Barry, Dave

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OK, NOT BARRY'S BEST
Love That Boy
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Adventure Abounds
Peter and the Shadow Thieves is great!

Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Dave Barry , and Ridley Pearson
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Peter and the Shadow Thieves

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OK, NOT BARRY'S BEST.......2007-06-03

I LIKED this book, which is to say, it was a disappointment. Usually I LOVE Barry's stuff. So I had my hopes up, expecting Barry's best, and instead I got a nice little holiday book apparently aimed at kids.

For vintage Dave Barry check out Dave Barry's Money Tips. Now that's a great book. Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?

Barry's a fine writer, but I wish this book had been better.

Love That Boy.......2007-05-30

Sharon Creech's Love That Dog is a book of poems by a boy named Jack. Jack doesn't want to write poetry because he thinks it is for girls. In the beginning of the book, Jack is talking to his teacher and his teacher is talking back. In the end of the book it's only Jack talking.
Jack's teacher reads him (and his class) poems all the time during school. She tells them to write their own poems. Jack gives in but says she has to promise not to put it up on the board (or if she does, put no name on it.) Jack writes a poem about a blue car splattered with mud. His teacher asks him why he wrote about that. He says that the poem that his teacher read to him the day before about a red wagon didn't make sense either.
Jack writes more poems until his teacher asks him to write about a pet. Jack says he doesn't have a pet, he used to have a pet, but he doesn't want to write about it. His teacher finally gets him to write about his yellow dog named Sky.
His teacher reads him a poem by a poet named Walter Dean Myers. Jack likes the poem it is called Love That Boy. Jack's teacher reads him more poems by Walter Dean Myers that Jack likes so he decided to send him a letter to ask him to visit his school.
I thought the book was a wonderful way to make something out of poetry. It tells a good story in a different way. Sharon Creech is the author of many other books including Replay and Walk Two Moons. I recommend the book from grades 3 to 6.

Peter and the Shadow Thieves.......2007-05-30

Peter and the Shadow Thieves is a thrilling sequel to Peter and the Starcatchers. Peter is on Mollusk Island with protection from the Mollusk tribe and his fairy friend Tinkerbelle. Pirates come to the island wanting the starstuff, an extremely powerful substance that they believe is on the island. The pirates soon find that Lord Aster and his daughter, Molly have the starstuff with them in England. So, the pirates set sail for England with a guest on their ship. The guest is a powerful man-like thing called Lord Ombra that can get information from you by taking your shadow. Peter is a stowaway on the pirates ship to save Molly; and the pirates are on the ship to find Molly, Lord Aster, and the starstuff. Mollusk Island is long way from England and Lord Ombra is very powerful. Maybe even more powerful than Molly or Peter can imagine.
This is an excellent adventure story about friendship and believing in yourself and others. Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson do a great job making their voice and the characters' personality shine. This book is for children 8 to12 years old.

Adventure Abounds.......2007-05-24

What a fun adventure story for people of all ages. A nice sequel to Peter and the StarCatchers. I love Jim Dale's narration of the audio book!

Peter and the Shadow Thieves is great!.......2007-05-23

When Peter and his friend's run into an evil man like this one, they know they're in for a big challenge. It will help you a lot if you've read the book "Peter and the Starcatchers" which was the book before this. This action packed book takes place in the streets of London where Peter is trying to save the starstuff from the Other's new type of accomplice, the Shadow Thieves. The Shadow Thieves are a group of evil people who can steal people's shadows and once they do that, those people are under the shadow thieves' command. The Shadow Thief working with the Other's is Lord Ombra, a ghastly beast. When Peter learns about this, he knows he can't stop them unless he has help from his friend Molly and here dad, Lord Aster. Together they all must be able to complete the Return, a time in which the starstuff is transported up to the heavens. The only problem, they have to do this before Lord Ombra and his men can stop them!
I thought this book was excellent because I never knew what was going to happen next. The only problem with this book was that it made me frustrated that it wasn't longer because I couldn't put it down, and never wanted the book to end.

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You Need To Catch the Starcatchers!
Entertaining, but not superb
Barry's Peter Pan prequel is a love-hate book
Peter and the Star Catchers
I love it!

Peter and the Starcatchers
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Peter and the Starcatchers

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Humorist Dave Barry and suspense writer Ridley Pearson have clearly taken great delight in writing a 400-plus page prequel of sorts to Scottish dramatist J.M. Barrie's beloved Peter Pan stories. The result is a fast-paced and fluffy pirate adventure, complete with talking porpoises, stinky rogues, possible cannibals, a flying crocodile, biting mermaids, and a much-sought-after trunk full of magical glowing green "starstuff." Ever hear of Zeus? Michelangelo? Attila the Hun? According to 14-year-old Molly Aster they all derived their powers from starstuff that occasionally falls to Earth from the heavens. On Earth, it is the Starcatchers' job to rush to the scene and collect the starstuff before it falls into the hands of the Others who use its myriad powers for evil.

