Advantages: 'Some' new stuff and its as funny as usual
Disadvantages: Not all if it is new material

...Scott Adam's insight and anicdotes from the world of corporate stupidity never fails to raise a smile... then a chuckle ... A laugh ... and on till your gut aches. Mainly because we ALL know someone, some petty minded, jobsworth little manager (with or without pointy hair) or some short balding workshy individual who would actually be good at his job if only he'd use half the effort that he puts into making up excusses to skive. If this is the only Scott Adams you are going to buy, go right ahead, you won't regret it. However, if you already have a few, be prepared for a small amount of disapointment. A reasonable proportion of the cartoons and the anicdotes, you have seen before. Perhaps its Scotts own sence of humour at work, duplicate at least a quarter of his new book by reprinting stuff from old ones and then write "Selling... Read review

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Advantages: Extra Features are brill!!
Disadvantages: Should have used his full band for this event.

...Bryan Adams has been a very popular draw in Ireland for years and it was no surprise to me when it was announced he would play Slane Castle,in Co.Meath,Ireland.Slane is the biggest outdoor event in Ireland,a natural amphitheatre set on a beautiful estate with Slane Castle to one side. This was the Irish leg of Adams world tour,and in true Irish style,the thousands of fans were once again in form for a great nights entertainment by one of the worlds best rock vocalists. The camera work was superb,capturing the atmosphere which had reached fever pitch by the time the band took to the stage. Guitarist Keith Scott,Drummer Mickey Carey and the man himself arrived onstage complete with life size balloons that they kicked into the crowd and then the opening riff to "Back To You" began.The crowds immediately... Read review

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Advantages: Great book
Disadvantages: Did you find yourself in it?

...The Joy of Work. Dilbert's Guide to Finding Happiness at the Expense of Your Co-Workers has to be one of the best books Scott Adams has ever written. In my, opinion, of course. But then, that's what Ciao reviews are all about, our opinions! This book should be required reading for every business student and businessman and businesswoman in the world. For this book is more than just hilariously funny. It is also a deceptively subversive book, too. It is a business and employment handbook in the form of a series of cartoons interlinked with Scott Adams' quirky, irreverent but always amusing writing style. Read how happiness creates money. Well, except in times of an economic downturn. For then, points out Adams: "At the first sign of unauthorized mirth, you'll be downsize." The book uses the Dilbert cartoons to explain bad... Read review

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Advantages: very funny
Disadvantages: some American jargon

...This is a very scary book for anyone who has worked for a big company or in an office. If David Brent managed to show the cringe worthiness of office life Scott Adams through his cartoon character Dilbert manages to show the absurd and ridiculous action of companies, managers and employees. Who is Dilbert? Dilbert is the comic strip creation of Scott Adams. Dilbert is an engineer and spends his days working in his cubicle. Hardly a role model employee Dilbert is always drawn wearing a short-sleeved shirt and a tie that turns up at the ends. Adams draws the inspiration for his cartoons from the nine years that he worked for Pacific Bell and also from the huge number of real life experiences that people post to him. The Content Adams has put together a book that begins with the theory that we are all idiots. He includes... Read review

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Advantages: Great Book,gives you various insights about company cultures,etc.
Disadvantages: none

...I like to read book in its original version, because it is good for two things: Keeping up with my english and seeing what the author really meant. Most of the time the translation loses a thing or two, especially when it comes to humor. While working in South Carolina in 1995 and 1996 I got to know Scott Adams and his Dilbert comics in the newspapers. In 1999 I discovered that Dilbert had finally reached Germany and so I went to my internet bookstore to get the original version of THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE. And how I enjoyed that. I read all 336 pages in two days and laughed and laughed. Scott Adams combines his Dilbert cartoons and some essays on a variety of pressing management issues. That can be bosses, morale, downsizing and many more things. He gives a Cubicle´s eye view of all the little things around the working enviroment... Read review

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