In one word: unprofessional.
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This review is based on the Kindle version.

Turner's survival book for college is helpful and insightful, however, consistent errors and flubs make this book a chore to read.  For starters, the book is riddled with typos that could be fixed with simple stroke of the space bar.  One of my favorite typos in this book was when the author was rattling off steps on a checklist prior to college:

Step #: GET YOUR EAR'S OIL CHANGED.

I wish I was kidding about that (and regardless, the pure absurdity of it makes it hilarious, so I guess it kind of isn't all that bad).  But the one word that pops into my mind as I read this book is: unprofessionalism.

My views toward this stance were only strengthened with the author's seemingly inability to recognize that he is writing to a broad audience.  With a title like "Everything You Need To Know Before College: A Student's Survival Guide", the audience reading the book is going to be broad.  Therefore, I do not understand why the author consistently writes this book gearing toward a Christian audience.  I have no problem with someone's beliefs, but when I am constantly reading that I should "Talk to God" or "Suppress your evangelical urges", I feel a little awkward.  Interestingly enough, the contradictory advice on withholding the urge to spread your belief upon others is consequently broken numerously throughout the book as Turner attempts to shed his beliefs upon the reader.

The advice is sound, the personable voice is present, but the unprofessionalism is prevalent.
1121910
Absolutely unprofessional. Spencer wants to create fear. What Americans really need to fear is Spencer's hate speech.
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We have all known the "employee from hell" in all of his or her guises: the complainer, the egomaniac, the troublemaker, the passive-aggressive type, the clever con artist, and many more.

In this plain-spoken book, management consultant Gini Graham Scott categorizes bad employees into some three dozen pigeonholes (like the "impossible intern," the "negative Nelly," and the out-and-out liar) and assigns each a brief chapter that opens with a succinct case study. In each setting, Scott asks the same question: Did the boss handle the situation well? Should she have fired the employee on the spot, put him on probation, called a staff meeting, had a one-on-one conversation with the troublesome employee, let the whole thing go, or done something else entirely?

Scott's advice springs largely from common sense. She acknowledges that there isn't just one way to handle a difficult worker. A good deal depends on the office atmosphere, the employee's and boss's personalities, and other intangibles. In discussing a saleswoman who gives so much attention to the first customer of the day that she neglects her duties to other customers, Scott suggests a variety of steps: giving the worker one more chance, explaining that she will be fired if she doesn't change, clarifying where she has gone wrong, asking another employee to monitor her behavior, and rewarding her with small bonuses if her performance improves.

Of course, some problematic behavior - drug use on the job, stealing from the employer, a pattern of lying -- can't be tolerated, and Scott urges that supervisors should fire people who do those things, even if the employee is a friend, or the friend of a friend. Still, there are a number of ways to dismiss someone, and Scott insists that even a fireable employee should be shown the door graciously.
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Ditto to the other reviewers on the protagonist being a complete idiot, but the book is actually surprising for how unprofessional the police are.  The very moment that you have a character identity mismatch, you already know enough that there is an inside job at work or at least you have a perspective problem.  So should the police.  There was enough at hand during the protagonist's first interrogation to give the cops due cause for arrest (and especially after he proves himself stupid enough to get someone else remarkably hurt, is not detained for his own safety).

For this caper to be pulled off, it needs:
1.  One abysmally stupid protagonist (faithfully supplied)
2.  Incredibly incompetent Southern cops (unbelievably supplied)
3.  Thoughtless, uncoordinated Boston cops (not supplied, there's no reason for blowing textbook procedure in these cases, the author did not do the research on basic detective work considering how high profile the murder is)

