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Live right and find happiness (although beer is much faster) : life lessons and other ravings from Dave Barry / Dave Barry.

Barry, Dave. (Author).

Summary:

"During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has learned much of wisdom,* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed) and he is eager to pass it on--to the next generation, the generation after that, and to those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience"-- Provided by publisher.

Presents the author's humorous takes on his daughter's learning permit, the deviant behaviors of the men in his hometown, the perils of home repair, and the loneliness of being a high-school nerd.

Record details

ISBN: 9780399165955
Physical Description: 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Bite Me, David Beckham 9 -- A Letter to My Daughter as She Becomes Eligible for a Florida Learner's Permit (Unless I Can Get the Law Changed) 29 -- Real Mad Men 43 -- In Which We Learn to Love Brazil, and Try to Hate Belgium 67 -- Cable News Is On It 111 -- Everything I Know About Home Ownership I Learned From Johnny Carson 131 -- Google Glass: A Review. I Have Seen the Future, But I Had Trouble Reading It 149 -- To Russia with Ridley: The Adventures of Cloak and Dagger 163 -- A Letter to My Grandson 213.