The Book of Awesome
Snow Days, Bakery Air, Finding Money in Your Pocket, and Other Simple, Brilliant Things
By Neil Pasricha
(Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, Hardcover, 9780399156519, 400pp.)
Publication Date: April 15, 2010
Categories: Personal Growth - Happiness, Form - Essays
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Description
Based on the award-winning 10-million-plus-hit blog 1000awesomethings.com, "The Book of Awesome" is a high five for humanity and a big celebration of life's little moments:
a Popping Bubble Wrap
a Wearing underwear just out of the dryer
a Fixing electronics by smacking them
a Getting called up to the dinner buffet first at a wedding
a Watching The Price Is Right when you're home sick
a Hitting a bunch of green lights in a row
a Waking up and realizing it's Saturday
Sometimes it's easy to forget the things that make us smile. With a 24/7 news cycle reporting that the polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes are swirling in the seas, wars are heating up around the world, and the job market is in a deep freeze, it's tempting to feel that the world is falling apart. But awesome things are all around us-sometimes we just need someone to point them out.
"The Book of Awesome" reminds us that the best things in life are free (yes, your grandma was right). With laugh-out-loud observations from award- winning comedy writer Neil Pasricha, "The Book of Awesome" is filled with smile-inducing moments on every page that make you feel like a kid looking at the world for the first time. Read it and you'll remember all the things there are to feel good about.
a Popping Bubble Wrap
a Wearing underwear just out of the dryer
a Fixing electronics by smacking them
a Getting called up to the dinner buffet first at a wedding
a Watching The Price Is Right when you're home sick
a Hitting a bunch of green lights in a row
a Waking up and realizing it's Saturday
Sometimes it's easy to forget the things that make us smile. With a 24/7 news cycle reporting that the polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes are swirling in the seas, wars are heating up around the world, and the job market is in a deep freeze, it's tempting to feel that the world is falling apart. But awesome things are all around us-sometimes we just need someone to point them out.
"The Book of Awesome" reminds us that the best things in life are free (yes, your grandma was right). With laugh-out-loud observations from award- winning comedy writer Neil Pasricha, "The Book of Awesome" is filled with smile-inducing moments on every page that make you feel like a kid looking at the world for the first time. Read it and you'll remember all the things there are to feel good about.
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