Dave Barry
Auteur van Peter and the Starcatchers
Over de Auteur
Dave Barry was born in Armonk, New York on July 3, 1947. He received an English degree from Haverford College in 1969. His early attempts at small-town journalism for the Daily Local News in West Chester, Pennsylvania, were directed towards local matters, such as zoning and sewage. In 1975, he toon meer briefly attempted to teach business writing to business people. Since then, he has worked as a professional humorist. For many years he wrote a newspaper column that appeared in more than 500 newspapers and for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He is the author of numerous fiction, nonfiction, and young adult books. His novels include Big Trouble, Tricky Business, Lunatics, and Insane City. His nonfiction works include Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys, Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States, I'll Mature When I'm Dead, You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About, and Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer Is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry. His young adult books include the Starcatchers series and the Never Land series. Dave Barry's title, Best. State. Ever, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist. His recent novel, "Big Trouble," spent several months on the "New York Times" best-seller list, & his most recent nonfiction book, "Dave Barry Turns 50," was also a national best-seller. Dave lives in Miami, Florida. (Publisher Provided) toon minder
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Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States (1989) 1,152 exemplaren, 21 besprekingen
Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway : A Vicious and Unprovoked Attack on Our Most Cherished Political Institutions (2001) 495 exemplaren, 9 besprekingen
Escape from the Carnivale: A Never Land Book (A Peter and the Starcatchers Never Land Book) (2006) — Auteur — 401 exemplaren, 7 besprekingen
I'll Mature When I'm Dead : Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood (2010) 393 exemplaren, 31 besprekingen
Dave Barry's Guide to Life (Contains: "Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex" / "Babies and Other Hazards of Sex" / (1987) 390 exemplaren, 3 besprekingen
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog (2006) 380 exemplaren, 24 besprekingen
Dave Barry's Money Secrets : Like, Why is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar? (2006) 357 exemplaren, 13 besprekingen
Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months, with Tools You Probably Have around the… (1984) 246 exemplaren, 3 besprekingen
Claw Your Way to the Top: How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week (2000) 210 exemplaren, 2 besprekingen
You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About (2014) 191 exemplaren, 10 besprekingen
Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry (2015) 148 exemplaren, 7 besprekingen
All the Dave Barry You Could Ever Want : Four Classic Books in One from America's Foremost Humorist (2001) 147 exemplaren
Peter and the Starcatchers: The Starcatchers Series Books 1-3: Box Set (2008) 93 exemplaren, 2 besprekingen
"My Teenage Son's Goal In Life Is To Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old" and Other Thoughts On Parenting From Dave Barry (2001) 50 exemplaren, 2 besprekingen
A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them...and Much More. Maybe Too… (2019) 48 exemplaren, 1 bespreking
"The Greatest Invention In The History Of Mankind Is Beer" And Other Manly Insights From Dave Barry (2001) 37 exemplaren
Dave Barry Collection: Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down, Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway, and Tricky… (2004) 14 exemplaren
Peter and the Starcatchers Series (Set of 5) Starcatchers, Shadow Thieves, Secret of Rundoon, Sword of Mercy, Bridge to… (2010) — Auteur — 5 exemplaren
How To Easily Speed Up My Computer 2 exemplaren
Peter and the Starcatchers Set 2 exemplaren
Childbirth Is Yucky 2 exemplaren
Io e Lucy 1 exemplaar
The Worst Class Trip Ever 1 exemplaar
Peter and the Starcatchers Series - Books 1-4 1 exemplaar
עסקים מפוקפקים 1 exemplaar
Insane City 1 exemplaar
ממאדים וגם מנוגה 1 exemplaar
To Read This, First Open Eyes... 1 exemplaar
Dave Barry Takes on Old Man Winter 1 exemplaar
Redecorating For Under $650,000 1 exemplaar
Passion: Men on Men {audio} — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
How To Argue Effectively 1 exemplaar
צרות בצרורות : רומן 1 exemplaar
NCTM: "Booger" (in Naked Came the Manatee) 1 exemplaar
2007: An Inconvenient Year 1 exemplaar
Dave Barry, Laughs for Losers - Vinyl Record 1 exemplaar
Natural Childbirth 1 exemplaar
Swamp Story 1 exemplaar
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For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Medewerker — 458 exemplaren, 3 besprekingen
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Medewerker — 252 exemplaren, 3 besprekingen
Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (2000) — Medewerker — 236 exemplaren, 6 besprekingen
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Mid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude (1994) — Medewerker — 68 exemplaren, 3 besprekingen
Peter and the Starcatcher: The Annotated Script of the Broadway Play (2012) — Introductie — 38 exemplaren
Photo du Jour: A Picture-a-Day Journey through the First Year of the New Millennium (Focus on History) (2002) — Voorwoord — 21 exemplaren
Funny Times: A Monthly Newspaper of Humor, Politics & Fun, Volume 16, Issue 3 (2001) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Funny Times: A Monthly Newspaper of Humor, Politics & Fun, Volume 16, Issue 2 (2001) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Barry, Dave
- Officiële naam
- Barry, David McAlister
- Geboortedatum
- 1947-07-03
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Armonk, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Opleiding
- Haverford College (B.A., English, 1969)
- Beroepen
- columnist
guitarist (Rock Bottom Remainders) - Organisaties
- Rock Bottom Remainders (band)
The Miami Herald
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- Pulitzer Prize (Commentary, 1988)
- Korte biografie
- The New York Times has pronounced Dave Barry "the funniest man in America." But of course that could have been on a slow news day when there wasn't much else fit to print. True, his bestselling collections of columns are legendary, but it is his wholly original books that reveal him as an American icon. Dave Barry Slept Here was his version of American history. Dave Barry Does Japan was a contribution to international peace and understanding from which Japan has not yet fully recovered. Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys is among the best-read volumes in rehab centers and prisons. Raised in a suburb of New York, educated in a suburb of Philadelphia, he lives now in a suburb of Miami. He is not, as he often puts it so poetically, making this up.
Dave's most recent books are "Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland," and "Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog." His next book, "A Field Guide To The Jewish People," which he co-wrote with his friends Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel, will be published September 24. Dave is not Jewish, but Adam and Alan are, so it's kosher.
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I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing… door Dave Barry
Lots of very funny stuff in this book. I read it in three sittings; the first sitting I found it to be very funny, with a laugh or two on every page. The second sitting I didn't find it as funny, so I put it down, then I did laugh again on the third read. I suggest if you're finding it funny, keep going. Barry is a very funny guy, and he works hard at it (sometimes the work shows) and has an excellent rhythm to the writing. Sometimes the targets (men, dogs, 24) see a bit predictable.
Any review I write will be incredibly biased by nostalgia because it was one of the first series I found on my own and enjoyed enough to reread several times. I suppose I’ll leave it at this: this book is really quite fantastic and you should definitely read it if you get the chance!
An action-comedy set in the Everglades, featuring hidden treasure, social media, and a fake swamp monster. Fun concept, mildly amusing execution, but I was getting a little tired of it by the end. I also found the main bad guys considerably more disturbing (as opposed to entertainingly menacing) than I think I was meant to. Pro tip for male writers: for a significant portion of your audience, rape threats will automatically make your novel feel approximately 1500% less light-hearted. Yes, even if it does also include murder.… (meer)
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