{"product_id":"the-trouble-with-nowadays-isbn-9780345297204","title":"The Trouble with Nowadays","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Crusty Curmudgeon and Charter Member of The Society to Put Things Back The Way They Were, bestselling author Cleveland Amory offers the last word on everything that has made a shambles out of modern life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eServants:\u003c\/i\u003e “I have often wondered where all the good, old-fashioned servants have gone. They must be somewhere, they couldn’t have \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e died.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Government:\u003c\/i\u003e “The only difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is that the Republicans are socialists and the Democrats are communists.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWomen:\u003c\/i\u003e “The day I put ‘Ms.’ on a letter of mine, it’ll be either to someone else’s mistress or the Bureau of Msing Persons.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChildren:\u003c\/i\u003e “Remember, children are, no matter how much we detest them, the you and me of tomorrow.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs:\u003c\/i\u003e “Every damn president since I can remember has been so in love with foreign policy that they’re just like a schoolboy with a new girl.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReligion:\u003c\/i\u003e “Nowadays Sunday is just one more excuse to do whatever you damn please.”\u003cb\u003eCleveland Amory \u003c\/b\u003e(1917–1998), who had been called “the premier protector of animals on this planet,” wrote three \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers about his cats: \u003ci\u003eThe Cat Who Came for Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cat and the Curmudgeon\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best Cat Ever\u003c\/i\u003e. A former columnist for \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the chief critic for \u003ci\u003eTV Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, and contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, Amory founded the Fund for Animals\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ein 1967, from whose headquarters in New York City he directed his far-flung anticruelty operations.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233757638885,"sku":"NP9780345297204","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-trouble-with-nowadays-isbn-9780345297204","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}