On board the ship Never Land, an orange-haired boy named Peter, the leader of a group of orphaned boys being sent off to work as servants in King Zarboff the Third's court, is puzzled by his shipmate Molly's fantastical story of starstuff, but it inextricably binds him to her. Peter vows to help his new, very pretty friend Molly (a Starcatcher's apprentice) keep a mysterious trunk full of the stuff out of the clutches of the pirate Black Stache, a host of other interested parties, and ultimately King Zarboff the Third.

The downright goofy, modern 8-year-old boy humor sometimes clashes with an old-time pirate sensibility, and the rapid-fire dialogue, while well paced, is far from inventive. Still, the high-seas hijinks and desert-island shenanigans will keep readers turning the pages. Greg Call's wonderful black-and-white illustrations are deliciously old-fashioned and add plenty of atmosphere to a silly, swashbuckling story that shows us how Peter Pan came to fly and why he, and his story, will never get old. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson

Customer Reviews:

You Need To Catch the Starcatchers!.......2007-06-15

This is about The Starcatchers.
The book starts of with 5 boys (Peter,Prentiss,Tubby Ted,Thomas and James)
and The owner of St. Norbert's Home for Wayward Boys (Mr. Grempkin)in a carrige on thier way to the wharf.
Mr. Grempkins is not very nice and always cuffs you on the ear if you annoy him or if he just wants to.
The carrige stoped and they stepped out to see a rusty,slimy,moldy,rotten ship.
Peter askes if that is there ship and duckes just in time because were his head was,was where Mr. Gerempkins fist was.
Then a man came off the ship and was heading for them and he didn't look very friendly.
To find out what happens to Peter and his friends and who the Starcatchers are read the book Peter and the Starcatchers.

From,
Steve's Daugter

Entertaining, but not superb.......2007-06-06

While this book is amusing and occasionally interesting, it spawns a fairly indifferent feeling about most of the main characters. Captain Hook, or Black Stache, has none of the complexity he enjoys in Peter and Wendy, instead being a fairly one dimensional villain, inspiring not so much fear or hatred as a vague, unformed feeling of contempt. Peter is a fairly bland hero, and while the star-catcher notion is intriguing, it meshes badly with the Peter Pan tale. As a stand-alone book, this is fine, a read for a rainy day, but as Pan...it doesn't measure up.

In short, if you are looking for a distraction, a book just to read a book, this will not disappoint. If, however, you are searching for an epic, or especially, a prequel to Peter Pan, I'd try something else.

Barry's Peter Pan prequel is a love-hate book.......2007-05-08

Dave Barry, revered for his hilarious, incisive humor columns in the newspaper, has proven that he is less adapted to writing serious adventure books than the humor column in the Sunday paper. The action is okay, but the plot is often slow, bogged down by stereotypical characters and dialogue. Many of the characters are one-dimensional and uninteresting. The scene at the end, where Peter opts to remain on the island instead of returning to London is corny and not believable. I did, however, enjoy the clever explanations for how Neverland, flying, Captain Hook, Tinkerbell, and the Lost Boys came about, although that too may turn some people off to the book- it takes away some of the mystery. The book was humorous, though, and I enjoyed it, despite its flaws. The basic setup of the book is that Peter is put on a ship to "somewhere", and finds that valuable "starstuff" is on his ship. This causes his ship, the Never Land, to be attackedby pirates, and Peter, with several others, are marooned on an island. The trunk full of starstuff is also on the island, and what follows is a frantic race between the pirates, the crew of the Never Land, the island natives, and Peter and his friends, all to get the trunk. Finally Peter gets the trunk and hides the starstuff, where it is safe until the "starcatchers", the people who find and remove dangerous starstuff, can take it away. It's full of action and humor, but i would recommend it to the younger crowd because it's not that deep or thought-provoking. It's like cotton candy- fluffy, sweet while it lasts, but gone in an instant. My conclusion is that you will either love this book, or hate it.

Peter and the Star Catchers.......2007-04-25

When Peter and his buddies (a.k.a. the lost boys) are forced to aboard a junky, monstrous ship, the Never Land, their life dramatically changes from grueling and dull to risky and adventuresome. All because of this one chest. It's not an ordinary one, though; it contains a secret so valuable that they captain orders it to be put on a ruined ship while he's on a luxurious ship, the Wasp, following it. Perplexing, isn't it? It might sound like the captain is a loony-bin, but he has a scheme behind it. The Sea Devil, owned by Black Stache, is after the Wasp's predicted treasure. No one would suspect the Neverland

I love it!.......2007-04-17

The main character is Peter. He's an orphan. He meets a girl named Molly, and she has a problem. She's trying to get starstuff back from the Others. It was my kind of story: fantasy. It's true story and fantasy story mixed together. I liked it a lot! I'd suggest Peter and the Starcatchers and Peter and the Shadowtheives to my friends.

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Guides to guys
predictable and unfunny after the first chapter
Hilarious
Hilarious observations about guys (AND women)!
Loaded with laughs - and several home truths as well!

Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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Release Date: 2000-09-05

Book Description

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"

Customer Reviews:

Guides to guys.......2007-05-07

Dave Berry's Guide to Guys is the best book out there to read for guys. It is so funny. It makes you wet yourself in laughter. It will make you want to read more to see what will be his next joke. There is a test that you can take if you are a guy or a man. The jokes are not too bad for young kids.

predictable and unfunny after the first chapter.......2007-03-30

starts with a bang and then fizzles out.

rent a blue-collar comedy tour dvd instead.

Hilarious.......2007-02-22

This is great stuff. It's so good, I gave it to a female coworker who always complained that she had trouble "getting" men. She made the mistake of starting to read this at her desk and was laughing out loud so hard she had to stop. It funny as hell for any guy to read, but my personal suggestion is to give it to a woman who thinks she "knows" men - she'll probably thank you one way or the other.

Hilarious observations about guys (AND women)!.......2007-02-22

According to Barry, millions of sperm are needed to fertilize a (much larger) egg as sperm do not ask for directions. He also provides a detailed explanation accompanied by a "scientific diagram" on the order in which guys choose a public urinal stand. These are but two of the most laugh out loud parts of this book, which showcases Barry at his hilarious best.

Behind the comments about the guy species there's a shrewd observer of humanity. (Note that Barry starts off by making a distinction between guys and men.) Yes, there are many remarks about women interspersed among his running commentary on guys, all the better to provide contrast to fumbling, bumbling, socially maladroit segment of the human race.

Barry's examines hackneyed gender stereotypes with a quirky eye, confirming that they are indeed, true. His analysis is witty and agile, skirting (as it were) the topics that are often the basis of much frustration to both genders, but never going overboard to offensive territory. Navigating myriad sensibilities in the Age of Political Correctness is a tricky dance indeed. Barry is a nimble performer who deserves a standing ovation!

Loaded with laughs - and several home truths as well!.......2007-02-15

I am stunned to find that only 36 readers have cared to review this book in the past decade that it has been in print. Dave Barry's Guide to Guys is one of my all time favourites, guaranteed to have me helplessly laughing each time I open it. Barry is of course well known as a humorist, one who can pick out a stray incident or event and then extract every last ounce of laughs from it. More importantly, he has an excellent eye for human interaction and underlying all his digs is a keen mind that observes people.

Though ostensibly a Guide for non-guys (read women), this book will be enjoyed by both genders. I can easily recognize myself and several of my fellow guys in this book - in fact it is uncanny how Barry seems to have been looking over my shoulder. I suspect most guys would similarly recognize themselves in these pages. For that matter, I can recognize some of my lady friends in these pages as well! I have gifted copies of the Guide to several of my lady friends, all of whom loved it. It helps them understand just how simple-minded and uncomplicated we chaps really are - and how to manage us!!

It probably helps if you read the book in the order of its pages, but frankly Barry's brand of mayhem does not require it. You can read it in any order and any number of times, with two outcomes guaranteed. One, you will find yourself nodding and saying, hey, Barry is dead right. Second, you will fall out of your chair laughing hysterically. For the latter reason, it is probably dangerous to read this book in a public place lest someone call the police to report you as crazy!

A great book to own, an even better book to gift to a friend (of either gender), a patient recovering from illness or anyone whom you wish to cheer up. I guarantee nobody can read this with a straight face.

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hilarious as always
Great Gift
Good, mindless humor!
Frickin' hysterical
he's an idiot

Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
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Book Description

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

But that’s only the beginning! Dave has also included in this book all of the important points from a book written by Donald Trump, so you don’t have to read it yourself. Plus he explains how to tip, how to negotiate for everything (including bridge tolls), how to argue with your spouse about money, and how much allowance to give your children (three dollars is plenty). He also presents, for the first time in print anywhere, the Car Dealership Code of Ethics (“Ethic Seven: The customer is an idiot”). Also, there are many gratuitous references to Angelina Jolie naked. You can’t afford not to buy this book! Probably you need several copies.

What kind of financial shape are you in right now? This scientific quiz will show you.

Be honest in your answers: If you lie, you’ll only be lying to yourself! The place to lie is on your federal tax return.

What is your annual income?
1. More than $50,000.
2. Less than $50,000.
3. However much I get when I return these empties.

Not counting your mortgage, how much money do you currently owe?
1. Less than $10,000.
2. More than $10,000.
3. Men are threatening to cut off my thumbs.

How would you describe your portfolio?
1. Conservative, mainly bonds and blue-chip equities.
2. Aggressive, mainly options and speculative stocks.
3. My what?

When analyzing an investment, what do you consider to be the most important factor?
1. The amount of return.
2. The degree of risk.
3. The name of the jockey.

How do you plan to finance your retirement?
1. Savings.
2. Social security.
3. Sale of kidneys.

—from the Introduction: “Why You Need This Book”

Also available as a Crown eBook.

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews:

hilarious as always.......2007-06-01

I think I've read every book Dave Barry has written, and this is in the top three.

