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Live right and find happiness (although beer is much faster) : life lessons and other ravings from Dave Barry / Dave Barry.
"During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has learned much of wisdom,* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed) and he is eager to pass it on--to the next generation, the generation after that, and to those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience"--Provided by publisher.
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- Baker & Taylor
A latest collection of previously unpublished writings by the New York Times best-selling satirical author of You Can Date Boys When You're Forty reflects on his granddaughter's learning permit, the deviant behaviors of the men in his hometown and the loneliness of being a high-school nerd. - Baker & Taylor
Presents the author's humorous takes on his daughter's learning permit, the deviant behaviors of the men in his hometown, the perils of home repair, and the loneliness of being a high-school nerd. - Baker & Taylor
"During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has learned much of wisdom,* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed) and he is eager to pass it on--to the next generation, the generation after that, and to those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience"-- - Penguin Putnam
During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has learned much of wisdom,* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed) and he is eager to pass it onâto the next generation, the generation after that, and to those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience.
In brilliant, brand-new, never-before-published pieces, Dave passes on home truths to his new grandson and to his daughter Sophie, who will be getting her learnerâs permit in 2015 (âSo youâre about to start driving! How exciting! Iâm going to kill myselfâ). He explores the hometown of his youth, where the grown-ups were supposed to be uptight fifties conformists, but seemed to have a lot of un-Mad Men-like fun, unlike Daveâs own Baby Boomer generation, which was supposed to be wild and crazy, but somehow turned into neurotic hover-parents. He dives into everything from the inanity of cable news and the benefits of Google Glass (âYou will look like a douchebagâ) to the loneliness of high school nerds (âYou will never hear a high school girl say about a boy, in a dreamy voice, âHeâs so sarcastic!ââ), from the perils of home repair to firsthand accounts of the soccer craziness of Brazil and the just plain crazy craziness of Vladimir Putinâs Russia (âHe stares at the camera with the expression of a man who relaxes by strangling small furry animalsâ), and a lot more besides.
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By the end, if you do not feel wiser, richer in knowledge, more attuned to the universe . . . we wouldnât be at all surprised. But youâll have had a lot to laugh about!
