problem is that Jen never QUITE admits it out loud, to us, her reader, and we're left wondering if everyone knows it but her.

What simultaneously disappoints and infuriates me is the sheer lack of polish and skill on these pages. Relying on cutesy 'footnotes', reprints of emails and weblog submissions seems to indicate a laziness on the part of the author, or more likely, a lack of confidence and undeveloped skill. She ardently professes her desire to "be a writer" and yet throughout the book I find myself thinking: then work on your craft! Where is the editor? Who let her publish this material in this form? This is the fifth sentence in this chapter that isn't even gramatically correct.' Some make the arguement that because it's "memoir" and not "fiction" the author is allowed free reign to write how she pleases. There are plenty of well-crafted memoirs that showcase beautiful prose, accomplished storytelling,and impeccable form, and are stitched together with threads so fine you never see the writer's handiwork at all.

Instead, this is another case of a would-be writer throwing together some thoughts, cocktail party chatter, mildly interesting anecdotes, a couple of blog posts, and assembling it under the guise of a book. You can practially see Ms.Lancaster furiously pecking away at her laptop in a rush to get her manuscript to her publisher, all the while wondering "who will play me in the movie?"

And to the protesters who argue, "But this is Chic-lit. It's supposed to be light, fluffy, and mindless," I agree, there's nothing like an enjoyable piece of fluff. And the best kind of fluff is good, strong story-telling at its finest. I'm so tired of picking up books lately, expecting a good read only to get 250 pages of bad, unskilled writing by "writers" who don't even seem to respect their reader enough to work hard at perfecting their craft. Blurting out your inner-thoughts and throwing them down on the page does not make you interesting, witty, deep, and least of all, it doesn't make you a writer. Please, you seem like you might actually have something to say. Work hard at improving your storytelling, because after another book or two, this one-note song will be over.

FUNNIEST. BOOK. EVER........2007-08-14

This was a book chosen for one of my book clubs. I loved it SO much I recommended it to my OTHER book club! I laughed so much I wet my pants! Tragic, but FUNNY!

Genius!.......2007-08-13

Very few books make me laugh uncontrollably, but this spectacular trip into narcissism made the list. The best part (aside from the side-splitting, completely unforgiving, honest humor) is that Jen is a terrific writer who respects grammar while casually departing from convention (footnotes? brilliant.) on a regular basis. This is a quick, easy read for the very busy who need to unwind and laugh...a lot.

Classification and compensation plans as tools in personnel administration: Notes on definitions, principles, and developments (American Management Association. Office management series)

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Classification and compensation plans as tools in personnel administration: Notes on definitions, principles, and developments (American Management Association. Office management series)
Edwin O Griffenhagen
Manufacturer: Kraus Reprint Corp
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ASIN: B00086PCYK

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Classification and compensation plans as tools in personnel administration;: Notes on definitions, principles, and developments, ([American management association] Office executives' series:)
Edwin O Griffenhagen
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