{"product_id":"9781449437794","title":"News of the Weird: Ironies","description":"A school principal in Ohio resigning after admitting she lied about her income on federal forms so that her children could qualify for reduced-price school lunches, the writer of Elizabeth Taylor’s \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e obituary having died six years before Taylor, and a Christian pole-dancing class––just a few examples of the humorous anecdotes found in \u003ci\u003eNews of the Weird\u003c\/i\u003e’s “Ironies,” an e-book original that proves that truth is stranger than fiction.\u003cbr\u003eWhat started as a hobby among a few friends more than 25 years ago, Chuck Shepherd's \u003ci\u003eNews of the Weird\u003c\/i\u003e,  has grown to be the most widely syndicated compendium of  strange-but-true news stories today. Shepherd has turned this hobby into  a mission, and now with the aid of the Internet, he continues to  present a weekly distillation of the best bizarre dispatches gathered  from around the world.\u003cbr\u003eNot simply an aggregation of news feeds indiscriminately thrown together, \u003ci\u003eNews of the Weird\u003c\/i\u003e  contains items hand-picked by a man whose long experience in the realm  of the unreal has given him a discerning eye. He would be the first to  tell you that you really can't make this stuff up, nor do you need to.  Drawing from legitimate reportage, Chuck has plenty of material to work  with, and he delivers each story he selects with a dry wit that lets its  human eccentricity stand for itself - no need for embellishment. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124122599664,"sku":"9781449437794","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449437794_p0.jpg?v=1769906684","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449437794","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}