{"product_id":"the-enjoy-agenda-at-home-and-abroad-paperback","title":"The Enjoy Agenda: At Home and Abroad - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRick Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part travelogue, \u003ci\u003eThe Enjoy Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers from Rick Bailey's one-stoplight town in Michigan farm country to Stratford, England, to the French Concession in Shanghai, the Adriatic coast of Italy, and to a small village in the Republic of San Marino. With his self-deprecating style, Bailey recalls the traumas of picture day in elementary school and lugging a guitar to the Cotswalds and back. He reflects on food safety in China, relives a dental emergency in Venice, and embarks on a quest for \u003ci\u003eil formaggio del perdono\u003c\/i\u003e (the cheese of forgiveness) in the hills above the Adriatic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bailey, whose voice is a combination of Dave Barry and Rick Steves with just a soupçon of Montaigne, writes with humor and wit about how these experiences reflect the issues and conflicts of contemporary American life: environmental change, life in digital times, and the vicissitudes of arriving at ripe old age. Throughout \u003ci\u003eThe Enjoy Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e Bailey asks, \"Where am I and how did I get here?\" a question less about geography than the difficulties and gifts of becoming a husband and ultimately a partner changed and improved by a very smart woman and challenged and delighted by a gradual but seismic culture shift.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e is a retired English instructor who taught writing for thirty-eight years at Henry Ford Community College in Michigan. He is the author or editor of several books on writing, including \u003ci\u003eThe Creative Writer's Craft\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican English, Italian Chocolate: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall Subjects of Great Importance\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2017). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 9.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43714518188167,"sku":"9781496214690","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4-hY4zOKGZ9781496214690.webp?v=1767876620","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-enjoy-agenda-at-home-and-abroad-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}