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Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor
A rock 'n roll classic, back in print, updated and revised One of the funniest rock memoirs ever, Al Kooper's legendary Backstage Passes is available again! Al's quirkly life, from would'be teenage rocker, to crashing Bob Dylan's recording session and playing the organ on Highway 61, to forming Blood, Sweat, and Tears and masterminding the Super Sessions, it's all here...plus, in this updated version, Al rides with us all the way back to the end of the 20th century. There has never been a more wickedly humorous and honest book by a man who has made such rock history..
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The Definitive Guide to Organizational Backstabbing: Volume II
Praise for Guides I and II (In addition to the 10,128,756 letters we received on Volume I) Now, these are what I call how-to-books, one who made it but (guess why) wants to remain anonymous Since their publication, our enrollment in ethics classes has dropped to zero, Ivy League university. If we only had these invaluable books at our disposal, former Nixon aide during the Watergate scandal. Could have used these reference guides some 45 years ago, retiree who received gold watch. (The watch tarnished after a month). We are planning a class action lawsuit to have these Guides banned, The National Institute of CEOs. (Editors Note: This threat, obviously not meant as an endorsement, speaks volumes as to the value of our advice). .
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Downsizing, Outsourcing, & Backstabbing: Memoirs From A Techie in the Telecom Industry
Since graduating from Drew University in 1982, the author of this journal worked in the technical arena. During this "career", he has seen corporate America evolve from a time when (technical) employees were recognized for making a difference to the current period where technical employees are on a current assignment that can end at any moment. He has seen many former co-workers lose their jobs to mergers, attrition, H-1B visas, and outsourcing. He has seen a change from when an employee could work a full day and enjoy his/her free time with friends and family, to a period where free time is spent answering a pager or cell phone, or (even) worrying that the phone could ring in the middle of the night. In short, the technical employees who were treated as rock stars now have to hide from the executives throwing stones (and other things) at them. Even career advice has been reduced, making this book paramount for Informational Technology (IT) professionals. By the way, this author will donate 10% of all profits to Colorado Wheelchair Sports, because he actively participates in this organization and feels a social responsibility..
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Backstabbing for Beginners: My Crash Course in International Diplomacy
The year is 1997, Michael Soussan, a fresh-faced young graduate takes up a new job at the U.N.’s Oil-for-Food Program, the largest humanitarian operation in the organization’s history His mission is to help Iraqi civilians survive the devastating impact of economic sanctions that were imposed following the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. As a gaffe-prone novice in a world of sensitive taboos, Soussan struggles to negotiate the increasing paranoia of his incomprehensible boss and the inner workings of one of the world’s notoriously complex bureaucracies. But as he learns more about the vast sums of money flowing through the program, it becomes clear that all is not what it seems. Soussan becomes aware that Saddam Hussein is extracting illegal kickbacks, a discovery that sets him on a collision course with the organization‘s leadership. On March 8, 2004, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed editorial, Soussan becomes the first insider to call for “an independent investigation” of the U.N.’s dealings with Saddam Hussein. One week later, a humiliated Kofi Annan appointed Paul Volcker to lead a team of sixty international investigators, whose findings resulted in hundreds of prosecutions in multiple countries, many of which are still ongoing. Backstabbing for Beginners is at once a witty tale of one man’s political coming of age, and a stinging indictment of the hypocrisy that prevailed at the heart of one of the world’s most idealistic institutions. .
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