14,000 Things to be Happy About
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14,000 things to be happy about is a book by Barbara Ann Kipfer
. Illustrated by Pierre Le-Tan. It was published in 1990 by Workman Publishing.
The book consists simply of a list containing approximately 14,000 random and sometimes abstract items, apparently compiled by the author over the course of 20 years. More than one million copies of the original printing were sold, earning the book a rank of 11th, tied with What to Expect When You're Expecting, The PreHistory of the Far Side, and The Language of Letting Go on the paperback bestseller list for 1990. A revised version with 1,500 new entries was published in 2007.
Barbara Ann Kipfer
Barbara Ann Kipfer is a linguist and lexicographer. She has written more than 45 books, including 14,000 Things to be Happy About , which has more than a million copies in print and has given rise to many Page-a-Day calendars. She was the editor of the sixth edition of Roget's International...
. Illustrated by Pierre Le-Tan. It was published in 1990 by Workman Publishing.
The book consists simply of a list containing approximately 14,000 random and sometimes abstract items, apparently compiled by the author over the course of 20 years. More than one million copies of the original printing were sold, earning the book a rank of 11th, tied with What to Expect When You're Expecting, The PreHistory of the Far Side, and The Language of Letting Go on the paperback bestseller list for 1990. A revised version with 1,500 new entries was published in 2007.