{"product_id":"0425221652-dave_barrys_history_of_the_millennium_so_far","title":"Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly funny look at the tumultuous recent past from the Pulitzer Prize—winning humorist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemember when everything was going to go to hell when Y2K struck?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat didn't happen. Right?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFellow Americans, the time has come to bone up with Barry as he puts the \u003ci\u003ehysterical\u003c\/i\u003e in history.\u003c\/p\u003e Publishers Weekly \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Barry retired his column in 2004, he continues to examine current events with his annual \"Year in Review\" surveys, and the ones he wrote between 2000 and 2006 are collected here. He opens with a 33-page outline of history (from 1000 to 1999) in which we learn that the first book Gutenberg mass produced in 1455 was \u003ci\u003eCodpieces of Passion\u003c\/i\u003eby Danielle Steel, and that computer pioneer Charles Babbage \"died in 1871, still waiting to talk to someone from Technical Support.\" In 2002, airline industry losses prompted \"America West, in a cost-cutting measure, to eliminate the cockpit minibar\"; 2003: Jayson Blair, leaving the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\"thoroughly disgraced, is forced to accept a six-figure book contract\"; 2004: Abu Ghraib photos revealed \"soldiers repeatedly forcing prisoners to look at the video of Janet Jackson's right nipple\"; 2006: Osama bin Laden released \"another audiotape, for the first time making it downloadable from iTunes.\" As a time line of humor, some of Barry's jokes were probably funnier the year they were written, but it's still a breezy and entertaining read. The 32 clever cartoon illustrations brighten the book's pages. \u003ci\u003e(Sept. 17)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCopyright 2007 Reed Business Information\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHumor \u0026amp; Satire\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eSatire\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49042385436862,"sku":"0425221652-4","price":19.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81lxefHrkpL.jpg?v=1789569314","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0425221652-dave_barrys_history_of_the_millennium_so_far","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}