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Paddle Your Own Canoe
- One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in his first book.
Growing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a woman - who better to deliver this tutelage than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best known as Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson? Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in woodworking - he runs his own woodshop - Paddle Your Own Canoe features tales from Offerman's childhood in small-town Minooka, Illinois - "I grew up literally in the middle of a cornfield" - to his theater days in Chicago, beginnings as a carpenter/actor and the hilarious and magnificent seduction of his now-wife Megan Mullally. It also offers hard-bitten battle strategies in the arenas of manliness, love, style, religion, woodworking, and outdoor recreation, among many other savory entrees.
A mix of amusing anecdotes, opinionated lessons and rants, sprinkled with offbeat gaiety, Paddle Your Own Canoe will not only tickle readers pink but may also rouse them to put down their smart phones, study a few sycamore leaves, and maybe even handcraft (and paddle) their own canoes.
What the critics say
“[Offerman] not only explores his Paul Bunyan-like image with tongue-in-cheek lessons on manliness, complete with illustrations and advice, but also offers poignant memories of his childhood growing up in Illinois and hilarious anecdotes from his career.” (Entertainment Weekly)
“Offerman touches on everything from his days as a break-dancing, football-playing farm boy in Minooka (about 50 miles southwest of the Loop) to his freewheeling, hedonistic 20s in Chicago to the inevitable Hollywood struggles that followed. But he doesn’t gloss over embarrassing moments, including his two trips to jail during college at the University of Illinois - one for shoplifting Ronnie Milsap cassettes from Kmart as a joke; the other, he says, a convoluted case of mistaken identity. Between anecdotes, he delivers impassioned pleas and rants…” (Chicago magazine)
“Thought-provoking, profane, and frequently hilarious…getting to know Offerman through his stumbling courtship with Megan Mullally and Kabuki theater training is well worth the price of admission.” (Publishers Weekly)
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-09-04
Inspiring, touching and hilarious read
Nick Offerman offers touching and inspiring accounts of his personal and professional development in his own hilarious way. Enjoyed the book quite very much and will be listening to other books by the same author. If you want to learn what the secret of life is, or which type of facial hair is acceptable, this book is for you.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-12-04
Beyond funny!!!
Omg I loved this audio book so much Nick Offerman is adorable and having him narrate his book is the best way to hear this story. This book was my walking buddy and so many times I laughed out loud which probably looked odd as I was with my dog! I absolutely recommend this book and really I loved hearing Ron Swanson my favorite character in this as well!
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- Gerald Lefebvre
- 2023-07-23
Very well written and funny
It is filled with lots of funny tales of the author's life. Thank you for sharing with us. I have learned to paddle my own canoe, to lead the best life, and not feel guilty.
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- Jordan
- 2023-06-28
Top Notch Listening
Brilliantly narrated by the great Nick Offerman. Insight, humour and humility best served with a cold pint.
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-04-11
Thesaurus
This book was obviously written with a Thesaurus being used for every other word. In my opinion Nick tries way to hard to let people know how smart he is.
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- KiSzo
- 2022-03-12
struggled to finish
way too preachy and did not appreciate most of his hot takes on topics which is a shame because I find him very funny. parts were definitely funny but overall I struggled to finish this.
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- Terry Daigle
- 2021-09-30
amazingly hilarious and entertaining
This is the only way to experience this title in my honest opinion. Nick Offerman makes me laugh and at points I had to pull off the road to finish laughing while listening.
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- Garrick Phimister
- 2021-07-26
Easily Perfect. Truly Delicious Living.
This was such an easy review to write.
This is a well told story from start to finish, and yes I am referring to it as a story. It was such an enjoyable listen that at times is almost felt surreal, like listening to a parent tell you a story.
I would reccomend this listen to anyone, and I mean absolutely anyone, who enjoys enjoyable stories read by the man who knows them most.
Please, do yourself a personal favor, buy this book. Do it, please.
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- Brooke
- 2020-12-13
Nick is sick
Couldn't get enough if the authors witt and honestly. I can't help but imagine he would be proud of my writings and make him chuckle.
I love this man!
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- Brennan
- 2020-08-18
Fun book, good humour, a lot of his life's work
I enjoyed this book. A bit too much about plays and auditions he's done, it drags a bit here and there, but worth listening to the end.
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- OpenMindedNotCredulous
- 2013-11-17
On the need to acknowledge the role luck plays
I don't think I've ever laughed so much listening to a book. Admittedly I'm in the ideal demographic for this book: a middle age male who enjoys living life with gusto, eating and drinking heartily, and working with wood. Still, I suspect that anyone who enjoys the TV show "Parks and Recreation" will enjoy this book. This is essentially an autobiography but with a lot of wit, wry humor and frequent acknowledgement that he's been lucky. It leaves no doubt that Nick is someone you'd be happy to call a friend.
Warning: If you're a fundamentalist christian you're likely to be offended by his observations regarding religion in the early part of the book. But if you're an atheist or at least religiously liberal you'll enjoy those parts as much as everything else he has to say.
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- Kyle
- 2014-01-03
Like bacon for your ears
Would you consider the audio edition of Paddle Your Own Canoe to be better than the print version?
Yes, I read through half of the printed edition until I found out the author read the audio version. Without hesitation I downloaded this book and let ten hours fly by as I listened to this gentle, bear-like man recite prose that made my chest hair grow
What does Nick Offerman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Is this a question? Have you heard him talk? His man giggle? Phenomenal stuff, really.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I laughed much, but more importantly I could feel my twenty-something-year-old inner yuppie child quiver before a new mountain man like giant of self reliance and well roundedness
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You'll love it more than Ron Swanson. I read this book going in with the idea that it'd be more of a book on life from the humorous outlook of Ron Swanson ( A character played by Offerman on Parks and Rec.) Instead, I was delightfully surprised to hear Nick's recounts of growing up with larger than life parental figures, his often humor infused humility, and his down to earth life lessons. I Will listen to it again.
