{"product_id":"2940045181112","title":"Chariots of Ire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Parham has done it again...'Chariots' is another smash in a long list of dangerously funny books\" -- Author McKendree Long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumorist Barry Parham is back, taking aim at social media, marketing, politics, and other human shortcomings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Parham is the award-winning author of humor columns, essays and short stories. He is a recovering software freelancer and a music fanatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParham is the author of the 2009 sleeper, \"Why I Hate Straws,\" his debut collection of humor and satire including the award-winning stories, 'Going Green, Seeing Red' \u0026amp; 'Driving Miss Conception.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn October 2010, Parham published \"Sorry, We Can't Use Funny,\" another award-winning collection of general-topic satire and humor, and the more targeted \"Blush: Politics and other unnatural acts.\" He followed up in 2011 with \"The Middle-Age of Aquarius,\" a growing-old-but-not-so-gracefully vehicle for the award-winners 'Comfortably Dumb,' 'Snowblind' and 'The Zodiac Buzz-Killer.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Full Frontal Stupidity\" (2012), Parham's 5th collection of humor, satire and observations, features more award-winning stories, including 'Skirts vs. Skins' and 'Scenes From a Maul.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost recently, his work appeared in three national humor anthologies:\u003cbr\u003e\"My Funny Valentine\" (2011)\u003cbr\u003e\"Open Doors: Fractured Fairy Tales\" (2012)\u003cbr\u003e\"My Funny Major Medical\" (2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barry Parham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075024208112,"sku":"2940045181112","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045181112_p0.jpg?v=1763972367","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045181112","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}