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Dave Barry makes his fiction debut with a ferociously funny novel
of love and mayhem in south Florida. In the city of Coconut Grove,
Florida, these things happen: A struggling adman named Eliot Arnold
drives home from a meeting with the Client From Hell. His teenage
son, Matt, fills a Squirtmaster 9000 for his turn at a high school
game called Killer. Matt's intended victim, Jenny Herk, sits down
in front of the TV with her mom for what she hopes will be a
peaceful evening for once. Jenny's alcoholic and secretly
embezzling stepfather, Arthur, emerges from the maid's room, angry
at being rebuffed. Henry and Leonard, two hit men from New Jersey,
pull up to the Herks' house for a real game of Killer, Arthur's
embezzlement apparently not having been quite so secret to his
employers after all. And a homeless man named Puggy settles down
for the night in a treehouse just inside the Herks' yard. In a few
minutes, a chain of events that will change the lives of each and
every one of them will begin, and will leave some of them wiser,
some of them deader, and some of them definitely looking for a new
line of work. With a wicked wit, razor-sharp observations, rich
characters, and a plot with more twists than the Inland Waterway,
Dave Barry makes his debut a complete and utter triumph.
In this "little gem" (Washington Independent Review of Books),
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and New York Times bestselling
author Dave Barry learns how to age happily from his old but joyful
dog, Lucy. As Dave Barry turns seventy-not happily-he realizes that
his dog, Lucy, is dealing with old age far better than he is. She
has more friends, fewer worries, and way more fun. So Dave decides
to figure out how Lucy manages to stay so happy, to see if he can
make his own life happier by doing the things she does (except for
drinking from the toilet). He reconnects with old friends and tries
to make new ones-which turns out to be a struggle, because Lucy
likes people a lot more than he does. And he gets back in touch
with two ridiculous but fun groups from his past: the Lawn Rangers,
a group of guys who march in parades pushing lawnmowers and
twirling brooms (alcohol is involved), and the Rock Bottom
Remainders, the world's oldest and least-talented all-author band.
With each new lesson, Dave riffs hilariously on dogs, people, and
life in general, while also pondering Deep Questions, such as when
it's okay to lie. (Answer: when scallops are involved.) Lessons
From Lucy shows readers a new side to Dave Barry that's "touching
and sentimental, but there's still a laugh on every page" (The
Sacramento Bee). The master humorist has written a witty and
affable guide to joyous living at any age.
A New York Times bestseller-a brilliantly funny exploration of the
Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize
winner Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida.
We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few
months, Dave Barry gets a call from some media person wanting to
know, "What the hell is wrong with Florida?" Somehow, the state's
acquired an image as a subtropical festival of stupid, and as a
loyal Floridian, Dave begs to differ. Join him as he goes in hunt
of the legendary Skunk Ape; hobnobs with the mermaids of Weeki
Wachee Springs; and visits Cassadaga, the psychic capital of the
world, to have his dog's aura read (apparently, she's "very
spiritual"). Hitch a ride for the non-stop thrills of
alligator-wrestling ("the gators display the same fighting spirit
as a Barcalounger"), the hair-raising spectacle of a
clothing-optional bar in Key West, and the manly manliness of the
Machine Gun Experience in Miami. It's the most hilarious book yet
from "the funniest damn writer in the whole country" (Carl Hiaasen,
and he should know). By the end, you'll have to admit that whatever
else you might think about Florida-you can never say it's boring.
Don'teven "think" of starting this bookunless you're sitting in a
comfortable chair and have lots of time. Afast-paced,
impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan
Peterand his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil
King Zarboff. Theyset sail aboard the "Never" "Land," a ship
carrying a precious and mysterious trunk inits cargo hold, and the
journey quickly becomes fraught with excitement anddanger.
Discoverrichly developed characters in the sweet but sophisticated
Molly, the scary butfamiliar Black Stache, and the fearless Peter.
Treacherous battles withpirates, foreboding thunderstorms at sea,
and evocative writing immerses thereader in a story that slowly and
finally reveals the secrets and mysteries ofthe beloved "Peter
Pan."
Barry follows his acclaimed debut novel "Big Trouble" with a book
that "leads readers into a crazy complexity of money laundering,
drug dealing, murder, sex, violence, hijacking, and undercover
work" ("Library Journal").
Since Dave Barry writes about weird things, you might be tempted to
think he has a weird brain. He does, of course, but that's not the
whole explanation: A lot of the things he writes about - exploding
Pop-Tarts, for example - are real. In fact, Dave's main job as a
humor columnist - aside from playing Stealth Fighter on his
computer to avoid writing humor columns - is to point out what is
already funny in a world that is seriously bonkers. In Dave's
world, amazing but true adventures occur every day, as the Pulitzer
Prize-winning columnist investigates a ground-breaking
anti-flatulence product recommended to him by a justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court; the ecologically dangerous shellfish attacking
women's undergarments; and the epidemic of snakes and woodland
creatures currently appearing in people's toilets. Dave's bad song
contest required him to read thousands of entries from people like
you; now, people like you can have the pleasure of being badgered
by all the bad songs that badger Dave. Dave also participates in
real-life feats of investigative journalism that actually require
him to leave the house: marching with the Lawn Rangers precision
lawnmower drill team of Arcola, Illinois; playing lead guitar in an
extremely mediocre rock band with Stephen King and other literary
lights: and taking his little boat Buster from its happy berth in
the Barry garage onto Miami's high seas, only to run it aground.