Great Gift.......2007-05-23

I purchased multiple copies of this book because my husband owns a financial planning practice and I thought it would be a good gift for his employees on Administrative Assistant's Day. Well, it was! The office staff thought it was hilarious. (Hopefully, they're not reading it on company time!) I also purchased a copy for myself, because I have been a fan of Dave Barry for many years. Absolutely worth it, if only for his description of Suzie Ormond. The best part (for me) is that you will learn virtually nothing about anything financial (so my husband doesn't have to worry about any competition). Enjoy!

Good, mindless humor!.......2007-04-11

It made me smile, listening to this as I cleaned and demolished my garage, and for that alone it's worth it. If you like his newspaper columns you'll like this book, because that's the style it's written in. Light and fluffy: if you're looking for a bit of mindless humor this'll hit the spot.

Frickin' hysterical.......2007-03-23

This is the first Barry book I've ever read and I was howling - I couldn't put it down from the moment I left SLC to when the plane was almost empty in Seattle - frickin' hilarious - easy fun read - Dave Barry for President!

he's an idiot.......2007-03-08

but I say that lovingly as his humor is simple and harmless and you have to laugh.

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It's hard to write humor but this one suceeds!
One of Barry's Funniest Books!
So Funny if you are a gaijin in Japan
not one of his best but still good
Funny, but short

Dave Barry Does Japan
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Amazon.com

Is this comedic tour of Japan discreet, tasteful, or politically correct? The answer, thank god, is Naaah! Yet Dave Barry's travelogue never grows mean-spirited, and he's always ready to laugh at his own country--and by extension, himself. An example: "I understand that, even if two Japanese have worked together for many years, neither would dream of using the other's first name. Whereas Americans are on a first-name basis immediately, and by the end of the first day have generally graduated to 'Yo, Butthead!'"

Book Description

"One of the funniest peole ever to tap tap on a PC."
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Not since George Bush's memorable dinner with the Japanese prime minister has the Land of the Rising Sun seen the likes of a goodwill ambassador like Dave Barry. Join him as he belts out oldies in a karaoke bar, marries a geriatric geisha girl, takes his first bath in public, bows to just about everyone, and explores culture shock in all its numerous humorous forms, including: Failing to Learn Japanese in Only Five Minutes (Or: "Very Much Good Morning, Sir!") ; Humor in Japan (Take My Tofu, Please!); Sports in Japan ("Yo, Batter! Loudly Make it Fly!"), and more.

Customer Reviews:

It's hard to write humor but this one suceeds!.......2007-03-19

I had to go to Japan several times for work and this book really does bring out the things (in a funny way) that are different than the country I'm from, which is the U.S. If you have not been to Japan but if you are a Dave Barry fan, I wouldn't recommend the book as I think you have to be there before you would really appreciate all that Dave talks about. I've given this book to several others who use to go with me to Japan and everyone finds is is "laugh out loud" funny.

One of Barry's Funniest Books!.......2007-02-15

I like to keep funny books on my night table so I can fall asleep with a joyous thought. For years I kept Dave Barry Does Japan beside my bed. After having read it through the first time, I would just open it to any page, giggle, and fall into a happy sleep.
This is one HILARIOUS book from the greatest humor writer of all time!

So Funny if you are a gaijin in Japan.......2007-01-16

If you're a gaijin living in Japan you will totally relate to this book and some of the experiences. Most of it is so funny. Some of it is a little outdated, but overall great fun.

not one of his best but still good.......2005-11-08

Humor columnist Dave Barry takes on Japan and its culture in this hilarious book. Shortly after deplaning, he notices something impressive. No, not the architecture. He seems to be the tallest person in the area. He's tempted to get a basketball and carry it with him, but that temptation passes. With the same ready wit, he describes the experience of "mincing" in hotel slippers (shoes are forbidden), visiting pools of hot mud, trying to bridge the language barrier, searching for something vaguely edible, and realizing that the Japanese, as a people, have a long way to go before they achieve the same sophomoric heights of humor and aggressive nonconformity that Americans do so effortlessly - like Barry.

Funny, but short.......2005-09-29

This is the first (and only) book by Dave Barry that I've read. It was funny--I laughed out loud several times more than one would expect for such a short book--but I would definitely not recommended as one's sole diversion during a plane trip to Japan from the U.S. You'd be done before Hawaii.

It's also in a somewhat awkward position in the post-Made in America/Rising Sun/Japan That Can Say No era, as any American who still has more than a passing interest in Japan will no doubt know most if not all the cultural tidbits upon which Mr. Barry's anecdotes are based, thus negating some of the humor/shock value that the book might otherwise provide.

Escape from the Carnivale: A Never Land Book

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*** Buyer Beware ****
Amazing tale for all ages!
The Peter Pan prequel saga continues

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Customer Reviews:

*** Buyer Beware ****.......2007-03-30

If you're expecting the same caliber of book as 'Peter and the StarCatchers' or 'Peter and the Shadow Thieves' both by Dave Barry, this book is only a 2-3 hour read and not the continuation of those two books. From the cover you get the impression that it's another FULL NOVEL, but it's not. It's just a short read. The story is nice, but nothing like the EXCELLENT two books listed above.

