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(Date Posted:08/24/2007 8:54 PM)
Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)Dave BarryPutnam, Sep 2007, $22.95ISBN: 9780399154379?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />This is an amusing look at the new millennium and the previous millennium.In terms of the new one, Dave Barry's annual surveys of key events (from 2000-2006) like the attorney invasion of Florida just after the final vote in the 2000 election was cast to the truth behind 2004 Abu Ghraib to 2005 when the fury of females like Katrina, Martha, and Paris owned the world.These segues are overall amusing with some in your face slapstick and others droll and witty; however, in fairness some of the entries especially the older ones have lost their jocularity.The previous millennium segment is the highlighting of history from 1000-1999 with entries like the first Gutenberg book was a Danielle Steel heater and the true cost of buying Manhattan Island when credit is unacceptable, maintenance fees are soaring, and $24 is zillions in today's present value of money.This is a lighthearted irrelevant look back at the last 1006 years although some liberals might insist the White House will believe Mr. Barry is a great historian stating just the facts (with a few mistakes that cannot be revealed as they are classified) and a lot of illustrations to prove an inconvenient truth like the Da Vinci masterpiece is pizza.Harriet Klausner
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