{"product_id":"the-big-bing-stanley-bing-9780060529574","title":"The Big Bing: Black Holes of Time Management, Gaseous Executive Bodies, Exploding Careers, and Other Theories on the Origins of the Business Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive collection of thoughts, assaults, and hilarious observations from America's premier business humorist and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThrowing the Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhat Would Machiavelli Do\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Big Bing\u003c\/em\u003e will be a mandatory addition to the library of everyone who works for a living, or would like to. For nearly 20 years, Stanley Bing's funny, wise, pleasantly mean-spirited, and at times even useful columns have delighted readers in the pages of \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFortune \u003c\/em\u003eand a variety of other national publications. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bing has lived the last two decades inside the belly of the corporate beast, clawing his way to the top of one of the great multinational companies in the cosmos. And he has seen it all: the high body count after many a gruesome deal, the machine that grinds up the bones of those who stood in its way, the birth and death of executive dinosaurs (and he's had quite a few lunches with some of them, too). The result is storytelling at its best--sophisticated, amusing, and driven by the kind of insight that only a true insider can possess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Big Bing\u003c\/em\u003e provides a mole's-eye-view of the society in which we all live and work, creating one of the most entertaining, thought-provoking, and just plain funny bodies of work in contemporary letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanley Bing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060529571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060529574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Business\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.92h x 6.24w x 0.90d","brand":"Stanley Bing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48135901937919,"sku":"9780060529574","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3a23738-69c0-4cbd-a76e-4760e65854db.jpg?v=1770159212","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-big-bing-stanley-bing-9780060529574","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}