- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: SOURCEBOOKS; 2 edition (April 1 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1402201397
- ISBN-13: 978-1402201394
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 14.2 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #558,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This hilarious book has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Washington Post, Reader's Digest and Playboy. This portable book is perfect for any office warrior to keep in their desk drawer for a chuckle when the office goofball screws up again... or asks for a recommendation!
About the Author
Robert J. Thornton is a professor of economics at Lehigh University. He lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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You work for a major corporation, and you've just been asked to write a letter of recommendation for a coworker who wants a top management job at another firm. Read the first page
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You work for a major corporation, and you've just been asked to write a letter of recommendation for a coworker who wants a top management job at another firm. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Funny, but the earlier editions were better,
By Brian Connors (Yarmouth, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lexicon Of Intentionally Ambiguous Recommendations (L.I.A.R.) (Paperback)
First off, this is a rather quaint book that seems more to apply to typewriters than computers. This isn't necessarily a bad thing -- it doesn't kill the humor potential at all -- but it does kind of weaken the force of the joke. In particular, creating space oddities (read the book) simply isn't doable without built-in kerning capability on the word processor, a concept only someone educated in page layout even understands.That said, this is one of the funniest looks at one of the difficulties involved in the modern world of human resources: how do you write a recommendation that will fail to sell the candidate, without the candidate figuring out that you think they suck? "Typos" like "There wasn't much, which he couldn't do" (note comma), weasel words like "He had a flair for writing" (it was a red one), and hints on telephone recommendations (the voice gap, used to split a complementary word into an uncomplementary phrase) make this, if not exactly an invaluable resource, an excellent manual of things you wish you could do to someone you wouldn't recommend as raw material for the Soylent Green plant. This edition also adds weasel advice for the prospective new hire, with hints on how to make your resume look less incriminating. The problem is that it's not the book it could be. The current edition is still stuck in the typewriter age with nary a multipart form in sight, thus limiting any utility it might have. It's also censored in some places, particularly the hints on what to write for someone with, er, morality issues. It's still an incredibly funny book, highly recommended to anyone who's ever had to weasel their way out of an awkward on-the-job situation, HR-related or not.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Funny, but the earlier editions were better,
By Brian Connors - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lexicon Of Intentionally Ambiguous Recommendations (L.I.A.R.) (Paperback)
First off, this is a rather quaint book that seems more to apply to typewriters than computers. This isn't necessarily a bad thing -- it doesn't kill the humor potential at all -- but it does kind of weaken the force of the joke. In particular, creating space oddities (read the book) simply isn't doable without built-in kerning capability on the word processor, a concept only someone educated in page layout even understands.That said, this is one of the funniest looks at one of the difficulties involved in the modern world of human resources: how do you write a recommendation that will fail to sell the candidate, without the candidate figuring out that you think they suck? "Typos" like "There wasn't much, which he couldn't do" (note comma), weasel words like "He had a flair for writing" (it was a red one), and hints on telephone recommendations (the voice gap, used to split a complementary word into an uncomplementary phrase) make this, if not exactly an invaluable resource, an excellent manual of things you wish you could do to someone you wouldn't recommend as raw material for the Soylent Green plant. This edition also adds weasel advice for the prospective new hire, with hints on how to make your resume look less incriminating. The problem is that it's not the book it could be. The current edition is still stuck in the typewriter age with nary a multipart form in sight, thus limiting any utility it might have. It's also censored in some places, particularly the hints on what to write for someone with, er, morality issues. It's still an incredibly funny book, highly recommended to anyone who's ever had to weasel their way out of an awkward on-the-job situation, HR-related or not.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for my boss!,
By Barbara M. Luten "Barbara Luten" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lexicon of Intentionally Ambiguous Recommendations (Paperback)
I heard a friend quote from this book and I knew I had to find it.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Dull,
By Lopey - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lexicon Of Intentionally Ambiguous Recommendations (L.I.A.R.) (Paperback)
What can I say? LIAR is repetitive, unimaginative and, in short dull. Hardly worth the time it takes to read.
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