Amazing tale for all ages!.......2007-01-28

Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have done it again! With an extension of their Peter Pan series this book tells of an extraordinary adventure about a Mollusk Indian princess who goes on a curious journey with her two mermaid friends. As with the two other books in the series, Peter and the Starcatchers and Peter and the Shadow Thieves, this book flowed well and kept the problems at the forefront of the story.
In the story Little Scallop and her friends, despite the warnings of their elders, decide to travel out of the lagoon in search of pearls. When a storm approaches, trouble strikes and it's up to our heroin to save the day! The characters have to face their wrong doings and figure out how to solve their problem. Barry and Pearson also include subplots of dangerous pirates and a mysterious ship which keeps the book moving quickly and helps the reader stay interested.
I enjoyed discovering new characters in Neverland and being able to get to know them. Little Scallop adds a female heroin to the series making this an excellent tale for young female readers. When informed she couldn't go on an escapade because she was a young girl, it did not stop her motivation to have an adventure of her own. The authors' use of clever imagery will transport the reader into the story and take them on a grand journey with lots of action. This is a book that I will definitely include in my classroom library and would make an excellent read aloud for intermediate grades!

The Peter Pan prequel saga continues.......2006-11-11

I liked this book because it tells of an epic story of what Little Scallop must do to save one of the mermaids. The pirates try to board the ship unsuccessfully due to Mr. Grin. This is a great follow-up book to Peter and the Starcatchers and then Peter and the Shadow Thieves. It's a must read for all boys and girls ages 8 and up!

Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism!

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loved it!
Dave and the The Clown Narrator from Hell
Funny Stuff!
Re-read this to re-live the year 2000 and all its quirks
Still a Fan

Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism!
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
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Release Date: 2004-09-28

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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 won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1988, and his columns are syndicated in more than 500 newspapers. His most recent books, Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down and the novels Big Trouble and Tricky Business, were national bestsellers. He lives in Miami, Floriduh.

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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:<ul>

The scientific search for the world's funniest joke (you can bet it includes the word "weasel")</li>

RV camping in the Wal-Mart parking lot</li>

Outwitting "smart" kitchen appliances and service contracts</li>

Elections in Florida ("You can't spell Florida without 'duh'")</li>

The Olympics, where people from all over the world come together to accuse each other of cheating</li>

The truth about the Dakotas, the Lone Ranger, and feng shui</li>

The choice between death and taxes</li></ul>

And much, much more -- including some truths about journalism and serious thoughts about 9/11.

Customer Reviews:

loved it!.......2007-04-01

I purchased this particular book because I wanted the articles about Grand Forks, North Dakota. When I received it and read those specific ones first, then I went back and started at the beginning...and could barely put it down. Mr. Barry is one of our favorite writers and always has us in stitches about some of the things he comes up with.
I wish I had his quick wit and fantastic humor. : )

Dave and the The Clown Narrator from Hell.......2007-02-03

I've been reading Dave Barry for years, and have developed my own impression of Dave's comic voice. It is laid back, dry, a little slow-witted and beer-addled, maybe. But it is not the bozo-clone, wacky-happy voice that was chosen to read this compilation of Dave's work. I can only assume that Dave was ball-gagged and duct-taped to his office chair when the auditions were going on. *My* Dave would never have allowed his work to be so hokily performed.

Anyway, "Boogers Are My Beat" is another workmanlike effort from the master of modern comedy. Dave uses his standard comedic formulae (suggesting phrases as good names for rock bands, using outrageous numerical exaggerations and making self-deprecatory remarks about his lack of masculine skills) to actually write some decent material. In spite of Bozo the Narrator, it is still possible to get a few laughs from these columns, which is a testament to the quality of Dave's wit. Dave covers the 2000 Democratic and Republican conventions, where he beats up on silly demonstrators who shout on behalf of "the people.". He climbs a Florida trash heaps with Tenzig Norgay's son, samples the fine products of Grand Forks, ND (a baggie filled with peat) and describes life with his 2-year old Barbie-loving daughter. His piece on driving a new Hummer pokes fun at the price tag and at its hyper-macho gadgetry, including self-inflating tires. Dave avoids direct analysis of politics -- though his endless Bill Clinton jokes (Clinton is a philanderer! Ha! Ha!) seem dated and got on my nerves. But the Office of Homeland Security made a horrible faux-pas (literally, weasel poop) when it picked him, his wife and toddling daughter for an extensive airport screening. What better way to show the ludicrous nature of our screening procedures than to force the 2-year-old child of a famous humor columnist to crawl alone through a metal detector.

Anyway, there are worse ways to experience the comic stylings of Dave Barry. Just kidding -- short of special rendition, this audio CD *is* the worst way. Get the book and record it yourself, even if you are just learning to read. Or just read it the old-fashioned way from the printer page. You'll thank me later.
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On a more somber note, Dave ends of volume with two of his 9/11-related columns. While he's not a master of global nuance, his columns were full of heartfelt emotions for those who had lost loved ones in the attacks. His evocations of the spirit of Gettysburg (in his reflection on the experience of Flight 93, which crashed into Shanksvillee, PA) were somber and actually quite profound. Not bad for a guy who normal jokes about bodily effusions.

