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The Book of Heroic Failures

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This is the most inspirational book I've ever read. Let's face it, when you read about really fantastic people doing really fantastic things, you feel small and useless. But reading this book, you quickly begin to understand that you've never done anything nearly as bad as these people have done. If you failed your driver's test, don't feel bad - someone has failed it 46 times in a row. Basically, if you haven't burned down a neighbor's barn trying to test the gases coming out of the back end of a cow, or produced a safety film that actually causes injuries, you're doing pretty good.

A friend gave me this book to cheers me up after I had just broken up with my first serious girlfriend.

I thought given the title she was being ironic but after reading it I couldn't stop laughing.

Lent it to a friend, neved got it back!

Next to David Niven's 'The Moon's a Balloon' this is the funniest book I have ever read. Bought it years ago and lent it to a friend. Never seen since but hope to get another copy. An absolute must for the bookshelves of those with a good sense of humour.

This book does wonder for ones sanity, knowing that there are people out there that can fail at any given challenge (and then flatly refuse it) even more spectacularly than oneself.

I read this at a B&B in Wales; then was ecstatic to find it at Half Price Books in the States. I have lent it to many, but make strong demands for its return. You will want to make it part of your permanent collection.

An exellent book. One of the funniest I've read in a long time. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is in need of a laugh. All of the people with who I discuss it want to borrow it, but I don't let them. This book puts the Darwin Awards to shame.

This is my favorite book. I have nearly every story in it memorized and I find myself re-reading the book again and again. It's one of those rare books that you start reading it smiling, then laughing out loud, and soon you're wiping tears from your eyes. Highly recommended.

i was given this book by a friend years ago and since i have read it again and again and again, it ia good laugh ...it is amazing what people get upto !

It's always good to laugh, and even better to laugh at someone! Stepen Pile's book is the most hilarious book I've ever read, and I can only recommend it to all of you, who enjoys a good laugh.