Book excerpt: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is about the things people really do, and how they really behave in our society. It is the anti-thesis of all those cute little "feel-good" books flooding the market today. How to Lose Friends and Alienate People may not be for you, but -- if you are the center of your universe or know someone who is, if you know it all or know someone who does, if you are always right or know someone who is, if you have never made a mistake or know someone who hasn't, or if you love yourself and think you're grand or know someone who does -- this book is for you or someone you know.