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Ralph Steadman's alter-autobiography is a work of comical genius as well as a profound commentary on the state of contemporary art.
Creator of his own inimitable visions of Freud, Leonardo, Orwell, Alice, and the Great Gonzo, Steadman now offers the triography of his artistic alter ego, the redoubtable Gavin Twinge. Twinge, last remnant of a nineteenth-century 'domestic engineering' dynasty, founder of the Doodaaa school, and pioneer of Barcode Art, Shredded Literature, and Centrifugal Abstraction, is the original angry voice of contemporary art.
From the moment Steadman first meets Twinge in a London bookshop, it becomes his quest to get to the heart of the misery that drives the lost soul of Art. Drawing inspiration from Twinge's fellow Doodaaists-among them Lily Potsdam (Whiplash Muralist), Schlemiel Weiss (Gnat's blood Organic Watercolorist) and Aaron Dickley (Primal Scream Environmentalist)-Steadman proves to be a truly inspired biographer, matching Twinge drink for drink as he prepares for the great exhibition that will crown his life's work. Illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white in Steadman's (and Twinge's) inimitable style, Doodaa is a biography standing at the center of a hall of mirrors.
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all the knitting & finishing techniques you'll ever need.......2004-10-01
This is a great classic reference book for knitters. It has over 300 explanatory drawings and 22 color photographs. It offers special hints and tips on professional methods. In addition, it gives suggestions for how to get the best out of a commercial pattern, as well as how to draft a pattern for your own design.
I especially liked the use of both English and American knitting terms, as well as a lot of the historical information about knitting. The book also provides interesting and useful information about the different types of fibers (angora, mohair, etc.)used to make the more exotic yarns.
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The Bloomsbury Movie Guides feature scores of entries on all aspects of the making and meaning of movies and include historic, cinematic, and literary references; profiles of the actors and directors; and interviews.
Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, received eight Academy Award nominations in 1980. In this book, film critic Karl French provides a critical analysis of a movie that has established itself as one of the greatest films of all time. He provides the reader with insightful behind-the-scenes stories about daily workings on the set. He examines the importance of every character and their contributions to the movie. Also included in this edition are interviews with William Hokanson, a Vietnam veteran, Stephen Bach, a United Artists executive, Richard Marks, Walter Murch, and John Milius.
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Vietnam War Clasic.......2006-11-04
This is my favorite all time Vietnam war movie - so naturally I would have to read something like this on the background of the movie. This is of course, a cult favorite even for us Vietnam veterans. The orginal film left out some important elements in the telling of the story - so it was great to see the later version come out in DVD and video.
I still love the smell of naplam in the morning and I love this book as well. It works. Although there is a mis-quote in the book (or two) - over-all, I rate this as good and entertaining information. It is not enlightening or profound nor does it deliver some words of wisdom - but it is what it is and that is very much okay!
An important mistake.......2005-06-12
On page 7 French quotes Kilgore as saying `I've been trying to forget about you' to Willard, but I am sure he actually says `Na Trang forget all about you?' He is implying that Willard's superiors have forgotten about him and his mission. I think this misquoting is important - French implies that Kilgore doesn't care about Willard or his mission but in fact Kilgore is trying to emphasise that their military superiors don't care about them, or anyone in the field really. This is why he cares more for surfing than war.
Excellent choice, novel approach.......2001-08-20
Apocalypse now (BMG #1) is an excellent choice for Bloomsbury to kick off their line of movie guides. It's also good in that it'll tide us over and give us a glimpse into Apocalypse Now Redux (I'm refering to the restored scenes). While the encyclopedic method employed here may turn off some, i find it a novel approach to tackling one of my favorite movies. If nothing else, it'll be easier to look something up at a later date. The 8 pages of color and b&w pictures here were nice but i'm glad to see that Bloomsbury doubled that number by the time Blue Velvet (bmg #3) came out. All in all, this book is a good companion to Peter Cowie's the Apocalypse Now book and Eleanor Coppola's Notes.
The essential a-z of the essential Vietnam war movie.......2001-03-14
I strongly disagree with one reviewer who said this is hardly worth buying. My advice is: buy it - you'll love it.
