{"product_id":"the-trouble-with-nowadays-a-curmudgeon-strikes-back-9780345297204","title":"The Trouble with Nowadays: A Curmudgeon Strikes Back","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Crusty Curmudgeon and Charter Member of The Society to Put Things Back The Way They Were, bestselling author Cleveland Amory offers the last word on everything that has made a shambles out of modern life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eServants: \u003c\/i\u003e \"I have often wondered where all the good, old-fashioned servants have gone. They must be somewhere, they couldn't have \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e died.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Government: \u003c\/i\u003e \"The only difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is that the Republicans are socialists and the Democrats are communists.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWomen: \u003c\/i\u003e \"The day I put 'Ms.' on a letter of mine, it'll be either to someone else's mistress or the Bureau of Msing Persons.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eChildren: \u003c\/i\u003e \"Remember, children are, no matter how much we detest them, the you and me of tomorrow.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs: \u003c\/i\u003e \"Every damn president since I can remember has been so in love with foreign policy that they're just like a schoolboy with a new girl.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eReligion: \u003c\/i\u003e \"Nowadays Sunday is just one more excuse to do whatever you damn please.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cleveland Amory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345297204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCleveland Amory \u003c\/b\u003e(1917-1998), who had been called \"the premier protector of animals on this planet,\" wrote three \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers about his cats: \u003ci\u003eThe Cat Who Came for Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cat and the Curmudgeon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best Cat Ever\u003c\/i\u003e. A former columnist for \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the chief critic for \u003ci\u003eTV Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, and contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, Amory founded the Fund for Animals\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ein 1967, from whose headquarters in New York City he directed his far-flung anticruelty operations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40822428598387,"sku":"9.78035E+12","price":18.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ab9fee56-8e9d-4171-bdbd-5f0b1118ba6f.jpg?v=1683723739","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-trouble-with-nowadays-a-curmudgeon-strikes-back-9780345297204","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}