Articles and reviews from Zach

Now a book i n a different aspect than the other books reviewed here. As noticed in the back page of the book : If you have ever wished you had the equivalent of a nanny 911 to defuse tensions i n the office ,your wish has become true .151 quick ideas to deal with difficult people   is the ultimate guide on how to survive challenging employees and co-workers Originally i have found this book from the internet but finally bought it as he cost was too low Just 5 Eu for aA5 book of 200 pages The book uses standard A4 quality paper so it is rather  thick.  Could prefer if the publisher used a better paper. I return back to backpage for description for what it stands for : -keep problem employees for setting the tone in the office -steps to tur troublemakers into team players -confront bullies harassers and ageists -keep backstabber from sabotaging your career -keep aggressive colleague from commandeering your meeting -know when to cut your losses   

From John Leyden with preface by Stamford Raffles Hmmm I think every Malaysian  knows these Englishmen. I have read too much 10 years ago abot this book when i read the history  of Malaysia .   One of the interesting books read this summer! Although i have found the book in online form , i also added to my book list his year with the hope that it uses a different format as the scanned online version was a column-full   without spaces  between stories. This version comes from Silverfish publications ,but keeps  the original text format exactly as the posiby more original edition of 1821 .(and fancy! 1821 by coincidence is the year Greeks revolted against the Ottoman dominance) Reading it the language is a bit archaic as there are several not so common words as whither, Passages are rather easy to read but not always easy to understand .Word wise regarding to my vocabulary the vocabulary  is relatively easy with 2-6 max  unknown English words per page ie 2 ou

(a)gar = because (ancient ) Air = wind!!! (ancient ) Aku     Listen! Alat[i] =salt Alatas = a surname , salt provider Ama = if , walau Amin = amen Amok – amuk Αna= 1) as anna 2) each Antré =  andrea Ara = so that Aris = a  name Bala = the ball Alit [is] = tramp , scamp Bakal ? = grocer Banyak = (as bania )  the swimmings Belas = troube Cac'a = woman master of ....whores Canda = a bag Capa = hoe!! Caya = tee-s , bye (slang) Cici = meat  (in childish , cici’)\ Ck ck = (same ) Cita =hard pressed Coba [nos] = shepherd Cucu = penis in childish , as cucu’ Cula =  bad  woman Daftar = > tefteri in greek same  meaning Dan > Danos  greek name ( Demi+s =  Jimmy! Derma = skin Divan = >>divani in greek Ego = <<< greek  eword Ekonomi = kata yunani Ella =  Come! (proounced as e’la ) Etos << 1) Ethos (custom )   2) year !!1 Farra /Fara = family or tribe Hanya = a city in Crete Hara = joy Hari+s = Harry Hawa = tune of  someone trying to do his way (slang) Hesti = chicken