Absorbing SpongeBob: Ten Ways to Squeeze More Happiness Out of Life [Mass Market Paperback]

Steven Harriman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 4, 2005

INSPIRED BY THE HIT TELEVISION SHOW-
Advice for the kid inside every one of its 27 million adult fans.

Spongebob Squarepants is the most famous sponge on the planet, and for good reason. Straddling the line between childlike innocence and mature contentment, he is particularly well-liked and well-adjusted. While he screws up from time to time, his absorbent nature demands that he learn from his mistakes. In this delightful book, it is the reader who learns ten different lessons for getting the most out of life and how to apply them, with Spongebob and other residents of Bikini Bottom as examples.

Some spongy secrets to happiness:

- Handling Fear-like Spongebob's fear of making an imperfect Krabby Patty.
- Job Contentment-even a fry cook at the bottom of the ocean can have a blast.
- Coping with harsh reality-is like how a sponge and a squirrel in an underwater space suit should probably just remain friends.

Capturing all the quirky humor that has made the show a phenomenal success, this is the ultimate book for Spongebob fans.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Steven Harriman has a background in the mental health profession, and he's written many successful novels. He is a huge Spongebob fan.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (October 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425207048
• ISBN-13: 978-0425207048
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,421,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Biography of Steven Spruill (pseudonym, Steven Harriman)

1968: Andrews University. Graduated with B.A. in biology.
1969: Married Nancy Lyon

1969-1974: Hazleton Laboratories. Laboratory technician, technical writer.

1974-1981: The Catholic University.
While studying for a doctorate in clinical psychology, Spruill sold his first novel, Keepers of the Gate, to Doubleday in 1976. Five more of his novels were published while he completed graduate school. During this period, Spruill also served as an adjunct professor at Catholic University, teaching creative writing to students in the drama program at Catholic U.

1981: Spruill completed his doctoral dissertation on Creativity in late 1980, and Catholic University conferred on him a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1981.

1981-present:
After completing a year's internship at Mount Vernon Hospital in Virginia, Spruill turned to writing, full time. Fifteen of his novels, two novellas, and one non-fiction book have been published by Doubleday, Playboy Press, St. Martin's Press, TOR, Berkley, and Dell. His pseudonyms include Steve Morgan (UK), Steve Lyon, and Steven Harriman in the U.S. for two books published by Berkley. His work has sold in over twenty foreign countries. Several of his novels were selections of The Literary Guild and the Doubleday Book Club. Three of his medical thrillers were condensed in Good Housekeeping Magazine and one in Reader's Digest Books. Both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly have awarded starred reviews to his novels. Spruill's novel Rulers of Darkness was nominated for the British Fantasy Award. It was this novel that, in 1995, coined the term "Hemophage" to describe the "reality" behind the vampire myth. In 1995, the Catholic University of America conferred upon Spruill its award for "Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Literature." Other recipients of this award in the arts include Susan Sarandon and Jon Voight.

Spruill's two most recent novels are SLEEPER, published under the author's pseudonym, Steven Harriman, and ICE MEN: A Novel of the Korean War, published in the fall of 2009 under the author's name, Steven Spruill. Both novels are available for purchase on Amazon.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and informative, November 11, 2005

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Robert L. Reid "[e-mail]" (Sterling, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Absorbing SpongeBob: Ten Ways to Squeeze More Happiness Out of Life (Mass Market Paperback)

You don't have to be a big SpongeBob fan to enjoy this fun and informative book (I have rarely seen the show but am the father of three young SpongeBob fans). The author neatly intertwines real-life situations with events from SpongeBob episodes that he explains with the right amount of detail so that even those unfamiliar with SpongeBob will get the point about love, fear, getting along with others, getting along with yourself, and even theology ... all of which are explored in a series of short and witty chapters, full of plenty of nautical puns to soak up (plus cleverly drawn cartoons)!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who knew..., December 20, 2005

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J. R. Branson "Bush Woman" (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Absorbing SpongeBob: Ten Ways to Squeeze More Happiness Out of Life (Mass Market Paperback)

...that a man who writes about vampires and monsters run amok in the Pentagon is really a laid back, softie at heart?

This book cracked me up and snuck in a lesson or two when I wasn't paying attention...Sponge Bob is the Looney Tunes of the new millennium and Steven Harriman cracked the code first!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and hilarious, July 8, 2006

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Donna Mac "Riding High" (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Absorbing SpongeBob: Ten Ways to Squeeze More Happiness Out of Life (Mass Market Paperback)

Loved this book. Read it in small segments during lunch breaks at work. At times I swore the author had been in an office meeting with me. I read a lot of spiritual, personal growth book and this was so concise and funny but so on target. I'd never watched a Sponge Bob cartoon episode but fell in love with the character while reading the book. I just put a Sponge Bob video in my shopping cart.