"Homer Simpson meets Anthony Robbins. Marsh's honesty and humanity make Fat, Forty, and Fired essential reading for anyone whose life has ever hit a roadblock. Hilarious and inspiring." --Bob Rosner, best-selling author and internationally syndicated Working Wounded columnist "An extremely funny and touching account of how someone can use humor and optimism to put adversity into perspective. Marsh's warm and distinctive view of life lights up every page and makes this a thoroughly enjoyable read." --Paul Wilson, author of The Little Book of Calm "I can pinpoint the precise moment when I realized my transformation from 'executive dad' to 'guy who doesn't work' was complete." --Nigel Marsh Take Dave Barry, Jack Welch, Homer Simpson, and Ray Romano, mix in a family, a little weight gain, failure, introspection, and redemption, and you have Nigel Marsh's international best-selling autobiography. As a stressed husband and father of four small children under the age of eight, Nigel Marsh was enslaved to his mortgage, recuperating from an embarrassing surgery, and suddenly fired from his corporate career. Deciding to venture "off the treadmill" in search of a more meaningful and balanced existence, Marsh tackled the art of hands-on parenting while simultaneously training for an ocean swimming race and coming to terms with his alcoholism. Touching on topics ranging from marital sex (or lack thereof), dieting, and parenthood to work, love, football, religion, self-help books, and sharks, Marsh makes his U.S. debut after enjoying best-seller status in Australia and the U.K. with this provocative and funny book.

Fat, Forty, and Fired: One Man's Frank, Funny, and Inspiring Account of Losing His Job and Finding His Life

Self-Help

Marsh, Nigel

Motivational

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Fat, Forty And Fired: The year I lost my job and got a life

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Piatkus Books

"Homer Simpson meets Anthony Robbins. Marsh's honesty and humanity make Fat, Forty, and Fired essential reading for anyone whose life has ever hit a roadblock. Hilarious and inspiring." --Bob Rosner, best-selling author and internationally syndicated Working Wounded columnist "An extremely funny and touching account of how someone can use humor and optimism to put adversity into perspective. Marsh's warm and distinctive view of life lights up every page and makes this a thoroughly enjoyable read." --Paul Wilson, author of The Little Book of Calm "I can pinpoint the precise moment when I realized my transformation from 'executive dad' to 'guy who doesn't work' was complete." --Nigel Marsh Take Dave Barry, Jack Welch, Homer Simpson, and Ray Romano, mix in a family, a little weight gain, failure, introspection, and redemption, and you have Nigel Marsh's international best-selling autobiography. As a stressed husband and father of four small children under the age of eight, Nigel Marsh was enslaved to his mortgage, recuperating from an embarrassing surgery, and suddenly fired from his corporate career. Deciding to venture "off the treadmill" in search of a more meaningful and balanced existence, Marsh tackled the art of hands-on parenting while simultaneously training for an ocean swimming race and coming to terms with his alcoholism. Touching on topics ranging from marital sex (or lack thereof), dieting, and parenthood to work, love, football, religion, self-help books, and sharks, Marsh makes his U.S. debut after enjoying best-seller status in Australia and the U.K. with this provocative and funny book.

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Andrews,McMeel

Book by Coleman, Neville, Marsh, Nigel

Fielding's Diving Australia: Fielding's In-Depth Guide to Diving Down Under

Travel

Coleman, Neville

Australia & South Pacific

Fielding Worldwide

Observations of a Very Short Man

Allen& Unwin

From the author of the bestselling Fat, Forty, and Fired, this is a seriously funny book about life's big—and small—issues.

Overworked and Underlaid: A Seriously Funny Guide to Life

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Arena

From the author of Fat, Forty and Fired comes another thought-provoking memoir that will make you laugh—and want to make the most of your lifeAre you working your guts out at a job you don't particularly like, to buy things you don't particularly need? Would you like to spend more time with your family and less time at work? Do you ever wonder what it would be like to really love what you do? Ten years after Fat, Forty and Fired, Nigel Marsh steps off the hamster wheel (again) to grapple with these and other less weighty questions, like Where the hell has my wife left the cordless phone? and How do I dress my daughter as a bridge for school in 10 minutes? Written with Nigel's customary humor and honesty, this is a must-read for anyone who's ever dreamed of taking a risk to live a life they feel passionate about.

Fit, Fifty and Fired Up

Australia is blessed with an abundance of fishes. More than 5,000 species of fish are found Down Under - around 15% of the known species - making Australia one of the best places in the world to see fishes, and lots of them. But where are the best spots to see a diverse range of fishes around Australia?This book is the first guide to fishwatching in Australia. Now fishwatching may be a new term for most people, but just like birdwatching it best describes what divers, snorkellers and naturalists do when they study, observe and document fishes. This book is designed especially for the fishwatcher. It is not a fish identification guide or a dive site guide, instead a sort of blending of the two - a guide to the best spots to observe sea fishes in Australia.Each of the one hundred hot-spots listed is home to a diverse range of fishes, and for each location a sample of typical fish species and families are described. However, most of these hot-spots have been selected because they are also the best place to observe unusual fishes.Throughout the pages of this book the reader will learn about the wonderful fishes of Australia, the best places to see them, how to find them and how t

Top 100 Hot Spots for Sea Fishes in Australia: A fishwatching guide for divers, snorkelers and naturalists

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

New Holland Publishers

Coral Wonderland: Diving the Great Barrier Reef

Reed Natural History/New Holland (AUS)

Muck diving today is a global phenomenon, with divers travelling around the world to marvel at exotica such as Mimic Octopus, Flamboyant Cuttlefish, mantis shrimps, Bobbit Worms, stargazers, frogfish, snake eels, Demon Ghouls and blue-ringed octopus.
This book – the first complete guide to muck diving – explores different muck environments, the history of muck diving, muck diving techniques and photography tips.
It tells you all you need to know about the most popular muck critters, and the best muck diving destinations in the Indo-Pacific, making it a must-have guide for divers everywhere.

Muck Diving

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

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