Monday, November 21, 2005

5 Stars review - 'Stocking Stuffers'

The Elements of Style Illustrated
The Elements of Style Illustrated
- it brings a fresh immediacy to the well-loved, much-valued, and still on-point work that has become an institution... Many people between the ages of seventeen and seventy can recite the book's mantra--make every word tell--and still refer to their tattered grade school copy when in need of a hint on how to make a turn of phrase clearer, or a reminder on how to enliven prose with the active voice.

Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor after Your Third Martini
Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor after Your Third Martini
- Say you’re at a party. You’ve had a martini or three, and you mingle through the crowd, wondering how long you need to stay before going out for pizza. Suddenly you’re introduced to someone new, Dr. Nice Tomeetya. You forget the pizza. Now is the perfect time to bring up all those strange questions you’d like to ask during an office visit with your own doctor but haven’t had the guts (or more likely the time) to do so. You’re filled with liquid courage . . . now is your chance! If you’ve ever wanted to ask a doctor . . .

The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do
The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do
- How to tell a joke. How to shovel snow. How to pack. How to relocate. How to sew a button. How to hold a baby. How to ask for a raise. How to change a tire. Until this book appeared, the only place to learn to master life's basic skills was the school of hard knocks. Media management guru Samantha Ettus decided that there was a better way; she would go the experts.
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