{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-herbie-cohen-worlds-greatest-negotiator-9781250867148","title":"The Adventures of Herbie Cohen: World's Greatest Negotiator","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Rich Cohen tells the story of Herbie: the king of Bensonhurst, the world's best negotiator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--and Cohen's wise, wisecracking father.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Herbie Cohen, World's Greatest Negotiator, dealmaker, risk taker, raconteur, adviser to presidents and corporations, hostage and arms negotiator, lesson giver and justice seeker, author of the how-to business classic \u003ci\u003eYou Can Negotiate Anything.\u003c\/i\u003e And, of course, Rich Cohen's father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Herbie Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e follows our hero from his youth spent running around Brooklyn with his pals Sandy Koufax, Larry King, Who Ha, Inky, and Ben the Worrier (many of them members of his Bensonhurst gang, \"the Warriors\"); to his days coaching basketball in the army in Europe; to his years as a devoted and unconventional husband, father, and freelance guru crossing the country to give lectures, settle disputes, and hone the art of success while finding meaning in this strange, funny world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is an ode to a remarkable man by an adoring but not undiscerning son, and a treasure trove of hilarious antics and counterintuitive wisdom. (Some of this stuff you can use at home.) It's a bildungsroman, a collection of tall tales, the unfolding of a unique biography coiled around Herbie's great insight and guiding principle: The secret of life is to care, but not \u003ci\u003ethat \u003c\/i\u003emuch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes black-and-white photographs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRich Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTough Jews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonsters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSweet and Low\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fish That Ate the Whale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Sun \u0026amp; the Moon \u0026amp; the Rolling Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Cubs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Pirate of New York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePee Wees\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand, with Jerry Weintraub, \u003ci\u003eWhen I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a cocreator of the HBO series \u003ci\u003eVinyl\u003c\/i\u003e, a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and a writer at large for \u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. Cohen has won the Great Lakes Book Award, the Chicago Public Library's 21st Century Award, and the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. He lives in Connecticut.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390087467282,"sku":"9781250867148","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1c770f39-00a0-4570-bcb8-10fda88beee0.jpg?v=1728938959","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-adventures-of-herbie-cohen-worlds-greatest-negotiator-9781250867148","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}