Funny Stuff!.......2006-08-02

Dave Barry has written and selected an extremely humorous collection of his articles from The Miami Herald. There is a huge margin in difference of quality in Boogers are My Beat than in his initial non fiction books such as Dave Barry's Bad Habits. Boogers are My Beat is one of those rare books that once you start turning the pages you don't want to put down until the back cover. Dave Barry educates his fellow man on a diverse range of topics such as why you can't use the towels hanging in the bathroom, the Salt Lake City Olympics, babies on airlines, North Dakota, Bear in the Big Blue House and cell phones to name just a few.

His article written the day after September 11 and one written a year after, about the Philadelphia crashed plane are also included which prove Barry could have been a serious writer if he had pursued that career. Thankfully he didn't because the rest of the book is hysterically funny as is his Carl Hiaasen style fiction novel Tricky Business. Big Trouble isn't bad either. Check them out along with his other non fiction novels as well.

Re-read this to re-live the year 2000 and all its quirks.......2005-07-08

I always trust Dave Barry to provide me with some quality laughs, and this book does not disappoint. He covers the 2000 presidental campaigns and conventions, the Florida election counting debacle, the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and a bunch of regular weekly columns from that time period.

Barry concludes with two amazing columns about September 11th. These are stunning. When I was searching for reading material/commentary in those days immediately post-9/11, I wish I had found these columns. His ability to write to Americans in the face of tragedy proves his true depth and talent as a columnist. (Yes, he actually writes about moore than just boogers.)

Still a Fan.......2005-05-31

I've been a Dave Barry fan since he was writing columns about his (now twenty-something) two-year old son doing embarassing things in public places. Now Barry is on a new wife and has a brand new two-year old to write columns about. And he still thinks the word (and presumably the concept of) "booger" is funny.

I picked up this book with mixed feelings. He seems to rely more and more on silly humor (boogers, exploding toilets, hilarious names for rock bands) rather than the classic columns of Dave Barry's Bad Habits (my favorite Barry book). And the jackets of his books always have him in some ridiculous pose. I keep saying, "This will be my last Dave Barry book."

But Dave Barry always comes through. I read this latest book cover to cover. His comments on the Republican and Democratic conventions were scathing, his observations at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City were deadly, and the serious columns at the end reveal that there is more to Barry than adolescent humor. (His essay from an earlier collection, written after the death of his mother, is a masterpiece.)

So I will ignore the goofy cover photos, the inane titles, and the wacky cartoons, and just read what Barry writes -- solid, mostly humorous, essays.

Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months, with Tools You Probably Have around the Home

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One of Dave Barry's best laughs
Warning - Do not read in last trimester!
THE ONLY BOOK YOU WILL NEED......
Not worth the money
Barry at his best

Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months, with Tools You Probably Have around the Home
Dave Barry
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ASIN: 0878575103

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In this classic crack-up of a book, Dave Barry gives his wacky perspective on sex, childbirth, parenting and other forms of slow, cruel torture.

In Babies and Other Hazards of Sex, Dave exposes natural childbirth for what it is: a pop phenomenon of the 1960s that, along with paisley bell-bottoms and creative sideburns, deserves a rest. He examines the new federal law requiring prospective fathers to free themselves from their self-made macho prisons--to laugh, cry, love and just generally behave like certified wimps.

Dave also reveals, for the first time in print, the secret chant for painless childbirth.

Then learn why no secret chant could possibly take a woman's mind off the fact that she is in such pain that she wants a gigantic comet to crash into the earth and kill her and her husband and the dotor and the nurses and everyone else in the world.

Customer Reviews:

One of Dave Barry's best laughs.......2007-01-21

Purchased as a gift for a close friend shortly after they found out they were expecting, because I purchased this 5 years ago when our son and his wife were expecting and living a great distance away. Both men found this book a laugh a minute. Dave Barry at his best.

Warning - Do not read in last trimester!.......2006-06-29

This book is very funny, weirdly prophetic and difficult to read if you've got 8lbs of baby pressing down on your bladder!

THE ONLY BOOK YOU WILL NEED.............2005-10-21

I have always been a fan of Dave Barry.
When my baby's mama got pregnant I spent the better part of three months in a drunken haze. "WHAT WILL I DO?!" I constantly asked my friends. None of them knew. I had just barely turned twenty one and none of my friends were or ever had been in the same boat.
Truth of the matter is, nobody can tell you what to do in this circumstance. The object is to go with the flow, from the time that chick of yours gets pregnant to ... forever.
I was THRILLED when I found this book, and it did not dissapoint. Without it I may have lost my mind and killed that chick with a hatchet.
Very funny, and it will make you forget that you are in HELL! Must have for suprised "expectants."

Not worth the money.......2005-08-04

Just not funny, I returned the book and got my money back.

