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EPIC Fail T-Shirt
$17.99
J!NX:
How do you write operating systems so fail?

Vista Developer:
Its easy. I think of a win operating system like OSX or Linux, and I take away reason and accountability.

Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last
$15.00
THE BOOK WAS RECEIVED IN GOOD ORDER. I WOULD BUY FROM THEM AGAIN.

PENNY BRYCE

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and Themselves
$32.95
The book reads like a movie script at times. It is full of rich dialogues and vivid portrayals of the cast of characters from Goldman, Citi, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, WaMu, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, Treasury, Fed, New York Fed, FDIC, and offcourse Lehman and AIG.

The author never goes into the financial intricacies that so fundamentally transformed the face of Wall Street after Lehman's fall (I also believe that those events shaped the outcome of the Presidential race). Still the author does extremely well in describing the circumstances and the numerous characters that participated in the saga.

The book remains gripping till the end , although the author could have cut down on some unnecessary details like the name of security guard's dog at Lehman !

For anyone who is interested in the fall of year 2008's pivotal mergers, acquisitions, failures and various attempted shotgun 'marriages' (Citi with Morgan Stanley; JPMorgan with Morgan Stanley; Morgan Stanley with Goldman ; Goldman with Citi) this book is a must read.

Fail Better
$5.95
Everyone has experienced a time where they've failed. Whether is was a "big" failure or a "small" failure, nearly everyone has considered giving up after they've failed for what feels like the thousandth time. While the fear of failing is valid, this book shows why failure isn't always a bad thing.

Taking quotes from some of the world's most respected and 'successful' people--Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Babe Ruth, and Henry Ford, just to name a few--"Fail Better" puts the silver lining back into the gloomy clouds of failure.

Here's a few examples of the quotes in "Fail Better."

"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody." -- Herbert S. Swope

"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure." -- Abraham Lincoln

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run." -- Babe Ruth

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." -- Henry Ford

As the quotes in "Fail Better" show, failure is far from the end; many times, failure serves as the beginning of a new road that we may not have considered before.

In light of the recent economy, there are quite a few people who could use some cheering up, or who are trying to make their own path in the midst of a changing world. This book might be just what they need to keep in their pocket--or by their desk--for inspiration when they feel like giving up.