{"product_id":"9781938849459","title":"Mark Twain's Guide to Diet, Exercise, Beauty, Fashion, Investment, Romance, Health and Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of Mark Twain quotes presents the best of the curmudgeonly writer's thoughts on diet, exercise, medicine, smoking, drinking, romance, parenting, old age, fashion, finances, politics, and stress management. Curated by a well-known Twain expert and mining lesser-known texts, speeches, and notebooks, it's the perfect gift for anyone who's had enough of Gwyneth's self-righteous advice and the ramblings of the blogosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.\"—from an April 15, 1882 speech\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.\"—from \u003ci\u003ePudd'nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands.\"—from \"How I Edited an Agricultural Paper\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMark Dawidziak\u003c\/b\u003e has been the television critic at the \u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e since 1999 and is the author of many books, including the 1994 horror novel \u003ci\u003eGrave Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e and two histories of landmark TV series: \u003ci\u003eThe Columbo Phile: A Casebook\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Night Stalker Companion. \u003c\/i\u003e A recognized Mark Twain scholar, his acclaimed books on the author include \u003ci\u003eMark My Words: Mark Twain on Writing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHorton Foote's The Shape of the River: The Lost Teleplay About Mark Twain. \u003c\/i\u003e He is also a playwright, director, and actor as well as an adjunct professor of journalism at Kent State University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prospect Park Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061206368496,"sku":"9781938849459","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938849459_p0.jpg?v=1763664569","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938849459","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}