This 14-inch, plush Dilbert
has all of the socially- inept engineer's best features: pens in his pocket, a glassy-eyed
stare, too-short pants, and a crooked tie that's wired to stick out. But the best thing
about this Dilbert is his rubber head and...Read more
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For many of us, our first memories of The New Yorker date back to childhood, when
we would eagerly search through this otherwise impenetrable jungle of words to find the
only thing that we could relate to--the cartoons. The New Yorker Book of...Read more
Literary
Fiction and Classics Editor's Recommended Book
First Jane Smiley came out of the comedy closet with Moo,
a campus satire par excellence, and now Richard Russo has gotten in on the groves-of-academe
game. Straight Man is hilarious sport, with a serious side. William Henry Devereaux
Jr., is almost...Read more
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Bill Gates is undoubtedly not as happy-go-lucky and slapstick as the narrator of this
parody, but that's exactly why this is more interesting than his real diary.
Written as a yearlong series of diary entries, "Bill" obsesses about issues such
as his...Read more
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Are the walls of your cubicle starting to close in? Have you just sat through yet another
meeting trying to rally team morale? Time for a break. Grab a cup of coffee, find a quiet
spot, and delve into Jonathan Baird's illuminating and hilarious book ...Read more
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Scott Adams's latest work is not a collection of Dilbert cartoons (though recycled
strips are liberally sprinkled throughout); it's a dialogue between the man and his fans
disguised as a tongue-in-cheek guide to surviving the corporate life. There...Read more
Amazon.com Bill Gates' Personal Super Secret Private Laptop is both a genuinely witty and
inventive swipe at the world's richest man and a masterwork of book design. Each page is a
folded-out laptop, with jokes contained on the "screen." Here's a sample, from
a...Read more
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As evidenced by the phenomenal success of the Dilbert books, Americans love to laugh at
the foibles of the business world. With The Book of Truly Stupid Business Quotes,
they can do just that. Packed with hundreds of examples of unintentional...Read more
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Chances are probably infinitesimal that you are currently the head of a major corporation.
But you can dramatically increase the probability that you will end up where you belong in
the corporate hierarchy by following choice bits of wisdom such as...Read more