{"product_id":"dave-barry-is-not-taking-this-sitting-down-9780345444103","title":"Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down","description":"Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry is a pretty amiable guy. But lately, he's been getting a little worked up. What could make a mild-mannered man of words so hot under the collar? Well, a lot of things-like bad public art, Internet millionaires, SUVs, Regis Philbin . . . and even bigger problems, like \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- The slower-than-deceased-livestock left-lane drivers who apparently believe that the right lane is sacred and must never come in direct contact with tires\u003cbr\u003e- The parent-misery quotient of last-minute school science fair projects\u003cbr\u003e- Day trading and other careers that never require you to take off your bathrobe\u003cbr\u003e- The plague of the low-flow toilets, which is so bad that even in Miami, where you can buy drugs just by opening your front door and yelling \"Hey  I want some crack,\" you can't even sell your first born to get a normal-flushing toilet \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDave Barry is not taking any of this sitting down. He's going to stand up for the rights of all Americans against ridiculously named specialty \"-chino\" coffees and the IRS. Just as soon as he gets the darn toilet flushed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 1983 to 2004, \u003cb\u003eDave Barry\u003c\/b\u003e wrote a weekly humor column for \u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, which in 1988 won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestsellers as the nonfiction \u003ci\u003eLive Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer Is Much Faster)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou Can Date Boys When You're Forty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI'll Mature When I'm Dead\u003c\/i\u003e; the novels \u003ci\u003eBig Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTricky Business\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInsane City\u003c\/i\u003e; the very successful YA Peter Pan novels (with Ridley Pearson); and his Christmas story \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog\u003c\/i\u003e. Two of his books--\u003ci\u003eBig Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDave Barry's Guide to Guys\u003c\/i\u003e--have been turned into movies. For a while, his life was even a television series, \u003ci\u003eDave's World\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50923967873298,"sku":"9780345444103","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f07fd4fe-0541-4e38-a1e6-8507e6522515.jpg?v=1738966513","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dave-barry-is-not-taking-this-sitting-down-9780345444103","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}