Barry at his best.......2004-02-02

I buy this book for every expectant father I know. A very nice break from all the "what to expect when you're expecting" books

Average customer rating:

not 100% funny but he doesn't need to be
Fun to read a bit at a time
Audio Version a real treat
6 Stars
One More Time!

Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Release Date: 1997-04-28

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A Greatest Hits package to die for, in which the inimitable, Pulitzer-packing humorist applies himself to taxes, toilets, airbags, baseball, beer commercials, and numerous other American artifacts. A typical bit, from a piece on legalized gambling: "Off-Track Betting parlors are the kinds of places where you never see signs that say, 'Thank You for Not Smoking.' The best you could hope for is, 'Thank You for Not Spitting Pieces of Your Cigar on My Neck.'" Happy? There's plenty more where that came from.

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WHEN DAVE BARRY IS ON THE LOOSE, NO ONE IS SAFE!

What Dave Barry did for the men's movement in his Complete Guide to Guys and for foreign relations when he did Japan he now does for . . . everything in America. The rapacious observer of Tupperware ladies and leisure concept salesmen sounds off on:

Football--Football is more than just a game. It is a potential opportunity to see a live person lying on the ground with a bone sticking out of his leg, while the fans, to show their appreciation, perform "the wave."

Sailing--There's nothing quite like getting out on the open sea, where you can forget about the hassles and worries of life on land, and concentrate on the hassles and worries of life on the sea, such as death by squid.

Gambling--Off-Track Betting parlors are the kinds of places where you never see signs that say, "Thank You for Not Smoking." The best you can hope for is, "Thank You for Not Spitting Pieces of Your Cigar on My Neck."

"The good news: he's funny as ever. The bad news: the book is only 304 pages."
--Los Angeles Daily News

Customer Reviews:

not 100% funny but he doesn't need to be .......2007-03-07

A typical Barry column in this collection is like some Mel Brooks movies I've seen- he throws so much humor (or at least intended humor) at you that even if only 10% of it is funny, you are still laughing at least once or twice per essay. The ideal way to spend time when you are trapped at, say, a haircut appointment or a Greyhound bus (which is where I was when I read this fun little book!)

Fun to read a bit at a time.......2007-01-27

I enjoyed this book partly because it is about 80 separate columns in one book. It's easy to skim the titles and choose one that sounds right for your mood. I read it before going to sleep over the course of a couple of months, one or two chapters most evenings. I didn't really read them in any set order and occasionally had to guess if I'd already read the chapter before looking at the first paragraph or two. Some of the stories are "laugh out loud" funny while others are just okay.

It's certainly reasonably priced even if some of the material is a bit dated.

I would recommend this book to any Dave Barry fan.

Audio Version a real treat.......2006-10-03

My cassette tape version was read by John Ritter who was one of the few people who could actually read Dave Barry correctly - he put the emphasis in the right places and pauses to make the jokes work perfectly.

On to the material -

It was a bit up and down, but mostly up (even the downs weren't down very far). His time-share condo essay is a gem that should be printed off and handed out to people before they go into a time-share condo presentation. His "Diplodocus" essay was funny and touching all at the same time. One of his best ever. The "Can New York Save Itself?" essay was a prime example of Dave taking a joke and running it into the ground. It was mildly amusing but it kept going and going and going and going and ... you get the point.

So, this one gets a B+.

6 Stars.......2006-09-13

I don't read much, I just don't really like to. But reading this book is not like reading at all. This is by far the funniest book I have ever read. Dave Barry is the funniest man alive. I don't laugh much or loud, but as I was reading this book to myself I would find myself laughing out loud very very often.

One More Time!.......2006-07-08

My husband requested this book, not remembering he had already read it. Never mind. He loves Dave Barry's writing so much he read it over again. I wonder whether he will pass this copy on to the same cousin who got the first copy.

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I'd never read Dave Barry's writing before, but I certainly will now . . .
Dave Barry's Genius
Barry has Written Better
A Baby Boomers wet dream...
a touch of maturity in there, too

Dave Barry Turns 50
Dave Barry
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"Many bad things happen when you turn 50. You can't see; you can't hear; you can read the entire Oxford English Dictionary in the time it takes you to go to the bathroom; and you keep meeting people your own age who look like Grandpa Walton (and those are the women)." Yep, Dave Barry is getting old, and the King of Humor may soon become the King Lear of Humor, but fear not, because Dave is not going quietly. Dave Barry Turns 50 is Barry at his best, mainly because it succeeds in being more than simply a collection of his newspaper columns. He examines the development of the baby boomer, from youth in the '50s ("an age so innocent that there could be a TV show featuring a main character called 'The Beaver'") to maturity in the '70s ("We ... basked in the reflected glory of Woodward and Bernstein: we were inspired by them; we kept a sharp eye out for any hint of corruption in the way our local school board purchased clarinets for the marching band"), before providing a self-help guide for those entering their second half century.

