{"product_id":"lifes-little-annoyances-true-tales-of-people-who-just-cant-take-it-anymore-paperback","title":"Life's Little Annoyances: True Tales of People Who Just Can't Take It Anymore - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Urbina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gold mine of ideas . . . to help us wage personal and quiet vengeance against those who annoy us. --\u003ci\u003eSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor some of us, it's the automated voice that answers the phone when we'd rather talk to a real person. For others, it's the fact that Starbucks insists on calling its smallest-sized coffee tall. Each of us finds some aspect of everyday life to be particularly maddening, and we often long to lash out at these stubborn irritants of modern life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLife's Little Annoyances\u003c\/i\u003e, Ian Urbina chronicles the lengths to which some people will go when they have endured their pet peeves long enough and are not going to take it anymore. It is a compendium of human inventiveness, by turns juvenile and petty, but in other ways inspired and deeply satisfying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA celebration of the endless variety of passive-aggressive behavior, \u003ci\u003eLife's Little Annoyances\u003c\/i\u003e revels in the tactics people use to vent their anger at telemarketers, loud cell-phone talkers, spammers, and others against whom we feel powerless--until now.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Urbina\u003c\/b\u003e is a reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and has degrees in history from Georgetown and the University of Chicago. His writings, which range from domestic and foreign policy to commentary on everyday life, have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, son, stepdaughter, and a nuisance of a dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.45 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761329307936,"sku":"9780805083033","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8fe171c9f8dbd0839342bb9a3aec680c.webp?v=1780204678","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lifes-little-annoyances-true-tales-of-people-who-just-cant-take-it-anymore-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}