OK, I'm probably biased in that I tend to enjoy the 'encyclopaedia' format of books like this. I read one entry, then follow the links to another, and another until I'm totally immersed in the arcane and amazing information on offer. Linear readers might find it a bit annoying, I guess. However, even for them, this book is well worth reading. It's an essential companion to Apocalypse Now, and has certainly enhanced my viewing of the film. I love Karl French's terse, opinionated style.
My only complaint is that with a tiny bit more effort the references could have been complete enough to make this a useful academic work as well as the popular paperback it already is. For example, I would have loved to follow up Nguyen Khac Vien's essay 'Apocalypse Now Viewed by a Vietnamese', quoted on p. 230, but couldn't since it doesn't appear in the bibliography. Having said that, there are plenty of leads here that I *am* going to follow up.
Great entry in the Bloomsbury Series.......2000-07-08
This first book in Bloomsbury's movie guide series is, so far, the best of the lot. Full of interesting and often hilarious insights and observations, this A to Z guide to the film actually works fairly well as a straight-through read. I particularly enjoyed the references to the place of water buffalo in classical dramatic structure.
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Madness and murder, history and colonialism, drugs and war ‹ these are the major themes of Francis Ford Coppola¹s landmark film. The making of Apocalypse Now was almost as dramatic as the film itself, nearly costing Coppola his sanity and actor Martin Sheen his life. A fascinating guide to this Vietnam epic.
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A rousing polemic in defense of the written word by the New York Times bestselling author of Losing the Race and the widely acclaimed history of language The Power of Babel.
Critically acclaimed linguist John McWhorter has devoted his career to exploring the evolution of language. He has often argued that language change is inevitable and in general culturally neutral-languages change rapidly even in indigenous cultures where traditions perpetuate; and among modernized peoples, culture endures despite linguistic shifts. But in his provocative new book, Doing Our Own Thing, McWhorter draws the line when it comes to how cultural change is turning the English language upside down in America today, and how public English is being overwhelmed by street English, with serious consequences for our writing, our music, and our society.
McWhorter explores the triumph of casual over formal speech-particularly since the dawn of 1960s counterculture-and its effect on Americans' ability to write, read, critique, argue, and imagine. In the face of this growing rift between written English and spoken English, the intricate vocabularies and syntactic roadmaps of our language appear to be slipping away, eroding our intellectual and artistic capacities. He argues that "our increasing alienation from 'written language' signals a gutting of our intellectual powers, our self-regard as a nation, and thus our very substance as a people."
Timely, thought-provoking, and compellingly written, Doing Our Own Thing is sure to stoke many debates about the fate of our threatened intellectual culture, and the destiny of our democracy.
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Thought-provoking and perhaps convincing, though with some weak points.......2007-07-05
John McWhorter has long had a double identity. As a professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, he's written on the evolution of languages over time (THE POWER OF BABEL) and on English dialectology (WORD ON THE STREET). But he's also a cultural commentator, until recently directing his attention to the issues facing African-Americans (LOSING THE RACE and AUTHENTICALLY BLACK). In DOING OUR OWN THING: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care he combines his two interests. McWhorter claims that there's indeed a real problem with the English that we hear today in the media and from our politics, and the English we read in popular literature.
McWhorter, like all reputable linguists, will readily state that all languages are essentially equal in that they serve the basic needs of their bodies of speakers. His argument is not that English is going downhill in a way that is reducing people to unintelligent brutes who can't get their message across. No, McWhorter believes that the decline of oratorical skills and literary flair is simply depriving English-speaking culture of some beauty that people could enjoy. He pairs letters from grade-school dropouts of the 1800s with newspaper articles by professional journalists of today to show that, yes, in days of yore people used to appreciate the skill they could display in writing elegant prose, and everyone was capable of giving it a go. He puts the Gettysburg Address next to what a professional speechwriter prepared for President Bush to show that nowadays our politicians provide uninspiring and half-hearted explanations of their motivations and goals. English in the public sphere, McWhorter claims, is lame.
