{"product_id":"oh-the-things-i-know-isbn-9780452284500","title":"Oh, the Things I Know!","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller by Senator Al Franken, author of \u003ci\u003eGiant of the Senate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSenator Al Franken, or Dr. Al Franken, as he prefers to be called, has written the first truly indispensable book of the new millennium. Filled with wisdom, observations, and practical tips you can put to work right away, \u003ci\u003eOh, the Things I Know!\u003c\/i\u003e is a cradle-to-grave guide to living, an easy-to-follow user's manual for human existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does a megasuccess like Al Franken—bestselling author, Emmy-award winning television star, sitting U.S. Senator, and honorary Ph.D.—have to say to ordinary people like you? Well, as Dr. Al himself says, \"There's no point in getting advice from hopeless failures.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoin Mr. Franken—sorry, Dr. Franken—on a journey that will take you from your first job (\"Oh, Are You Going to Hate Your First Job!\"), through the perils and pitfalls of your twenties and thirties (\"Oh, the Person of Your Dreams vs. the Person You Can Actually Attract!\"), into the joys of marriage and parenthood (\"Oh, Just Looking at Your Spouse Will Make Your Skin Crawl!\"), all the way to the golden years of senior citizenship (\"Oh, the Nursing Home You'll Wind Up In!\"). Don't travel life's lonesome highway by yourself. Take Al Franken along, if not as an infallible guide, then at least as a friend who will make you laugh......\u003cbr\u003e.....\u003cbr\u003e.....“With a nod to Dr. Seuss and his popular tome for graduates of all ages, Franken offers his own advice guide, which covers pretty much anything anyone wants to understand about life… This laugh-aloud take on advice books—it is dedicated simply 'For Oprah'—is Stuart Smiley with an edge.”—\u003cb\u003eIlene Cooper, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Easy-to-follow guide to success and, failing that, happiness.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Laugh-out-loud funny.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rings with the moral clarity of an angel’s trumpet... Although Franken is a self-proclaimed liberal, his work differs in that it presents well-substantiated arguments and damning examples of false accusations that conservatives have effectively used against Democrats... sharp analysis and humor.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAssociated Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A typically unabashed blend of razor-witted denunciation and old-fashioned gumshoe detective work directed at right-wing crazies both in and out of government... [An] exquisitely irritating new book.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] heady mixture of scathing humor and righteous indignation.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Onion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“In the kicking, spitting spirit of current all-star political discourse, Al Franken gives as good as he gets.”—\u003cb\u003eJanet Maslin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Truth (with jokes)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Devastating... \u003ci\u003eThe Truth\u003c\/i\u003e keeps its promise to be funny about extremely unfunny matters. It matches \u003ci\u003eLies \u003c\/i\u003ein wit, and its subjects are tougher. The gags have bite. . . . And it is effectively leavened with bits of dialogue, many of them all too real.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Subtle, laugh-or-cry-out-loud and ultimately devastating . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Truth (with jokes)\u003c\/i\u003e is guaranteed to rile the right again with its forensic lasering of Republican skullduggery and media mendacity, laced with sharp humor. . . . [Franken] is the voice the American left has been waiting for.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eU.S. Senator \u003cb\u003eAl Franken\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Before running for the Senate, Al spent 37 years as an Emmy award-winning comedy writer; author of \u003ci\u003eI'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGiant of the Senate\u003c\/i\u003e; and radio talk show host. He has taken part in seven USO tours, visiting our troops overseas in Germany, Bosnia, Kosovo, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst elected to the Senate in 2008, and re-elected in 2014, he currently sits on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee; the Judiciary Committee; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the Committee on Indian Affairs. 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