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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language

Richard Lederer

Dell, 1989

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This book contains headlines, malapropisms, school essays, parental notes to teachers, lawyer-witness dialogues, signs and other assaults on the English language that provide hours of chuckles and retelling to those who have not read it. When you read a want ad ...

The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street

Jonathan A. Knee

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

A View of the Investment Banking World
The writer did a very good job of explaining from his view what the world of investment banking is like. He also gives a good perspective of the changes that have occurred and what should be improved. I was looking for a good commentary on investment banking ...

The Accidental Time Machine

Joe Haldeman

Ace, 2008

Good "Travel" Book....
....as in my personal travel from Michigan to Chicago on the train. Quick and entertaining read. Although as others have said there are many loose ends and the books loses momentum about half-way through. This is my first novel by this author so I don't have anything ...

The Accidental Theorist and Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science

Paul R. Krugman, Paul Krugman

W. W. Norton & Company, 1999

Excellent! Definitely a classic!
This book is essentially a collection of Krugman's short articles from various sources in 1996 and 1997. I read some of them online after the 97 Asian Crisis. Today is 24th Oct 2002. What, and simply all, he said are still true today. He's a genius and really deserves ...

Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer

Tim Stark

Broadway, 2008

Delicious Read
Being interested in one day changing careers from financial industry to the vegetable industry, I could identify with the author. This is really a "How To" book on starting an Heirloom vegetable business, only written in a storytelling fashion. Every chapter exudes ...

The Kitchen Witch (Accidental Witch Trilogy, Book 1)

Annette Blair

Berkley, 2004

Liked it
It was a nice easy to read romance, The story was interesting twist to many of the romances I have read in the past. I did not really consider this a paranormal romance. But I really enjoyed the story, I may read the other two.

The Accidental Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 7)

Lynsay Sands

Avon, 2008

Series lover!
I started with Accidental Vampire, accidentally. Elvie is my age, ok, a few years younger, and I want to BE her. The humor Ms. Sands uses throughout, including the steamy parts makes this story so, you should forgive the xpression, "human". This is the sort of ...

The Accidental Demon Slayer

Angie Fox

Love Spell, 2008

Forget the Red Hat Society, let's all join Grandma's biker gang.
Sigh. I'm too old to be Lizzie, although her hunky Dimitri sure makes me dream of reversing the clock. So I want to be the hilarious and wondrous Grandma. I love this book full of strong, unpredictable, and unconquerable women. And pardon me if I drooled all over ...

Accidentally Dead (Accidental Friends, Book 2)

Dakota Cassidy

Berkley Trade, 2008

Great book
Dakota Cassidy is an excellent author! She is so funny and her stories are the best. She and Michelle Bardsely are two of my favorite authors. I highly recommend this book and the series.

The Accidental Werewolf (Accidental Friends, Book 1)

Dakota Cassidy

Berkley Trade, 2008

The Accidental Werewolf
Marty Andrews was bitten by Keegan Flaherty, by mistake. At least that is what Keegan is trying to convince Marty, but she is having none of it. She was bitten by a big dog and Keegan is anything but a dog. While in werewolf form Keegan is drawn by the scent of ...

The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God

David J. Linden

Belknap Press, 2007

Our mental ice cream cone
The greatest fear among those who reject Charles Darwin's "Dangerous Idea" is the implications the concept holds for human beings. Our brain, they often claim, demonstrates how far we are from the other animals. It must have been designed by "divine intelligence". ...

The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

Eric S. Raymond

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2001

Simply a Great Book
I could not put this book down. In a nutshell: it's is about software and development models. Don't yawn just yet - this book definitely held onto my attention throughout. Eric Raymond has a great way of introducing the subject matter as he shares his first-hand ...

The Accidental Explorer

Sherry Simpson

Sasquatch Books, 2008

Honest, thoughtful, lushly written account of what it means to explore the world and its inhabitants
Sherry Simpson's earlier essay collection, The Way Winter Comes, was topnotch. The Accidental Explorer is even better. Her voice has mellowed some since her last book, and this seasoning imparts a difficult wisdom--the price of living an examined life. Two of the ...

The Accidental Salesperson: How to Take Control of Your Sales Career and Earn the Respect and Income You ...

Chris Lytle

AMACOM, 2000

Adding my 2 Cents
This book presents a great overall picture of what you need to do in sales. Told in anecdotal format, with references to popular movies, it clearly points out the attitude and steps you need to take to succeed in sales. Mastering sales is tremendously hard ...

Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman

Nuala O'Faolain

Holt Paperbacks, 1999

the struggle to overcome pain, find love and meaningful work
This is a splendidly written autobiography, unbelievably rich in detail and raw emotion. While other reviewers have ably described her life's journey - from a chaotic household with alcoholic parents to a very good job as TV producer and then columnist - this is also ...