Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way the results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than inform.
Ordinary teens think about their problems. Extraordinary teens think about their possibilities. Ordinary teens follow the crowd. Extraordinary teens follow the Creator. Read more about these and other differences, and you'll discover that you really can be an extraordinary teenager. After all, being extraordinary is just being ordinary with a l...more
Some people are experts at feeling rotten. No matter what happens, they can always find a cloud attached to their silver lining. How do they do that? How do miserable people get that way? This book has the answers! With surefire suggestions like "Recycle regrets," "Take counsel from your fears," "Relive your bad memories," and "Blame everyone and e...more
"Spellbinding--soaring theater--. For reasons that remain mysterious, it seems especially moving today."--The New York TimesEugene O'Neill mined the tragedies of his own life for this depiction of a seedy, skid row saloon in 1912, peopled by society's failures: worn-out anarchists, failed con artists, drifters, whores, pimps, and informers. The pip...more
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