John Hoover, an organizational leadership consultant, discusses how to deal with an "Idiot Boss" - or I-Boss - who does stupid things. Hoover distinguishes idiots from other tricky bosses, including those who think they are God, or who are paranoid, sadistic or Machiavellian. He leaves the reader with a couple of issues. First, you'll think no good, caring bosses still exist. Second, he doesn't tell you clearly where to set boundaries or when enough is finally enough. He often advocates appeasing bad bosses, although his other counsel on how to deal with them has some effective pointers. To his credit, Hoover is very candid about how he has learned from experience, including his mistakes. He offers personal examples from his experiences at Disney and elsewhere, and tries to write in a light-hearted or whimsical vein. getAbstract.com finds the book strongest when it is strategic and weakest when it tries to be funny, given that with bad bosses you only laugh to keep from crying.
Do you want to know Donald Trump for who he really is? Would you like to learn how he is destroying our country and wish to do something about it? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, keep reading .....Donald Trump used to be an idol for many Americans and even non-Americans. Before he became the 45th President of the United States, that is. Since then, he has launched antics that are considered insensitive, told lies upon lies, grossly overestimated his contribution to the country, and is set to ruin our reputation as a nation, globally. He is also terribly mismanaging our economy, and his administration's inability to control the recent virus outbreak has cost a great many lives. So, why should he continue to be President? The truth is, he shouldn't.This eye-opening book uncovers him for who he really is, an idiot. Presented, here, is (near) everything that he has done or, rather, not done.A preview of this amazing book, and what else you'll discover:● A little background information on Donald Trump to start things off● His close ties to important people in Russian business and politics● Identifying an unabashed narcissist and what that means for the rest of us● Trump's tightness with and support of the white nationalist movement● Why do Donald Trump's pictures pop-up when you Google "idiot?"● Uncovering the lies that he told the American public, again and again● His involvement with Russian factors to influence American politics..... And much more!The question that this wonderfully informational book seeks is, "When will enough be enough?" The answer is that the American public needs to remain inquisitive and know the truth about the idiot that we have occupying the highest office in our country.Along the catchy and evidentiary narrative, this book also offers a great deal of humor and sarcasm to keep you entertained while it informs. In this book, you'll get a first-hand glimpse of the man that Trump is: uninformed, apathetic, callous, and downright vile.By the time you're done reading this book, you'll discover the real motives of the man, his cronyism agenda, and his quest to manipulate others to stay in power and achieve his selfish objectives.So, scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button and find out a great deal more!
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction • Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction “Easily the funniest book I’ve read this year.” —GQ “Masterly funny debut novel . . . Erudite but never pretentious, The Idiot will make you crave more books by Batuman.” —Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair A portrait of the artist as a young woman. A novel about not just discovering but inventing oneself. The year is 1995, and email is new. Selin, the daughter of Turkish immigrants, arrives for her freshman year at Harvard. She signs up for classes in subjects she has never heard of, befriends her charismatic and worldly Serbian classmate, Svetlana, and, almost by accident, begins corresponding with Ivan, an older mathematics student from Hungary. Selin may have barely spoken to Ivan, but with each email they exchange, the act of writing seems to take on new and increasingly mysterious meanings. At the end of the school year, Ivan goes to Budapest for the summer, and Selin heads to the Hungarian countryside, to teach English in a program run by one of Ivan's friends. On the way, she spends two weeks visiting Paris with Svetlana. Selin's summer in Europe does not resonate with anything she has previously heard about the typical experiences of American college students, or indeed of any other kinds of people. For Selin, this is a journey further inside herself: a coming to grips with the ineffable and exhilarating confusion of first love, and with the growing consciousness that she is doomed to become a writer. With superlative emotional and intellectual sensitivity, mordant wit, and pitch-perfect style, Batuman dramatizes the uncertainty of life on the cusp of adulthood. Her prose is a rare and inimitable combination of tenderness and wisdom; its logic as natural and inscrutable as that of memory itself. The Idiot is a heroic yet self-effacing reckoning with the terror and joy of becoming a person in a world that is as intoxicating as it is disquieting. Batuman's fiction is unguarded against both life's affronts and its beauty--and has at its command the complete range of thinking and feeling which they entail. Named one the best books of the year by Refinery29 • Mashable One • Elle Magazine • The New York Times • Bookpage • Vogue • NPR • Buzzfeed •The Millions
Get the fruit your body needs—in a glass. This creative collection from an award-winning author includes tasty juicing recipes that can be made using a juicer or a blender/food processor. The simple recipes come with suggestions for substitutions for even more variety—for happier, healthier readers! - Written by an award-winning food and beverage author Ellen Brown, who is also the founding food editor of USA Today. - Accessible to everyone: recipes come with hints for substitutions and can be made with a blender, food processor, or juicer. - Contains information on the health benefits of juicing, how to purchase and store perishable produce, and nutritional information.
The easiest way to get what you want from your computer With The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Using Your Computer - For Seniors, getting started with your computer couldn't be easier. This guide is focused on all the activities you want to learn how to do including how to set up and use your computer and email, browse and search online and protect your computer against viruses and spam. Also learn how to work with photos, shop online, use social networks, and play games, music and films so you can get the most out of your computer. You'll also find out how to seek help and troubleshoot common problems. With lots of helpful visuals, oversized type and absolutely everything you need to know to use a computer with ease, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Using Your Computer - For Seniors is the perfect companion to have on hand.
What does it mean to 'chew the fat'? Why do we put things in 'apple-pie order'? And what on earth is a 'hat trick'? Readers will learn all this and more in this fun and engaging new addition to the Complete Idiot's Guide® series, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins. This humorous book provides entertaining insight on the often metaphorical, always taken-for-granted phrases and expressions used every day. In it, language expert Paul McFedries takes readers through the sometimes surprising, always amusing world of weird words and expressions, and the fascinating stories that surround them. Presented in a fun, easy-to-read style, this book takes readers on a journey through the bizarre and eccentric origins that make up our everyday speech.
Twitter has tens of millions of users and its active "tweeters" and followers look to it to answer to the question, "What's happening?" Businesses both large and small can quickly and easily send out highly targeted messages to key customers using Twitter. However, simply grasping only the mechanics of Twitter and flogging a message nobody cares about isn't enough to make a measurable difference. Worse, using Twitter the wrong way can damage a company's brand. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Twitter Marketing blends an understanding of Twitter's powerful tools and reach with marketing savvy and the key to really engaging followers and converting them to customers. It also covers new features such as the increasing importance of search engine optimization.
