| Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus Contributor(s): Barry, Dave (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345425782 ISBN-13: 9780345425782 Publisher: Ballantine Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and Wheel of Fortune contestant Dave Barry exposes the shattering truth. Whether he's splashing with the U.S. sychronized swim team ("Picture a bunch of elegant swans swimming with a flailing sea cow") or reliving the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving ("We've decided to obliterate your culture, but first may we try the stuffing?"), Dave Barry proves that one man can make a difference--by having the guts to answer the questions few people bother to ask: , What makes people want to eat animals they would never consider petting? , Where do the World's Three Most Boring People meet? , Why is Colorado freezing so many human gonads? , And just how does Oprah have the power to turn a 1957 Hotpoint toaster manual into a #1 bestseller? |
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| BISAC Categories: - Humor | Form - Essays - Humor | Form - Parodies - Humor | Topic - Politics |
| Dewey: 814.54 |
| LCCN: 98096346 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.49" W x 8.27" (0.54 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and Wheel of Fortune contestant Dave Barry exposes the shattering truth. Whether he's splashing with the U.S. sychronized swim team ("Picture a bunch of elegant swans swimming with a flailing sea cow") or reliving the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving ("We've decided to obliterate your culture, but first may we try the stuffing?"), Dave Barry proves that one man can make a difference--by having the guts to answer the questions few people bother to ask: , What makes people want to eat animals they would never consider petting? , Where do the World's Three Most Boring People meet? , Why is Colorado freezing so many human gonads? , And just how does Oprah have the power to turn a 1957 Hotpoint toaster manual into a #1 bestseller? |