{"product_id":"dave-barrys-history-of-the-millennium-so-far-9780425221655","title":"Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly funny look at the tumultuous recent past from the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Remember when everything was going to go to hell when Y2K struck? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That didn't happen. Right? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But what did happen? To provide a little perspective on a really messed-up millennium (so far), the one and only Dave Barry slips into his historian's robe (it's plush terrycloth) and revisits the defining moments in our country's recent history, from the Bush years to-jeez, it's still the Bush years! As an added bonus, Barry quickly \"we're busy here\" tosses in the complete history of the \u003ci\u003elast\u003c\/i\u003e millennium, covering crucial turning points such as the invention of the pizza by Leonardo da Vinci and the computer by Charles Babbage (who died in 1871 still waiting to talk to tech support). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fellow Americans, the time has come to bone up with Barry as he puts the \u003ci\u003ehysterical\u003c\/i\u003e in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Barry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.52w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780425221655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave Barry\u003c\/b\u003e is proud to have been elected Class Clown by the Pleasantville High School class of 1965. From 1983 to 2004, he wrote a weekly humor column for the\u003ci\u003e Miami Herald, \u003c\/i\u003e which in 1988 won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He is the author of some thirty books, including his bestselling Peter Pan prequels, written with Ridley Pearson; his Christmas story \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eClass Clown\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eI'll Mature When I'm Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. Barry lives in Coral Gables, Florida, with his family and a domestic staff of forty-seven.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44251235680371,"sku":"9.78043E+12","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c9173731-8c22-476a-8049-d8b72d5a8c18.jpg?v=1769349045","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/dave-barrys-history-of-the-millennium-so-far-9780425221655","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}