Mark Twain's Guide to Diet, Exercise, Beauty, Fashion, Investment, Romance, Health and Happiness by Mark Dawidziak

ISBN 978-1-93884-945-9 "Nobody gets Mark Twain the way Mark Dawidziak does. Here is the master in all of his certainty, humor, and undertow. This book wonderfully underscores how contemporary Mark Twain is and always will be."  Ken Burns, award-winning documentary filmmaker BETTER LIVING THE MARK TWAIN WAY Often politically incorrect and always unapologetically honest, Twain's sage advice for the ages will leave you laughing and might even inspire you to rethink that plan to give up gluten and join a CrossFit class. ON HAPPINESS: "There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist." ON EXERCISE: "I have seen slower people than I am...and even quieter, and more listless, and lazier people than I am. But they were dead." ON POLITICS: "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." ON PARENTHOOD: "Familiarity breeds contempt and children." ON STRESS MANAGEMENT: "Let us swear while we may, for in Heaven it will not be allowed." MARK DAWIDZIAK is the television critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, as well as an acclaimed author, playwright, director, actor, and Mark Twain scholar.