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Wacky workers

a book of job jokes
2006
A collection of jokes about people in different professions, such as mail carriers and reporters.

Talent is overrated

what really separates world-class performers from everybody else
2008
The author debunks the myth that some people are born with innate talent, and maintains that the secret to exceptional performance in any field depends on how hard the individual challenges himself.

Owen Foote, money man

2004
Ingenious eight-year-old Owen wants to make money for the things he absolutely needs such as plastic vomit, but he tries to come up with some alternatives to earning an allowance, which sounds like too much work.

Losing sleep

how your sleeping habits affect your life
1990
A handbook for coping with sleep disorders.

My day, your day

2001
Children have a busy day at day care while their parents have a busy day at work.

Life on the line

alternative approaches to work
1977
Surveys new experimental and alternative approaches to work being utilized by governments and industry to combat job dissatisfaction and the needless waste of human resources.

Re-inventing the corporation

transforming your job and your company for the new information society
1985
Describes the labor shortage that will create a tight labor market for the rest of this century.

A day's work

1995
When Francisco, a young Mexican American boy, tries to help his grandfather find work, he discovers that even though the old man cannot speak English, he has something even more valuable to teach Francisco.

Come back, Amelia Bedelia

2003
Amelia Bedelia does her jobs exactly as she is told but keeps getting fired.

The jazz man

1967
Every day Zeke's mama ran down the five long flights of stairs to go to work. His daddy went down to work, too, but not to the kind of jobs Zeke's mama liked.

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