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OverviewWith more than 200,000 copies in print, Latin for All Occasions and its follow-up, Latin for Even More Occasions, have helped scores of readers harness the language of Caesar and Cicero. Impress your boss with Occupational Latin (Lingua Latina Occupationi); sell your product with Sales Latin (Lingua Latina Mercatoria); flirt with your classics professor with Sensual Latin (Lingua Latina Libidinosa); look like the hipster you are with Pop-Cultural Latin (Lingua Latina Popularis); survive the holidays with Familial Latin (Lingua Latina Domestica) and Celebrational Latin (Lingua Latina Festiva). It's all here, whether you're a student of the language or just want to talk like one.From cocktail-party banter to climbing the corporate ladder to online dating, Latin for All Occasions features dozens of handy sections, including Las Vegas Latin, Latin for Golfers, Latin for Breakups, Latin for the Politically Correct, and much, much more. In one easy-to-use volume, National Lampoon founder Henry Beard presents hundreds of listings rendered in grammatically accurate classical Latin, with a foolproof pronunciation guide. Who says Latin is a dead language? From the comic genius who brought us X-Treme Latin comes Latin for All Occasions, guaranteed to help readers delight their friends, insult their enemies, and elevate the public discourse. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Henry BeardPublisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint: Penguin Putnam Inc Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.10cm Weight: 0.136kg ISBN: 9781592400805ISBN 10: 1592400809 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 19 August 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsWhy Smart Executives FailAcknowledgments Preface 1. Why Smart Executives Fail What Can Studying Failure Tell You? Part I: Great Corporate Mistakes 2. New Business Breakdowns Stories of New Ventures That Don't Work...and Why 3. Innovation and Change Choosing Not to Cope 4. Mergers and Acquisitions The Search for Synergy, the Quest for Integration Strategy Gone Bad: Doing the Wrong Thing Why Strategists Misread Competitors and Select Irrational Strategies Part II: The Causes of Failure 6. Brilliantly Fulfilling the Wring Vision How Executive Mind-set Failures Push Businesses to the Brink...and Beyond 7. Delusions of a Dream Company How Executives Avoid Facing Reality 8. Tracking Down the Lost Signals Why Businesses Don't Act on Vital Information 9. Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful People The Personal Qualities of Leaders Who Preside over Major Business failures Part III: Learning From Mistakes 10. Predicting the Future The Early Warning Signs 11. How Smart Executives Learn Living-and Surviving-in a World of Mistakes Notes IndexReviewsAuthor InformationHenry Beard founded the National Lampoon along with Doug Kenney and Rob Hoffmann. Prior to National Lampoon, Beard collaborated with Kenney at the Harvard Lampoon during the late 1960s, producing nationally distributed parodies of Life and Time magazines and a book-length parody of The Lord of the Rings called Bored of the Rings. Since leaving National Lampoon, Beard has authored and co-authored over 30 humor books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |