[lbo-talk] Japanese manga version of Marx's Das Kapital

[Mark Bennett]

All right, I was running my digital mouth, and I certainly meant no
offense.  I know that both of the series are very popular, and that some of
the volumes are very good and very useful.   I briefly used - did not buy -
the first "For Dummies" book, "DOS for Dummies," which was written by some
local dude here in San Diego, and it *did *contain much useful information.
However, it was written in an intolerably jokey style; virtually every
paragraph contained some lame joke trying to sugarcoat the point raised.  I
just find both franchises a little strange in comparison to, say, the
venerable Schaum's outline series.  I'm a dummy and an idiot for being so
harsh.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:


> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Mark Bennett <bennett.mab at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > There's also this, which originally came out years ago, before the
> "dummies"
> > and "complete idiots" series (who the fuck would buy a book aimed at such
> an
> > audience?)
>
> During my brief dip into high-end table waiting, the servers took a
> wine service course with Allied Domecq's agent to the restaurant. I
> asked if there was anything on the side we could read, and he
> recommended in all seriousness  _Wine for Dummies_.
>
> --
> Andy
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