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Synopsis
"A gold mine of ideas . . . to help us wage personal and quiet vengeance against those who annoy us." ―South Florida Sun-Sentinel
For some of us, it's the automated voice that answers the phone when we'd rather talk to a real person. For others, it's the fact that Starbucks insists on calling its smallest-sized coffee "tall." Each of us finds some aspect of everyday life to be particularly maddening, and we often long to lash out at these stubborn irritants of modern life.
In Life's Little Annoyances, Ian Urbina chronicles the lengths to which some people will go when they have endured their pet peeves long enough and are not going to take it anymore. It is a compendium of human inventiveness, by turns juvenile and petty, but in other ways inspired and deeply satisfying.
A celebration of the endless variety of passive-aggressive behavior, Life's Little Annoyances revels in the tactics people use to vent their anger at telemarketers, loud cell-phone talkers, spammers, and others against whom we feel powerless―until now.
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About the Author
Ian Urbina is a reporter for The New York Times and has degrees in history from Georgetown and the University of Chicago. His writings, which range from domestic and foreign policy to commentary on everyday life, have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and Harper's. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, son, stepdaughter, and a nuisance of a dog.
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Have you ever wanted to tell the world that you've had it with things that infuriate you? Have you plotted revenge on people and things that make your life so annoying? Ian Urbina is a reporter for THE NEW YORK TIMES. His humorous musings will provide comfort and inspiration to anyone who has dreamed of retribution against telemarketers, subscription cards that fall out of magazines, and loud cell phone talkers, to name just a few of his topics. The uncomplicated text is reinforced by Stanley Tucci's understated, yet energetic voice. By the end of this delightfully funny production you'll ask yourself, "Now why didn't I think of that?" M.R.E. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherTimes Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0805083030
- ISBN 13 9780805083033
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages208
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