McWhorter has no problem with people on the street talking like they are wont to. He notes that the civil engineer of a century ago who wrote a lovely letter to his sweetheart likely used much coarser language on the job with his construction men. But there should be a place for linguistic virtuosity. Great literature, which is the very exploitation of a language's possibilities, is today rarely encountered in the mainstream media. Poetry is replaced by the Spoken Word, where there's little elegance or artfullness in the construction, just rants against the Man. Indeed, McWhorter traces much of the downhill trend to the 1960s, when the rebellion against authorities tragically entailed a rejection of fine arts, which was mistakenly seen as elitist.
McWhorter extends the argument to music, feeling that popular music today concentrates on rhythm at the expense of other parameters of music. Compare a rap song to a fine jazz tune from half a century ago: once upon a time popular music was rich. This extension is reasonable, but the musical portion of the book is so slim that it seems an after-thought; would that he have fleshed it out a bit. I'm also not sure I buy McWhorter's assertion that English-speaking cultures are the only ones neglecting linguistic virtuosity. Sure, there are cultures out there where speaking eloquently still elicits wonder, but things like poetry are dead in lots of places. Just as the average Dane if he knows who Pia Tafdrup or Ole Sarvig are, or the average Japanese young person if he'd prefer to put down his manga and enjoy some Kawabata instead. The trend may have started in the United States, fount of much international popular culture, but all developed societies are going post-literary.
I am a graduate student of linguistics because I love the diversity of human speech. I am fascinated by the rainbow of languages on Earth, and how within each there is a lively array of registers. But in English, as well as various other languages I speak, things are getting awfully monochromatic and the spice is gone. With DOING OUR OWN THING McWhorter might not be able to stop this massive trend, but it's admirable that he notices there's a problem, and the book is sure to be thought-provoking for the lovers of language, literature, and fine music among us.
A Quest for Complexity.......2005-10-28
Through tracing the simplification of American speech and music over the last century (in some cases, longer), McWhorter demonstrates the loss of complexity, and with it, a love for the English (American) language. Showing his own ambivalence about, or possibly seduction by, this simplification, McWhorter shows how this continued degradation is stripping our public discourse of the very richness and precision we most need in these complex times, though he doesn't hammer this point home. (Note: This book makes much more sense if one realizes that good writing is thought on paper.) McWhorter subtly implies, though never states, that the American public's desire for the 'real,' the 'honest' and the simple, is, perhaps, a mistake.
Very well written (with a few editing mistakes!), I give it 4 stars, as it doesn't provide any ideas for changing the situation. Having said that, I am making efforts to improve my own writing and speaking as a result of this book.
Keeping It Unreal.......2005-07-15
The subtitle of McWhorter's book suggests that we ought to care about the degradation of language and music. Unfortunately, the book remains uneven because he never makes clear why we should care, or whether we can or ought to do anything about it.
McWhorter has no trouble marshalling the evidence. Particularly in the Twenties and the Sixties one could perceive a cultural shift that favored the spoken word over the written -- the casual and spontaneous over the thoughtful and reflective. Many examples are given to illustrate the growing informality in print, TV, and even presidential addresses. There is so much proof, in fact, that McWhorter repeats himself and digresses into personal anecdotes whose relevance is sometimes questionable.
After each example I found myself asking: So is this good or bad? Sometimes he appears to welcome the informality, sometimes to mourn it. Can we do anything about it? The failure to answer these questions may be indecision on McWhorter's part. Or it may reflect the belief that this cultural shift is like an impersonal force of nature which we can neither create nor control, a belief for which I have little sympathy.
McWhorter uses the phrase "artificially crafted," as though any work governed by formal rules or guiding principles is artificial. It follows that stripping away these rules and principles is, to use the slang phrase, "keeping it real." It is not surprising that McWhorter likes rap but dislikes poetry. Rap presumes to be the voice of the street, of the struggles of the downtrodden black man -- of "what's real." Let's leave aside the fact that many of rap's creators and admirers are not downtrodden but well-off, well-educated, and often white. Even calling rap "music" is a stretch. Rap strips music down to rhythm. A rapper talks, usually shouts, in obvious and arbitrary rhymes over the monotonous thump of a computer-generated rhythm, accompanied by a melody or guitar lick stolen from someone else's song (a sample). There is nothing original or musical about it. Most rap expresses only two emotions: anger and lust. This is because it is aimed at teenagers, whose hormones are pumping with anger and lust, and because it is created by people who are teenagers or at least possessive of teenage mentalities.
