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Dave Barry
Barry’s irreverently funny fiction debut about love and mayhem in south Florida, a New York Times bestseller, is the basis for the new Touchstone motion picture, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld…
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America's most beloved wiseass finally tells his life story with all the humor you'd expect from a man who made a career out of making fun of pretty much everything…
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In previous books he’s done Japan, turned forty, and plumbed the black holes of home ownership. Now Dave Barry boots up, logs on, and invites millions of readers to laugh…
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…
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Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author--and actual Florida Man--Dave Barry returns with a "hilariously funny" (Steve Martin) caper full of oddballs and more twists and turns than a…
Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Dave Barry has been known to exaggerate in the line of duty. But when it comes to subjects in this latest collection of his…
The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and author of Dave Barry’s Guide to Guys presents a collection of his funniest newspaper columns that includes wry observations on everything American.
From the jocular journalist who’s kept America laughing for years comes a tongue-in-cheek celebration of getting on in years–a pointed poke at the whole whining, self-absorbed baby boom generation, and…
If he wasn’t already the reigning king of American humor writing, Dave Barry has now officially claimed the crown. And not a moment too soon! With this 15-week veteran of…
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…
Dave Barry (Dave Barry)
If there’s one thing that Dave Barry is an expert on, it’s raising a daughter.
… .which means he’s not an expert on much considering the breadth of his knowledge…
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One of the funniest writers around launches his latest collection of syndicated-column comedy–the book that answers the question: Just how does Oprah have the power to turn a 1957 Hotpoint…
What does it take to get the Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist out of his chair? Fans are invited to read his latest collection to find out.
A guide to understanding the male animal covers such important guy issues as scratching, golf, the role of guys in world history, and important scientific reasons why guys act like…
The ever popular boomer humorist ties up the gloves to go a few rounds with American politics as he updates the Declaration of Independence, revises the Constitution, swipes at the…
Liberally illustrated with line drawings and filled with facts and commentary to amaze and confound, this collection by Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Barry covers the historical gamut from philosophers to Janet…
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…
The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist, author of Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus, delivers an inspired satire on the travel guide and travelogue, replete with mock regional facts, off-the-wall maps…
The author of Dave Barry in Cyberspace presents an irreverent history of the United States, covering–with trademark Dave Barry wit–such events as the Revolution, the Civil War, and the 1950s…
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times bestselling author and actual Florida Man Dave Barry returns with a Florida caper full of oddballs and more twists and turns than a snake slithering…
A bestselling humorist shows how to age gracefully, taking cues from his dog Lucy –
For decades, Dave Barry’s many fans have relied on him for good laughs, humorous insight, and great stories. Now, in his first original nonfiction book in five years, the Pulitzer…
A brilliantly funny exploration of the treacherous state of adulthood by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. In hilarious pieces, Barry tackles everything from fatherhood to new fatherhood to songs–and even vampires.
A dark comic masterpiece–the first solo adult novel in more than a decade from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times -bestselling author. By the end, amid gunfire, high-speed…
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…
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and bestselling author Dave Barry learns how to age happily from his old but joyful dog, Lucy.
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.
A New York Times…
Dave Barry,Dave Barry
A hilarious ride along on a class trip–as only Dave Barry can deliver.
Dr Dave Barry
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…
Angela K Durden
Read the words of the world’s only Autodidact Polymath Magnificently Methodical Southern Woman and The Most Brilliant Woman In The World as she guides you through page after page of…
Introducing ideas that are considered ‘fringe’ and controversial, this book is suitable for researchers, teachers and advanced students who are interested in the future of Business and Management scholarship.
David Glickman
No one will take you seriously unless your presentation is funny.Finally, a book that gives practical, precise and proven ways to add humor to any presentation. Author and award-winning humorist…
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Benjamin Franklin
Gathers Benjamin Franklin’s entertaining remarks, stories, and adages as expressed in his Poor Richard’s Almanack published at intervals from 1733 to 1758.
Jeff MacNelly
Three-time Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly–whose drawings complement the columns of Dave Barry–presents a new collection of cartoons, this time portraying the humorous struggles his characters encounter while they pursue…
Dave Barry,Alan Zweibel
One of them is a bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. The other is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Together, they form the League of Comic Justice, and…
Gene Weingarten
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Wyatt Palmer’s just another undersized freshman hoping to fit in at high school, but when his best friend Matt Diaz’s pet ferret ends up in the hands of the Bevins…
Dave Wagner
Could change the historiography of Barry Goldwater and his times. -Jerry Kammer, author of The Second Long Walk: The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for journalism…
John Baur,Mark Summers
Whether readers are old hands at pirating or hopeless landlubbers, the PirateGuys will have them pirate-savvy in no time with surefire pirate pickup linesand help determining a pirate moniker.
Ridley Pearson,Dave Barry
Now in paperback, this #1 BookSense Pick follows the young orphan Peter and his mates as they are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff in this…
Dr Dave Barry,Ridley Pearson
The latest Peter Pan adventure by the New York Times -bestselling team of Barry and Pearson is set in 1901 London, where it’s up to Molly’s 11-year-old daughter Wendy to…
Barry Wolverton
A young boy named Bren sets out on the high seas with a mysterious admiral to search for a legendary map that leads to an object of unspeakable power –