He's even appeared in an episode of "Dave's World, " the CBS
television show based on his real life - only taller - in which he
bids for an air conditioner. Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up
includes longer feature pieces by Dave in which many of the
featured facts happen to beaccurate. Now you can read Dave Barry on
UFO thrillseekers and the Elvis lovers who hang out at Graceland -
all articles that show Dave at his best and smartest. Complete with
illustrations by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly,
Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up brings you
In this hilarious novel, written in the voice of eighth-grader Wyatt Palmer, Dave Barry takes us on a class trip to Washington, DC. Wyatt, his best friend, Matt, and a few kids from Culver Middle School find themselves in a heap of trouble-not just with their teachers, who have long lost patience with them-but from several mysterious men they first meet on their flight to the nation's capital. In a fast-paced adventure with the monuments as a backdrop, the kids try to stay out of danger and out of the doghouse while trying to save the president from attack-or maybe not.
"Dave Barry is one funny human."
--"San Francisco Examiner"
For thousands of years, women have asked themselves: What is the
deal with guys, anyway? What are they thinking? The answer, of
course, is: virtually nothing. Deep down inside, guys are extremely
shallow.
But that has not stopped Dave Barry from writing an entire book
about them. If you're a guy--or if you're attempting to share a
remote control with one--you need this book, because it deals
frankly and semi-thoroughly with such important guy issues as:
Scratching
The role of guys in world history, including the
heretofore-unknown relationship between the discovery of North
America and golf
Why the average guy can remember who won the 1960 World Series,
but not necessarily the names of all his children
The Noogie Gene
Why guys cannot simultaneously think and look at breasts
Secret guy orgasm-delaying techniques, including the Margaret
Thatcher Method
Why guys prefer to believe that there is no such thing as a
prostate
And much, much more
"Whether you're a guy--or attempting to share a bathroom with
one--Barry has some wacky words of wisdom for you."
--"USA Today"
Set sail for high-seas hijinks and nautical nonsense with those
paragons of Pirattitude who invented the famous International Talk
Like a Pirate Day. Whether readers are old hands at pirating or
hopeless landlubbers, the Pirate Guys will have them pirate-savvy
in no time with sure-fire pirate pickup lines for any occasion,
tips on how to make their pirate party a buccaneer ball that even
Martha Stewart would be proud of, and help determining their true
pirate monicker.
The New York Times calls him "the funniest man in America," and his
legions of fans agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books
on bestseller lists nationwide.
In Boogers Are My Beat, Dave gives us the real scoop on:
- The scientific search for the world's funniest joke (you can bet
it includes the word "weasel")
- RV camping in the Wal-Mart parking lot
- Outwitting "smart" kitchen appliances and service contracts
- Elections in Florida ("You can't spell Florida without
'duh'")
- The Olympics, where people from all over the world come together
to accuse each other of cheating
- The truth about the Dakotas, the Lone Ranger, and feng shui
- The choice between death and taxes
And much, much more--including some truths about journalism and
serious thoughts about 9/11.
Dave Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1988, and his
columns are syndicated in more than 500 newspapers. His most recent
books, Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down and the novels
Big Trouble and Tricky Business, were national bestsellers. He
lives in Miami, Floriduh.
Also available as an eBook
"From the Hardcover edition."
When funnyman Dave Barry asked readers about their least favorite
tunes, he thought he was penning just another installment of his
weekly syndicated humor column. But the witty writer was
flabbergasted by the response when over 10,000 readers voted. "I
have never written a column that got a bigger response than the one
announcing the Bad Song Survey," Barry wrote.Based on the results
of the survey, Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs is a compilation of
some of the worst songs ever written. Dave Barry fans will relish
his quirky take. Music buffs, too will appreciate this humorous
stroll through the world's worst lyrics. The only thing wrong with
this book is that readers will find themselves unable to stop
mentally singing the greatest hits of Gary Puckett.
America's Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist talks back--in paperback!
The 120,000-copy hardcover bestseller is now available in trade
paperback format. "Want to impress your friends? Tell them you read
the latest work by the 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winner for commentary.
Just don't tell them it's full of booger jokes".--Orange County
Register. 63 drawings.
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!
I'll Mature When I'm Dead is the New York Times bestseller from
"the funniest man in America" (New York Times). Let Pulitzer
Prize-winning humorist and nationally unrecognized voice of
maturity Dave Barry make the journey to adulthood a little
easier-and a lot funnier. Not everyone has to be dragged kicking
and screaming through adulthood. Dave Barry will help through this
process-with his hilarious takes on parenting, changing self-image,
the battle of the sexes, technology, health care, celebrityhood,
and even vampires!
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