The attempt to align oneself with what is common, and therefore more "real," is an old habit in cultural history. I too enjoy an occasional Big Mac. But I never confuse it with a healthy meal, let alone gourmet cuisine. Perhaps McWhorter defends rap because it is a guilty pleasure, because he wants to appear hip, or because, as an employee of Berkeley, he must affirm the school's countercultural agenda. Poetry bores McWhorter in part because he considers it the remnant of a snobbish age we are better off leaving behind. There is no bad grammar, he suggests, because the rules of grammar are relative and artificial. And yet the alternative, i.e. "doing our own thing," is itself relative. It is a substitute for consensus, in this case consensus about what constitutes good language and music. This move away from accepted standards and toward individual choice is a move from the permanent to the relative. Does McWhorter favor this move toward cultural relativism?
For my part, I welcome the formal expression of our thoughts and feelings, just as I welcome defense of enduring values and cultural norms. I am reminded of Burke's phrase "the wardrobe of a moral imagination." The most interesting and significant cultural contributions, whether in poetry, music, painting, and so on, are those which reveal real thought, effort, and justification and at least some familiarity with the traditions and methods of those fields. The alternative to form is formlessness. Only within the framework of standards can we maintain any kind of equilibrium. The transmission of these standards helps keep a civilization together. Is it possible that uncertainty and drift are the result of the loss of these standards?
The book is unfortunate because McWhorter has a powerful mind that is crowded with thoughts. I agree with some of what he says -- and he always has something interesting to say. But his thesis remains muddled. Is there something worth conserving? Lacking any affirmation of norms, his arguments lead to a helpless and hopeless cultural relativism in which one thing is as good as another, and in which freedom and change are out of our hands. McWhorter is not "keeping it real." He is keeping it mindless and soulless. And that is a peculiar position for a professor to take.
Tempted to give it one star........2005-07-04
This book makes the most grievous error a book can make: it's boring. The title sounded intriguing, but the book is a real snooze. I skipped page after page looking for something of interest to read. Alas, I found nothing. Talk about disappointment. I was hoping for a scathing analysis of the degradation of language in contemporary discourse and music. What I got was...well, I'm not sure but it put me to sleep within 5 minutes. I don't want to read in-depth analyses of speeches from 1856 or whatever. Maybe there's another book out there that discusses the devaluation of language in pop culture in a compelling way. This one ain't...I mean, isn't, it.
Intelligent look on a contraversal subject .......2004-12-26
John McWhorter's "Doing our own thing" examines the decline of formal English in 20th century America, in the same vein as George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language". McWhorter argues that the anti-authoritarian attutide, prevalent to the North American (youth) culture, is responsible for erroding the art of formal English in writing and speech.
In supporting this thesis, McWhorter presented plenty of examples from literature and mass media alike. In my opinion, this is an excellent book on trends in American English, and McWhorter's comments are both insightful and humourous, particularly his footnotes.
Despite the richness in evidence, they are merely circumstancial. Nowhere in his book did McWhorter directly discuss the "anti-authoritarian" movement which was central to his argument. He did, however, admit this shortcoming in various occasions. Most of these examples, in his words, are "symtoms" to a bigger phenomenon. By that, he also implied that Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and Britney Spears were products, not causes, of said movement.
On two points I would disagree with McWhorter. First is on his discussion on performing operas in translation, of which he is a strong advocate. McWhorter did contradict himself when he rediculed the French language edition of Seinfeld, confirming my belief, that the issue is simply a matter of opinion.