Gretchen Lowell, Audrey/Liana/Jane is not.  This is not what I would think should be an Edgar contender.
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This book was very unprofessional. The author rambles on and on without making much sense, there is a lot of text but not any helpful information as to HOW to potty train. It was not in the least bit helpful. In addition, it never mentions the author's credentials. It was written in poor grammar and had errors such as incorrect punctuation. I wonder if it was even published or edited by a professional.
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The ornament looked very homemade and unprofessional. I was quite disappointed to give it to the highly respected police officer I had in mind when I purchased it. The picture looked much better than the actual product.
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I wanted to get acquainted or learn a little about the Alexander technique. When I ordered this DVD I did not expect I would learn a lot, but I did think I was going to be able to receive some information in a clear, professional and respectful way. None of these things happened. This video is nothing but a tea-time conversation between the instructor and her famous student. A conversation between two people who already know what the technique is about. Apparently, the instructor,(or teacher?) has already taught her student all he needed to know and now, on this DVD, they are graciously going over part of it again, in order to publicize her classes and, possibly, get new students. What I found appalling is the fact that this teacher, in her WITHDRAWN attitude, does not even look at the camera and totally overlooks the fact that there is a human being watching this DVD and expecting to learn a little from her. The instructor has no intention whatsoever to provide the viewer with MINIMUM information, or tips, or advice as to what to do or not to do to improve posture. Not one single tip! Her rant about the technique is arrogant and disrespectful and it looks that she is much more interested in wooing her good-looking student than passing on a little information or help to the poor viewer. This is not a lesson, much less a first lesson, and any serious teacher will easily realize that this lady has no intention whatsoever of teaching anything through this video. This is nothing but a self-serving, arrogant, disrespectful DVD from a lady who considers herself to be above the rest of humanity. Her omnipresent forced smile is also very annoying.
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I received this book as a 'gift' from the CEO of the small software company I worked for several years ago. (As did everyone else working there) The only good thing I can say about it is that it's short, which makes it easier to choke down its vapid aphorisms and do-as-you're-told attitude. What little respect I had for our CEO evaporated upon reading this book. Fortunately, I no longer work at that company, nor does anyone else who was there when copies of this book were distributed. Our cheese was moved, as it were.
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I'd like to state I'm not a fashionista, nor am I a purist when it comes to someone's vocabulary; personally I swear like a sailor when the situation warrants it. However, after finishing "Here Kitty, Kitty" these are the two glaring problems in this novel that drove me up a wall.

We're constantly being told by the author that the heroine is an extremely fashionable, well-dressed woman who owns what I'm going to assume is a high-end boutique, even though we're never specifically told this. We're told how she dropped twenty thousand dollars on shoes, dresses, camisoles, skirts, etc. for her to wear while she was in NC and yet what does she stroll around in 90% of the time? Shorts and a t-shirt. And not just normal shorts...jean shorts.

A) NO one who knows and wears the designers D&G, Chanel, and Marc Jacobs would be caught DEAD in jean shorts. B) Jean shorts? Is the author stuck in the 90's?

If you're going to spent a fair amount of paragraph space describing, in detail, how fashion-forward the heroine is, then don't immediately contradict yourself by putting her in jean shorts, and t-shirts. I'm pretty sure she also mentioned cut-off jean shorts at one point. Any woman who runs around dressed like that has no room to scoff at chain stores like Old Navy and the GAP, as our esteemed heroine does toward the end of the story.

The second glaring error of this work is the language, specifically the over-abundance of swear words. Not only does the heroine drop the F-bomb with alarming regularity, but the hero refers to her at least 10 times as a `piece of a**'-I'm sorry, but this was just too much. As I stated at the beginning of this review, I've got a bit of my own problem when it comes to swearing but holy-moly, this heroine does not stop. Ever. She actually thinks it's big and bad to run around swearing in nearly every single sentence she utters. If I had this novel in print and took a highlighter to every sentence she vocalized that didn't include f***, or b****, the color would be few and far between.

Even better? Our esteemed hero seems to think it's ok! Uh, news flash to everyone who is NOT from the south and is a little unclear on southern hospitality and southern mores: any man who is a southern gentleman would take one look at this girl and think she was white-trash based on the trash spewing from her mouth non-stop. Southern ladies wouldn't say s***, even if they had a mouthful, and southern gentlemen are likewise as courteous. And have you ever noticed how ignorant and immature people sound when they curse non-stop like that? I started this book thinking the hero and heroine were competent business owners and ended it thinking they would be better suited to working at their local Piggly Wiggly...as food baggers.

The only redeeming part of this novel was the epilogue. At least then we were able to see what happened with the characters from the first two novels in the series-where they ended up, that they had their HEAs, etc.  I am thoroughly disappointed with this novel-the author had an opportunity to create a decent world with interesting characters and completely dropped the ball in the end.

