{"product_id":"9780525954217","title":"Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParks and Recreation\u003c\/i\u003e actor Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a woman—who better to deliver this tutelage than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best known as \u003ci\u003eParks and Recreation\u003c\/i\u003e’s Ron Swanson?  Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in woodworking—he runs his own woodshop—\u003ci\u003ePaddle Your Own Canoe\u003c\/i\u003e features tales from Offerman’s childhood in small-town Minooka, Illinois—“I grew up literally in the middle of a cornfield”—to his theater days in Chicago, beginnings as a carpenter\/actor and the hilarious and magnificent seduction of his now-wife Megan Mullally.   It also offers hard-bitten battle strategies in the arenas of manliness, love, style, religion, woodworking, and outdoor recreation, among many other savory entrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mix of amusing anecdotes, opinionated lessons and rants, sprinkled with offbeat gaiety, \u003ci\u003ePaddle Your Own Canoe\u003c\/i\u003e will not only tickle readers pink but may also rouse them to put down their smart phones, study a few sycamore leaves, and maybe even hand craft (and paddle) their own canoes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065457459440,"sku":"9780525954217","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780525954217_p0.jpg?v=1763711168","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780525954217","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}