Mrs. Parkinson's Law

by C. Northcote Parkinson

Hardcover with DJ. 1ST PRINTING. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (name only...no inscription). Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear.

182 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 1969

About the author

Cyril Northcote Parkinson was a naval historian and author of some sixty books. He was educated at Cambridge, and went on to teach in Malaya, and in the United States at Harvard and in Illinois.

He was an important scholar in the field of public administration.

His most famous work is Parkinson’s Law, or The Pursuit of Progress.

Reviews

[Lincoln · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short, some thought provoking ideas, the best one being that life is neither about accumulating wealth or slaving over one's children to the absense of self care but rather to create in its many different venues. Maybe not that original but it struck me as so.

[KennyO · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it too long ago to write anything defensible about it and, to be sure, it will be rather dated in many ways. Still, given that it’s Parkinson, it illustrates clearly some important ideas and give a sense of our Euro-American culture at the time it was written and published.

[Senga Time · Rating 1 out of 5]

Miala być z przymrużeniem oka, są celne przekorne spostrzeżenia, ale napisane tak serio i na poważnie, mimo całego sarkazmu, że czytałam z dużym niedowierzaniem. Autor mężczyzna objaśnia nam kobietom świat a ściślej rzecz biorąc związek, dom i rodzinę, tak w skrócie.

[Pranav Jawale · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sexist in a tone-deaf manner. At times very boring. A bit insightful and funny in parts.

[Khoa · Rating 3 out of 5]

rumbling