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A Complete and Utter Failure: A Celebration of Also-Rans, Runners-Up, Never
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A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- A Complete and Utter Failure: A Celebration of Also-Rans, Runne
- ISBN
- 9780385479707
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Type
- Not Available
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Subject Area
- Psychology, Référence
- Publication Name
- Complete and Utter Failure : a Celebration of Also-Rans, Runners-Up, Never-Weres and Total Flops
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Subject
- General, Social Psychology
- Item Weight
- 7.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Information
So you've got these fond hopes for blissful love, professional glory, fame, and fortune. But in the back of your mind there's that nagging fear. The man of your dreams will laugh in your face. Your hated office rival will come up with some whizbang marketing idea and get promoted, while you'll be asked to "help out with the phones." Steven Spielberg will buy the rights to your screenplay, spend $40 million producing it, and the critics will savage the film, mercilessly singling out your work for especially contemptuous, poisonous derision. But hey, everybody fails sometime. It's inevitable. So don't fear failure. Embrace it. In Complete And Utter Failure, Neil Steinberg joyfully explores the many fascinating facets of failure, from pointless failure (a brief history of several very dumb attempts to climb Mount Everest) to product failure (Reddi-Bacon, smokeless cigarettes, and Baby Jesus dolls) to institutionalized failure (the horrifying Dickensian spectacle of the National Spelling Bee, in which 8,999,999 children out of 9,000,000 fail in an excruciatingly public and humiliating fashion). This delightful book is filled with surprising and useless arcana--who really invented the telephone, what turned on Isaac Newton--guaranteed to help you annoy people at cocktail parties. Along the way Steinberg meditates on his own myriad miscues and disappointments, beginning with his failure to perform a magic trick in front of the neighborhood kids at age four (he blames Captain Kangaroo). Complete And Utter Failure is a wonderfully literate, witty book that issues a ringing message for our times: If at first you don't succeed, have a scotch and forget about it.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Broadway Books
ISBN-10
0385479700
ISBN-13
9780385479707
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1483005
Product Key Features
Subject
General, Social Psychology
Publication Year
1995
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Publication Name
Complete and Utter Failure : a Celebration of Also-Rans, Runners-Up, Never-Weres and Total Flops
Language
English
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Psychology, Référence
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
7.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Target Audience
Trade
Item description from the seller
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- l***e (8204)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThank you very much! Nice price, well packaged, quick shipping, and arrived earlier than expected exactly as shown and described. This excellent seller is highly recommended!
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- -***m (14)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe book was listed as an instructor’s review copy containing the same text as the student version. This item was listed “Like New” and came exactly as advertised. The seller, solr_books, packaged it nicely in a bubble envelope to prevent damage during transport. I was very happy with this purchase. I had paid very close to the same for a used student version that was so marked up and highlighted that I could not use it. Great Seller! I would definitely purchase again through them.
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