The other point is McWhorter's criticism of students preparing for the SAT. Quite clearly, if given the means, McWhorter would propose a more rigorous school curriculum for the English language. The point which he (delibrately) missed, is that students who memorise such "SAT" words usually have little understanding on the nuances behind the words, something which McWhorter strived for throughout the book.
Going back to the theme, McWhorter emphasised, that the problem goes much deeper than poor grammar, and he proved the point by writing the entire book with "poor" grammar. Formally written English is higly processed and demands conscious participation from both the writer and the audience. The thinking process stopped with the gradual substituion of spoken English. The people are effectively reduced to a bunch of automatons, effectively throwing their liberty away, an ironic consequence of the counter-culture revolution.
Although McWhorter's opinions are somewhat contraversial, and I do not agree with every one of them wholeheartedly, "Doing our own thing" does make me question the way I perceive the English language, and become conscious of my own thought process.
Postscripts:
1) In response to Mr. Stephen G. Esrati, who commented on the meaning of the word "artful", which Mr. McWhorter generously sprinkled throughout. Indeed, the word "artful" is indicative of one's mental faculty, in a sense of cunning and deceit. This, however, is but one particular aspect of the definition. The context used in McWhorter's book is far from the sinister interpretation provided in Mr. Esrati's review.
2) A lot of people think McWhorter is a sellout for his views on racial issues. I think otherwise. The Chinese identity in America, though emerges much later than the Blacks, is no longer built upon head tax, piggy tails, and laundry stores. Yet we still preserve the core of our culture. Along the same argument, the Black identity needs not be built upon slavery, violence, and poverty. McWhorter urges others not to yield to social pressures and break free from the invisible boundage, a struggle that is universal and transparent.
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RPG.......2007-09-03
The Mutant Update has two things. It has a prose guide updating people that are unfamiliar to the background of the various X-teams as they stood at the time of publication.
It also has a general guide with some information and suggestions and possible scenarios, both short and long, for making adventures - this is given in bare bones fashion, not as a full module, to start some brainstorming going. Good also for an off the cuff scenario.
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Ready! Aim! Hired!
"This is an immensely helpful book, with the ancient wisdom of recruiters,?and the up-to-date?insights of two skilled Internet surfers. If you're job-hunting, you'll be grateful to learn the tips and tricks of these two seasoned veterans. I learned a lot myself."
—Richard N. Bolles, author, What Color Is Your Parachute?
"I have been an apprentice, a company president, and a CEO. No other single source provides a more contemporary and embracing job search bible. This book offers literally hundreds of little known insider tips, strategies, out-of-the-box success stories, hands-on exercises, and pearls of wisdom. Many readers will hear the words, 'You're Hired' due to David Perry and Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters."
—Kelly Perdew, Executive Vice President, Trump Ice winner of The Apprentice 2
"Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters is an absolutely 'right on' book for today's job market. It not only has great job search tips but it takes you into the electronic job search system better than anything I've seen written to date."
—William J. Morin, Chairman and CEO, WJM Associates, Inc. former CEO of DBM
Using a typically unconventional Guerrilla approach, authors Levinson and Perry cover all the basics of a winning campaign. This book covers:
- Using the Internet for everything from research and job searches to your own Web site, blogs, and podcasting
- Performing an extreme resume makeover and creating a higher-powered value-based resume
- Harnessing the full power of Google, LinkedIn, and ZoomInfo to uncover opportunities in the "hidden job market" ahead of your competition (or other job hunters)
- Branding yourself and selling your strengths in resumes, letters, e-mail, and interviews
Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters includes real-life war stories from successful job hunters and expert tips and tactics from over 100 prominent headhunters.
