Dave Barry Slept Here
Autor Dave Barryen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 oct 1997
The Birthing Contractions of a Nation
Kicking Some British Butt
The Forging of a Large, Wasteful Bureaucracy
The Civil War: A Nation Pokes Itself in the Eyeball
The Fifties: Peace, Prosperity, Brain Death
The Reagan-Bush Years: Napping Toward Glory
And much more!
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780345416605
ISBN-10: 0345416600
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 105 x 172 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: Random House
ISBN-10: 0345416600
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 105 x 172 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Editura: Random House
Notă biografică
From 1983 to 2004,Dave Barrywrote a weekly humor column forThe Miami Herald, which in 1988 won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestsellers as the nonfictionLive Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer Is Much Faster),You Can Date Boys When You're Forty, andI'll Mature When I'm Dead; the novelsBig Trouble,Tricky Business, andInsane City; the very successful YA Peter Pan novels (with Ridley Pearson); and his Christmas storyThe Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog. Two of his books—Big TroubleandDave Barry's Guide to Guys—have been turned into movies. For a while, his life was even a television series,Dave's World, but then it was canceled. The series. Not the life. For many years, Dave was also a guitarist with the late, infamous, and strangely unlamented band the Rock Bottom Remainders.
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If you love to laugh, if you love your country, if you are unaware that "the Sixth Amendment states that if you are accused of a crime, you have the right to a trial before a jury of people too stupid to get out of jury duty", DAVE BARRY SLEPT HERE is the book for you. Every single momentous event and crucial movement is covered, including: -- The Birthing Contractions of a Nation -- Kicking Some British Butt -- The Forging of a Large, Wasteful Bureaucracy -- The Civil War: A Nation Pokes Itself in the Eyeball -- The Fifties: Peace, Prosperity, Brain Death -- The Reagan-Bush Years: Napping Toward Glory -- And much more!
Descriere
A Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and columnist whose growing popularity is making him the next Buchwald has his way with the "history" of the mother country, including its founding fathers. An offbeat look at the U.S. for fans of Patrick McManus and Lewis Grizzard.