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- Gibby Family
- 2015-05-01
The dude really doesn't like Christians.
Just a heads up. About 1/3 of the book feels like he bashes on people who don't believe like him. Other than that, a decent a read.
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- Devin
- 2015-08-26
Scotch in one hand and a thesaurus in the other.
As big of an Offerman fan that I am, I struggled through this one. The writing was 'festoon with multifarious verdicts and befuddling patios'. It came across as forced and trying.
The flow and structure was all over the place. Jumping forward and backward in time without a coherent arch, and done so without much reason or purpose.
Lastly, while it did draw out a few chuckles, I would not be remotely tempted to place this in the humorous section.
I did enjoy the overall behind the scenes look at Nick's journey from high school theater to Parks and Recreation. Though the journey could have been a lot smoother.
Nick's dictation was pleasant when not being awkwardly forced over the needlessly antiquated prose.
Overall, it is a difficult audio book to recommend and I would steer clear of the written format as I fear it would be doubly difficult to finish.
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- chris
- 2015-06-20
Dissapointing
What disappointed you about Paddle Your Own Canoe?
I was really hoping for this to be comedic/inspirational but instead it was a pretty boring walk through of his life. Most of it was him talking about how great his family is, with no comedic value. Also, he rails Christians for being narrow minded and hurtful to society because of their judgments. His whole point was believe what you want but don't push it on others. All the while, he is insulting and making fun of sacred Christian practices. I'm not a crazy Christian but I was pretty offended. The hypocrisy was very disappointing. If you don't want me to push my beliefs on others why are you shoving your atheism down my throat and insulting my chosen belief system? Poor show.
Would you ever listen to anything by Nick Offerman again?
no
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- Joshua Kring
- 2015-03-30
No, it's not hilarious...
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It's a really good book, but it's not hilarious. It's amusing, it's entertaining, it's motivating, but it's not laugh out loud funny. I liked this book. I liked it a lot. I love Ron Swanson, and I found it very interesting to see where Ron Swanson ends and Nick Offerman begins. I don't agree with all of Offerman's views, but it's damn close. He's a cool guy. He's lived a cool life. He's not a bad writer. I recommend this.
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- James
- 2014-05-27
Moderately interesting at time but way too preachy
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
OK, so the author isn't into religion or other people who openly profess their beliefs. I get it. But after the sixth time of going onto other topics and coming back to express his dislikes on this topic yet again? You don't see the hypocrisy and banging on and on about the same topic here?
As for the rest of the story? Moderately interesting and sometimes gave me the odd chuckle. Not great and not terrible.
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- Mark
- 2018-02-16
Some funny parts
Nick Offerman can tell a funny story. This book is part memoir and part "life lessons." I enjoyed the first half of this book. Much of that consisted of funny stories about stupid things Offerman did while growing up. His comic schtick of telling crude stories in a high brow manner was funny and worked early on. And he wove in many wise life lessons, too. When he shifted to a more serious look at his professional life and even his marriage, his schtick just didn't work as well. It wasn't funny enough and wasn't serious enough, and I got bored in the second half. If you like Offerman's humor, you will get enough of it in the first half of the book.
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- Andrew
- 2014-01-11
Too Much Religion Talk
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Just wasn't expecting all the anti-religious stuff so it pretty much turned me off. I guess I like Ron Swanson and not Nick Offerman.
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- Knutsson
- 2013-12-15
Nick Offerman is no Ron Swanson
What could Nick Offerman have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
I expected more humor and got mostly very foul language.
He ether lied or remembers wrong about RoundUp in his bean field. That herbicide does not kill weeds in minutes, takes a week or 10 days depending on weather and growing conditions.
I stayed with the book long enough to be repulsed by his description of his sexual conquest as a 15 year old, just vulgar in my opinion.
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- O. Couston
- 2017-04-13
Ce n'est pas Ron Swanson
Tout d'abord, cet homme pourrait lire un annuaire ou la notice d'un meuble ikea, ce serait quand même intéressant. Je n'ai pas vu passer les 10 heures que dure cet ouvrage et j'étais même un peu triste quand ce fut fini. Je pense que je vais m'offrie sa lecture de Tom Sawyer
Comme il l'annonce dès le début, il n'est pas Ron Swanson. Le personnage de Park and Recreation n'est pas basé sur lui mais sur son père. Nick Offerman nous raconte sa vie, son parcours inhabituel et toutes les leçons qu'il a su en tirer. Il nous explique comment évoluer de fermier à star du petit ecran, en passant par charpentier et acteur de theatre, le tout délivré avec humour, tout en gardant ce ton stoïque auquel il nous a habitué. Je ne sais pas s'il faut classer ce livre dans la catégorie humour, inspiration ou life-coaching, mais on passe un bon moment et on peut même en tirer quelques leçons. Je me revois en train de rire tout seul dans la rue, pendant que je promenais mon chien en écoutant ce livre.
Evidemment, une bonne maîtrise de l'anglais est recommandé, mais Nick délivre son texte juste à la bonne vitesse, de façon très intelligible, ce qui devrait le rendre accessible à la plupart. Si vous voulez faire des progrès en anglais, sans vous prendre la tête, je recommande cette ouvrage.
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- Aurélie
- 2022-09-11
A very good story, very well told.
Having Nick (the author) reading brings much authenticity to the experience. A nice immersion in the life of an actor / woodworker, that could at least make laugh and maybe inspire those in search of a delicious way of life un these crazy modern times.
Gonna buy a paper copy for my sister, that just gratuated from art school and is trying to find her path in this an equaly unstable, unsure artistic market.
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