- Mass Market Paperback: 120 pages
- Publisher: Penguin USA (P); Reprint edition (April 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140242120
- ISBN-13: 978-0140242126
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 793,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this practical yet entertaining work, the Professor shows how to track down anything that’s been misplaced. Keys, cash, documents, jewelry, household items--all can be located with ease, using his method. HOW TO FIND LOST OBJECTS takes the reader on a comprehensive tour of the art of finding. You’ll learn about: the Three C’s Pocket Gobble the Camouflage Effect Saint Anthony Grandma’s Principle hrönir the Eureka Zone Domestic Drift the Cool Once-over the Basic Blunder the Valley of Lost Things phantom possessions Plus Freud on why we misplace things…Sherlock Holmes and the Three C’s…a photo-fable (“Betsy Finds Her Keys”) …advice on lost luggage… instructions for making a Eureka-Stik …and more. For anyone who regularly--or even occasionally-- misplaces things, Professor Solomon’s book will prove invaluable.
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A magician with a degree in English from Harvard, Professor Solomon is also a findologist—an expert at finding lost objects. As such, he has appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” National Public Radio’s “What Do You Know?” and other shows. He was seen in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary “Lost and Found.” His Twelve Principles were featured by Family Circle magazine as their “Great Idea” of the month. Solomon is the author of "How to Find Lost Objects." His other publications include "Japan in a Nutshell," "Coney Island," "How to Make the Most of a Flying Saucer Experience," "The Book of King Solomon," and "Visitors to the Inner Earth."
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26 July 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
When I first heard of "How to find lost objects" its author was being featured on Michael Feldman's "Whaddaya Know?" on NPR. He sold me, as a person who frequently misplaces commonly used objects. Professor Solomon's book is amazingly functional as well as funny. If it's possible I actually enjoy the finding process rather than dread it when I need to search for lost objects, thanks to his methods. They may sound corny but they actually work. Because of the successful track record I've had with this resource I chuckle whenever I must place the post-it on my mirror reading "it's not lost-- you are". The 3 "C"s make sense: Comfort, Calmness, Confidence. How many times have we searched in a panic only to undermine our own efforts? The humor doesn't merely help relax the finder, it focuses. This book is in my top 5 most consulted. It's paid for itself many times over.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Now I am much better at finding things I have lost
24 Aug 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Since reading this book I have been more successful, and more quickly successful, at finding things I've misplaced. I don't know where "Professor Solomon" got his ideas on this subject, but somehow they are very helpful.
Of course I still have piles of paper, CDs and computer equipment from which almost nothing can be retrieved, but that is a problem in a somewhat different realm.
Maybe Solomon, with his inherited wisdom, will eventually write something to help me stop accumulating rubbish which I "might need some day."
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A useful and amusing how-to book for people who lose things
21 April 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is great for people like me, who spend an excessive amount of time looking for things we've misplaced. The principles for finding lost objects really work, and are presented in an amusing way via stories, photos and delightful cartoons. I recommend this book to anyone who's ever just put something down, and been unable to find it again. Also, a great gift for anyone who loses or misplaces things on a regular basis (I suspect there are lots of people like that).
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