ISBN: 9780517595749 - dave barry is not making this up (18 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELER - You can't make this stuff up. Dave Barry wouldn't lie--and here are the real life, laugh-out-loud stories from across America to prove it. Get up-close with Dave as he examines UFO thrillseekers and Elvis-worshippers, plays lead guitar with a horrifying rock band that includes Stephen King, and swears to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in stories like these: - a U.S. Supreme Court justice shares his remedy for preventing gas (I had not realized that this was a matter of concern in the highest levels of government) - a newspaper headline in Ohio announces the combustibility of strawberry Pop-Tarts (A story that can really help you gain a better understanding of how you can be killed by breakfast snack food) - a frightening fact that snakes have mastered the pipelines leading directly to your toilet--and they're not shy (Many women might view this as a fair punishment for all the billions of times that guys have left the seat up). Barry is at his best.--The Baltimore Sun He zaps the funny bone.--The Cincinnati Post. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELER - You can't make this stuff up. Dave Barry wouldn't lie--and here are the real life, laugh-out-loud stories from across America to prove it. Get up-close with Dave as he examines UFO thrillseekers and Elvis-worshippers, plays lead guitar with a horrifying rock band that includes Stephen King, and swears to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in stories like these: - a U.S. Supreme Court justice shares his remedy for preventing gas (I had not realized that this was a matter of concern in the highest levels of government) - a newspaper headline in Ohio announces the combustibility of strawberry Pop-Tarts (A story that can really help you gain a better understanding of how you can be killed by breakfast snack food) - a frightening fact that snakes have mastered the pipelines leading directly to your toilet--and they're not shy (Many women might view this as a fair punishment for all the billions of times that guys have left the seat up). Barry is at his best.--The Baltimore Sun He zaps the funny bone.--The Cincinnati Post. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).…

Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Zustand: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Hardback. Zustand: VERY Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFunny Books & Stories; Very good hardcover with dust jacket. Minor creasing and nicks to dust jacket. Clean pages. Prompt shipping with tracking. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

Zustand: very good, very good. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 244, illus. by Jeff MacNelly, sticker residue and minor soiling and edge wear to DJ The author is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).

hardcover. Zustand: near fine. near fine. First. Cartoon illustrations throughout. 244 pages, 8vo, red boards with a black cloth spine, dust wrapper. New York: Crown, (1994). First Edition. A near fine copy with a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed on the title page: "For Rachel - Thank you for selling this book Dave Barry - afraid he might someday have to get a real job.". Jeff MacNelly (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. The format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. xii, 244 pages. Illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads For Gloria--Dave Barry. David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comic novels and children's novels. Barry's honors include the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1988) and the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (2005). Barry has defined a sense of humor as "a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge." Barry was hired as a humor columnist in 1983. Barry's column was syndicated nationally. Barry won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1988 for "his consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns." Derived from a Kirkus review: Pulitzer Prize-winning Miami Herald columnist and funny guy Barry has once again collected a bunch of goofy anecdotes. Barry knows exactly where he stands in the ranks of American journalists, noting that things like facts can get in the way of what he does, ``which is sitting around and thinking stuff up. This is what I mainly do, which is why I have been able to achieve a level of high-quality journalistic productivity, as measured in booger jokes, that a guy like David Broder can only dream about.'' 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 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; now, people have the pleasure of being badgered all those bad songs. Dave also participates in real-life form 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. Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up includes longer feature pieces by Dave in which many of the featured facts happen to be accurate. 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 straight into the truly twisted center of Dave's world. On Buying His Son Sneakers: The salesperson's tone of voice carried the clear implication that he was going to call the Child Abuse Hotline if I didn't care enough, as a parent, to take out a second mortgage so I could purchase sufficient sneakerage for my son. We need Congress to pass a law requiring the sneaker industry to return to the system we had when I was growing up, under which there was only one kind of sneakers, namely U.S. Keds, which were made from Army surplus tents and which cost about $10, or roughly $1 per pound. On Being Left-Handed: According to the researchers, left-handers die sooner than right-handers because they have more acciden. Jeff MacNelly (cartoons) and Bill Wax (Jacket phot (illustrator).…