Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down! - Hardcover

Barry, Dave

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078389435X ISBN 13: 9780783894355

Publisher: G K Hall & Co, 2001

Synopsis

In a compilation of syndicated columns, the author takes on the dangers of improperly sized brassieres, low-flow toilets, day trading, school science fairs, the IRS, airlines, and pine sap transfusions for tired Christmas trees.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

ze-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

· 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
· The parent-misery quotient of last-minute school science fair projects
· Day trading and other careers that never require you to take off your bathrobe
· 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

Dave Barry is not taking any of this sitting down. He’s going to s

About the Author:

Dave Barry has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. His columns for the Miami Herald were syndicated worldwide, and he is the author of a number of bestselling books, including the recently published Peter and the Starcatchers with Ridley Pearson. He lives in Miami, where he drives very nervously.

About this edition

• Publisher: G K Hall & Co
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 078389435X
• ISBN 13: 9780783894355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 311