7 books by Dave Barry
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Overview: Dave Barry is a humor columnist. For 25 years he was a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened.
Dave has also written a total of 30 books, although virtually none of them contain useful information. Two of his books were used as the basis for the CBS TV sitcom "Dave’s World," in which Harry Anderson played a much taller version of Dave.
Genre: Non-Fiction, Humor, Essays
Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism!
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’s Complete Guide to Guys
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. But that has not stopped Dave Barry from writing an entire book about them, dealing frankly and semi-thoroughly with such important guy issues as:
– Scratching
– Why the average guy can remember who won the 1960 World Series but
not necessarily the names of all his children
– 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"
Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up
You can’t make this stuff up! Dave Barry would never lie–and here are the real life, laugh-out-loud stories from across America to prove it: 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"); the 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").
Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States
This time Dave Barry’s subject is history, the way it’s never been told before. Every single momentous event and crucial moment is covered, including…The Birthing Contractions of a Nation; Kicking Some British Butt; The Fifties: Peace, Prosperity, Brain Death, right up through the scintillating Reagan-Bush years. If you love to laugh, and you love your country, this is the book you’ve been waiting for since 1776. Or at least since Super Bowl III.
Dave Barry Talks Back
Yet another collection of Barry wit and wisdom by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and the author of Dave Barry Turns 40.
Dave Barry’s Money Secrets: Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
Did you ever wish that you really understood money? Well, Dave Barry wishes that he did, too. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing this book. In it, Dave explores (as only he can) such topics as:
• How the U.S. economy works, including the often overlooked role of Adam Sandler
• Why it is not a good idea to use squirrels for money
• Strategies that will give you the confidence you need to try for a good job, even though you are—let’s be honest—a no-talent loser
• How corporate executives, simply by walking into their offices, immediately become much stupider
• An absolutely foolproof system for making money in the stock market, requiring only a little effort (and access to time travel)
• Surefire tips for buying and selling real estate, the key being: Never buy—or, for that matter, sell—real estate
• How to minimize your federal taxes, safely and legally, by cheating
• Why good colleges cost so much, and how to make sure your child does not get into one
• How to reduce the cost of your medical care by basically not getting any
• Estate planning, especially the financial benefits of an early death
• And many, many pictures of Suze Orman
Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need
Complete with maps, histories, quaint local facts (France’s National Underwear Changing Day is March 12), song lyrics, helpful hints on how to get through Customs (all insects must be spayed), and tidbits from Dave Barry’s own fond vacation nightmares, DAVE BARRY’S ONLY TRAVEL GUIDE YOU’LL EVER NEED is just that. You’ll find everything you need to know in this incredibly comprehensive reference, including:
– Air Travel (Or: Why Birds Never Look Truly Relaxed)
– Traveling as a Family (Or: No, We Are NOT There Yet)
– Traveling in Europe ("Excuse me! Where is the Big Mona Lisa?")
– Camping: Nature’s Way of Promoting the Motel Industry
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