Barry could squeeze laughs out of a prostate exam (eventually he may have to, although the cover of this book proudly states that he refuses to even mention the word prostate), and Dave Barry Turns 50 provides him with ample opportunities to demonstrate the agile wit that has endeared him to millions of fans. Even in the final chapters, when he faces the inevitability of death, he manages to keep chuckling--after all, he is only 50, and this, he points out, "...is our glory time, this last decade or so before our powers decline and we start showing up for work with our pants on backwards." Let's hope that we'll be around for Dave Barry Turns 90. --Simon Leake

Amazon.com Audiobook Review

When your average baby boomer wakes up and discovers he's old, it might not be the funniest moment of his life. But Dave Barry isn't your average boomer. And he doesn't read this--his hilarious account of turning 50--with the expected whining grief of someone whose world has become utterly pointless. No, where others might shriek in horror at the thought of getting "wrinkled, and forgetful and achy, and that you gain weight merely by watching food commercials," Mr. Barry takes a much more mature and less-panicked approach--he cracks jokes. For anyone accustomed to Barry's writing, with its trademark drollery and knowing wit, his off-handed narration and casual, Everyman's voice will bring an added pleasure to his hysterical observations on the golden years--especially if their eyes have started to go, along with their teeth and hair and other remnants of fleeting youth. (Running time: three hours, two cassettes) --George Laney

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes a celebration of the aging process. Not just Dave's, but that of the whole Baby Boom Generation--those millions of us who set a standard for whining self-absorption that will never be equaled, and who gave birth to such stunning accomplishments as Saturday Night Live!, the New Age movement, and call waiting. Here Dave pinpoints the glaring signs that you've passed the half-century mark:

- You are suddenly unable to read anything written in letters smaller than Marlon Brando.
- You have accepted the fact that you can't possibly be hip. You don't even know if "hip" is the right word for hip anymore, and you don't care.
- You remember nuclear-attack drills at school wherein you practiced protecting yourself by crouching under your desk, which was apparently made out of some kind of atomic-bomb-proof wood.
- You can't name the secretary of defense, but you can still sing the Mister Clean song.

So pop open a can of Geritol®, kick back in that recliner, grab those reading glasses, and let the good times roll--before they roll right over you!

Customer Reviews:

I'd never read Dave Barry's writing before, but I certainly will now . . . .......2007-03-10

Wow! This book is so funny that I kept my spouse awake with my raucous laughter -- and had to put it away as soon as he fell to sleep so I didn't end up in divorce court.

After sharing a few anecdotes with him, we both started going to bed laughing hysterically as if we were back in high school!

A delightful read -- and wonderful gift for those boomers approaching their 50th birthdays.

Dave Barry's Genius.......2006-11-10

Anything by Dave Barry is genius - full of insight, uncannily funny, entertaining, and thought provoking. Dave Barry Turns 50 makes a perfect small gift for 50th birthdays (as does Dave Barry Turns 40 for those a decade younger.)

Barry has Written Better.......2006-08-19

This is one of Barry's books where he includes a lot of personal stories and like in other novels where he does this, the overall quality, entertainment and humour doesn't quite reach the high benchmark of his usual work where he just comments on the world. This book should really be called Dave Barry relives his life in the 60's and early 70's as that pretty much is all that's in this book. Even though when turning 50 Barry obviously lived must have lived through the 80's and 90's there is no commentary what so ever on these decades so if you weren't alive back in the 60's and 70's then obviously you are not going to enjoy the reminiscing factor.

An interesting look at America in the 60's and 70's but if you weren't alive back then I'd suggest better Barry non fiction books such as Boogers are My Beat and Homes and Other Black Holes. Also read Barry's fiction masterpiece Tricky Business.

A Baby Boomers wet dream..........2006-05-22

Dave Barry Turns 50 is less about turning 50 than it is a humorous recounting of growing up a Baby Boomer.

Barry chronicles all the major events, fads, trends and people who impacted the life of a typical boomer. Along the way Barry unleashes heavy doses of his wildly funny wit, recurring punch lines and he even throws in a bit of social and political commentary to boot.

If you're a Barry fan or an aging boomer then this book won't disappoint. Plenty of Barry humor to chuckle at and lots of references to stuff and events to which every boomer can relate.

However, if you're new to Barry's world then I suggest you start with one of his other works - Dave Barry Slept Here for example. It similar to Turns 50 in the way it's constructed and written, but the humor is turned up to high and the commentary is turned completely off (except when used to poke fun at something).

Though Turns 50 goes back to the fence...it's not a quite a home run.

a touch of maturity in there, too.......2004-02-13

The guy is gross, goofy, really really funny, but he's not the tenage moron he sets you up for. I read this book on my way to Japan for the first time. It was a great flight companion and every word of it turned out to be true. How he could get such insights out of so short a trip, with kids in tow amazes me, but my point here is that he handled the tough stuff--racism, pacifism...you know, the NOT FUNNY!!! stuff...with the compusure of a monk! Really. I would have read the book just for the profound insights (sorry Dave). As it happened my trip coincided with Bush's declaration of war on Iraq. Had I not read his chapter on Hiroshima, I would have been blindsided by the questions I was asked in highschool classrooms about the American attitude toward war. Intestinal fortitude or not, I vote for Dave to represent us around the globe.

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