false <![CDATA[A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg 12546 2 All Iain Levison really wants is a steady paycheck, cable television, and the possibility of a date on Saturday night. But after blowing $40,000 on an English degree, he can&#8217;t find the first, can&#8217;t afford the second, and can&#8217;t even imagine what woman would consent to the third. So he embarks on a time-honored American tradition: scoring a few dead-end jobs until something better comes along. The problem is, it never does.<br><br><i>A Working Stiff's Manifesto</i> is a laugh-out-loud memoir of one man&#8217;s quest to stay afloat. From the North Carolina piedmont to the Alaskan waters, Levison&#8217;s odyssey takes him on a cross-country tour of wage labor: gofer, oil deliveryman, mover, fish cutter, restaurant manager, cable thief, each job more mind-numbing than the last. <i>A Working Stiff's Manifesto</i> will resonate with anyone who has ever suffered a demeaning job, worn a name badge, or felt the tyranny of the time clock. 14838 8 4 2003 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember total:197|5:40|4:77|3:61|2:17|1:2| 197 727 387 49 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 5 2 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Oct 16 05:41:37 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 05:41:37 -0700 2007
The author chronicles many of the shit jobs he's had since graduating from college. That's right, he graduated from college, and he's still reduces to working shit jobs. Any of us could find ourselves in ...more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 4 1 false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 16:43:51 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 16:38:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 4 1 false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 06:07:57 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 16:32:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 4 1 false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 10:42:02 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 09:30:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 4 0 false Sat Apr 25 12:29:47 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 12:29:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 4 0 false Mon Jun 09 12:08:35 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 12:18:57 -0700 2008
The book itself is too short. Once the author gets going, his storytelling remains adequate, and the more he goes into the horridness of some of his jobs brings them out in relief for the reader. While his attitude is usually less than e...more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 3 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jul 06 13:57:51 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 18:25:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 2 0 false Fri Jul 24 04:13:04 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 02:38:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 3 0 false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 28 12:05:36 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 27 19:58:53 -0800 2009 1
Although, I believe the job to be mis-named. I certainly do not recall him actually mentioning 42 different jobs...and I guess it kind of bothers me that it is in th...more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 4 1 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 16:52:36 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 16:58:41 -0700 2009 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 2 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 12:37:28 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 06:01:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 5 0 false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 17:32:47 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 17:35:25 -0800 2009 149231 1569472807 9781569472804 33 5 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: Confessions of a Wage Slave 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172200979m/149231.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149231.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_Confessions_of_a_Wage_Slave 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Aug 02 09:29:32 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:29:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12546 0812967941 9780812967944 164 44 A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember 3.69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504508m/12546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12546.A_Working_Stiff_s_Manifesto_A_Memoir_of_Thirty_Jobs_I_Quit_Nine_That_Fired_Me_and_Three_I_Can_t_Remember 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Jul 25 21:28:56 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:29:09 -0700 2009 but at least part of his problem is himself.
I wouldn't hire him.

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