Eric Abrahamson

Advantages: "If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind…."
Disadvantages: "….of what, then, is an empty desk?" (Albert Einstein)

...nearest the window on the left (rough category: interesting oddments, items for which I don’t have any other particular place and things I’ve put there by accident) until that pile became too high for the shelf-space and I thinned it out, discarding them among other stuff. My mistake, because I would have found it useful to refer to them now. It all goes to show that you should never, ever, throw anything away. * A Perfect Mess is not only about personal messiness in such matters as paperwork. It’s about messiness in general: in business, in the home, in politics, and in many other spheres, even in the way people think. Indeed, essentially in the way people think, since this affects all the other aspects covered. The background of the two authors is in business theory. Eric Abrahamson is a professor at Columbia Business... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: lovely story
Disadvantages: a lilttle too quiet!

...As i work with 4 and 5 year olds, I bought this book to read to small groups of children. The children love Eric Carle stories and really enjoyed the tale of the cricket, however we were a little disappointed when we reached the end and tried to listen to the cricket noise! The story is superb but the very quiet noise at the end is just a little too quiet! I would recommend the story but not necessarily the board book version. as with all of Eric Carles books the story is very appealing to a child's imagination and helps develop their knowledge and understanding of the World.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Funny moments, good main character, easy to read
Disadvantages: Not as good as other Pratchett books

...One of the earliest and shortest Discworld novels, the best thing about it is that it's about Rincewind the wizard, one of Pratchett's best characters. Other than that, it's not one of his greatest, and nowhere near the quality of Wyrd Sisters. Based on the Faust myth, Eric, a boy who wants to conjure demons, accidentally gets a pathetic wizard instead, and demands 3 wishes. The current ruler of Hell decides to help out Rincewind without his knowledge and grant the wishes, which inevitably get Rincewind and Eric into trouble. Luckily for them, the demons aren't happy with Hell's ruler, and are hatching plan to get rid of him and his love of paperwork and filing. For a newcomer to Pratchett, I wouldn't recommend this one, but having said that it can still raise a few smiles and isn't bad for killing time on the journey to work.... Read review

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