On a final note: I'm from North Carolina. "Ya'll" is plural, it's a conjugation of `you' and `all,' meaning-more than one person. There were NUMEROUS times the author used this word interchangeably in place of `you all' and the appropriate singular use, `you.' Get it right.
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This book is full of bad advice that unfortunately will be adopted by an ignorant and unsuspecting public.  It is a sloppy piece of work with neither a consistent style (now rules-for-rules'-sake, now anything-goes)  nor an apparent purpose other than the author's self-aggrandisement.
One  wonders from the author's petulant attempts at humour whether her title is  intended to be tongue-in-cheek.  But there is no indication of that in the  text.  _Woe is me (thee, him, her, it, us, you, them)_ is correct; *_Woe is  I_ is not.  This construction is left over from the days when English  distinguished the dative from the accusative and authors of grammars knew  what case was.
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The classifications of police styles is arguable. Provides some insight into the police culture for those with no experience. Laden with profane language.
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As the daughter of the heart surgeon portrayed in this book, I would like to remind everyone of the good medical physicians provide every day. These people work hard to save lives and spend their time away from the hospital raising healthy families. In this day in age, yes, there is much wrong with the health system and many policies in our country I would like to see change. But the men and women who work day in and day out to save the lives of loved ones are not to blame. It is simply unjust to call these two men's careers corrupt while Father Corapi was all along an unethical and dishonorable bootlegger. There are two sides to every story. This one happens to be slanted.
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This is very unprofessional. A digital code should never be out of stock.
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ZERO STARS!!! Everything about this dress was a nightmare- from the huge disappointment of seeing the quality of this dress to communicating with the seller. Couldn't return so now I'm stuck with a cheaply made dress that'll just sit in the back of the closet.. You get what you pay for, I guess. Oh, and they had the audacity to offer a $5 refund for good feedback and 5 stars not once but TWICE. Are you kidding me? Completely unprofessional. BUYERS BEWARE.
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Usually, lambasting such well-intentioned how-to books is not constructive. So I won't.

But, the title and "under title" of this book are both glaringly right and wrong, respectively. Everything said in this book is "obvious." But, everything said in this book is not "All you need to know in business. Period." Far from it.

The sterile confines of a book's pages can never depict and convey the heart of most business - personality. Personality is what makes many of the anecdotal stories of trade names and names of the trade.  Individuals with unique and unforgettable styles is what separates the men from the boys in the horribly overcrowded arena of business - a world most competitive and professionally handled in capitalist America.

The fortune-cookie chapter headings, which are followed with short and pithy statements of truisms,  are fun reading. But, far from everything that you will need to know. This book is not meant to be, nor will it be conceived to be, a rival to anything penned by Paul Samuelson.

If you must, read this book.  But, do not expect it to deliver too much.

A book with similar delivery on similar content which I believe offers more is "The Unwritten Laws of Business" by J.W. King.
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Disappointed on many levels.

The color of the pants is different from the picture.  These are a light brown.  The picture was a gray.

They were stuffed into a cardboard priority mailer, no bag.  It is raining, the package was wet and without a bag, the pants were not protected.  Unprofessional.

As I unfold the damp pants, they are covered in animal hair, white in color.  That is gross as well as unprofessional.
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The closest this comes to being a non-fiction work is if you could pass it off as "docu-drama." And even then, it would be a pathetic excuse  for docu-drama.
The supposedly "ethical" headshrinker does  things like:
1. Fail to pursue commitment for a patient who is clearly a  danger to others. 2. Fail to call the police and report a kidnapping and  assault committed on the woman he supposedly loves by a patient who has  been stalking her. 3. Brings a dangerous and unpredictable patient into a  therapy group and unleashes him on the hapless patients who trusted him to  provide them with a safe environment.
He also interferes with a police  investigation of brutal serial murders.
All this is supposedly in the  name of "professional ethics."
The author also misrepresents  the idea of patient confidentiality. Professionals who are working with the  same patient get releases all the time to discuss their findings with one  another. There's nothing the least bit unusual or ethical about it. In  fact, it's standard oprating procedure when taking on a new patient to  request releases to get his records from anybody else who has treated or  assessed him.
The author is clearly hoping that he can bamboozle the  reading public behind a phony wall of professional mystique.
If this  story is true, the author belongs in prison as an accessory to murder, and  should be drummed out of the profession for inexcusably putting his ego  ahead of his responsibilities to the patient and to the public.