Category: Working 9-5
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How to Work for a Japanese Boss
How to Work for a Japanese Boss Bacarr 1992 This is less a book about how to work for a Japanese boss than it is a book about the business culture of Japan…twenty-two years ago. This book made sense for the suburban Detroit-area public library in which it was found,…
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Pierogi Payout
How to Land a Top-Paying Pierogi Makers Job McFadden 2012 This is a real book. And real libraries own it. To be fair, not a lot of libraries own it, but it is still too funny not to share. Imagine the publisher pitch meeting: “What we really need is a…
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The Atomic Way to Get Rich
You Can Find Uranium A non-technical guide written in plain understandable language Weiss and Orlandi 1948 Finally, all our financial woes can be solved with this DIY uranium mining book. Get yourself a geiger counter and get busy. It’s the Atomic Age, baby! These guys have all the info and suggestions…
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The Sexy and Exciting Oil Industry
Flowing Gold The Romance of Oil Floherty 1957 This book seems to be written with the cooperation of the oil industry, specifically Standard Oil. There are lots of pictures of impressive refineries and pumps. There is nothing about environmental issues. Oil is good. Pipelines are good. Drilling everywhere and anywhere…
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Power Dressing!
The Professional Image The Total Program for Marketing Yourself Visually Bixler 1984 Dressing for success 1980s style! You can’t miss with your power suit and shoulder pads. Of course this needs to be weeded! Yes the basic information is pretty solid and for that matter timeless, but the examples are…
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The Boss Lady
Boss Lady’s Arrival and Survival Plan Foxworth 1986 Submitter: Thank goodness I found this already on a weeding truck. It is hilarious! Practical advice includes never lighting your boss’s cigarette. I’m laughing at this book, but crying that it was ever necessary for women to need such a thing. Holly:…
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