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Ready! Aim! Hired! ""This is an immensely helpful book, with the ancient wisdom of recruiters,and the up-to-date insights of two skilled Internet surfers. If you're job-hunting, you'll be grateful to learn the tips and tricks of these two seasoned veterans. I learned a lot myself."" Richard N. Bolles, author, What Color Is Your Parachute ""I have been an apprentice, a company president, and a CEO. No other single source provides a more contemporary and embracing job search bible. This book offers literally hundreds of little known insider tips, strategies, out-of-the-box success stories, hands-on exercises, and pearls of wisdom. Many readers will hear the words, 'You're Hired' due to David Perry and Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters."" Kelly Perdew, Executive Vice President, Trump Ice winner of The Apprentice 2 ""Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters is an absolutely 'right on' book for today's job market. It not only has great job search tips but it takes you into the electronic job search system better than anything I've seen written to date."" William J. Morin, Chairman and CEO, WJM Associates, Inc. former CEO of DBM Using a typically unconventional Guerrilla approach, authors Levinson and Perry cover all the basics of a winning campaign. This book covers: Using the Internet for everything from research and job searches to your own Web site, blogs, and podcasting Performing an extreme resume makeover and creating a higher-powered value-based resume Harnessing the full power of Google, LinkedIn, and ZoomInfo to uncover opportunities in the ""hidden job market"" ahead of your competition (or other job hunters) Branding yourself and selling your strengths in resumes, letters, e-mail, and interviews Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters includes real-life war stories from successful job hunters and expert tips and tactics from over 100 prominent headhunters.
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Thorough, but very U.S.-centric.......2007-07-14
Very thorough, touches every aspect of the job hunt. Not sure how much of the tips are really "guerrilla marketing" though. It's very up to date and the author understands the importance of the online world very well which is great. My big complaint is that it's very U.S.-centric, many of these tactics would be damaging instead of useful in other parts of the world.
Very Useful for Thinking Outside Box.......2007-06-18
I found this book extremely useful. It gave me great ideas for networking and provided some excellent examples of how to think outside the box in regard to getting your name and resume to the top of the list. I would highly recommend it.
Great book for..........2007-05-31
people with lots of experience. If you are not a shining star with 10 years of track record - this book is not for you. You will need to extrapolate to fit your situation.
Guerrilla Marketing: Upgrade Your Career Paradigm.......2007-05-21
I read this book while I was laid off and looking for my next gig. While barely half way through the book and implementing several of its' great ideas, I had offers coming in already. This book clearly reset the vision I had for myself and enabled the confidence I needed to write my own ticket for the position I was in negotiations for and would eventually accept.
After one month on the new job, and managing my "on-the- job image" I still find myself being helped by what I learned in my effort to be well received and empowered to fill the role of a leader.
This book offers many new yet proven methods for successfully landing a job which I can personally attest to. I recommend it to anyone working in the corporate world who wants to distinguish themselves as leaders - whether they are working or looking for work. Excellent read and one that will upgrade your career paradigm.
Guerrilla Marketing: A Creative Way for Finding a Job.......2007-04-20
It is an understatement to say that the number of books on job hunting is overwhelming. In addition, there is plenty of free information on the Web for job hunters including sample resumes and cover letters. On the surface, this wealth of information seems to be a good thing. However, ask yourself, "How much of this information is a variation of standard approaches to job hunting". You know - write a chronological resume, a bland cover letter, and send both to an unknown hiring manager or HR person. More often than not, you are lucky to receive an automated e-mail acknowledging the receipt of your resume and cover letter. If you find all this fruitless and tiresome, then Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters is the book for you.
This book looks at job hunting in an radically new way - the guerilla way. Its subtitle "400 Unconventional Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Landing Your Dream Job" sums up the book nicely. The book is divided into four parts:
A discussion of the guerrilla frame of mind;
An inventory of weapons such as resume makeovers, ideas for cover letters, and PR strategies for your guerrilla campaign;
A description of tactics for landing a job including networking and cold calling; and,
A discussion of guerrilla campaigning with examples and techniques for effective interviewing and navigating the final offer.
The appendices contain several examples of resumes including eXtreme(tm) makeovers and a Value-Based(tm) one as well as an example of a cover letter - "the only cover letter you will ever need." These are key ingredients for your guerrilla arsenal.
This book is informative, easy to read, and has numerous examples to illustrate the tactics of a guerrilla approach to job hunting. Beyond the tips, tricks, and tactics for getting a job, the book is a launching pad for the reader to innovate ways of finding that coveted job. So, if you want a creative approach to finding a job and have fun at the same time, this book is for you.
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