Comedy and stand-up Books
Hodder & Stoughton Amazing Disgrace: A Book About Shame
Book Synopsis'An outpouring of truth, wit, and beautiful comedic wisdom.' Katherine Ryan'Such a funny and interesting book.' Sara Pascoe'Finally my vagina has a voice!' London Hughes'Powerful, bold, vulnerable, beautiful, hilarious, universal, unique.' Scarlett Curtis**********************************************For as long as she can remember, Grace Campbell has been told that she doesn't suit her name. But being graceful is no fun anyway.Growing up in a world of privilege and politics, she had a lot to feel confident about. But she was also a record-breaker when it came to feeling shame. Shame about sex, shame about rejection, shame about mental health.But over time, and with a 24 carat gold dose of female friendship, Grace has turned shame into a defiant sense of self. At only 27, Grace has got a lot to learn about being an adult, but she's already got a lot to share about being a disgrace, and how she came to be utterly, disgustingly, disgracefully proud of it.This is the book every young woman should read, and every young man should worry about.Trade ReviewIt wins my prize for "best cover art of the year"... -- Caitlin MoranThis book is hilarious, Grace is a bloody badass, finally my vagina has a voice! -- London HughesAn outpouring of truth, wit, and beautiful comedic wisdom from the hilarious and laudably liberated Grace Campbell. As I feel the echoes of my ancestors' shame, Amazing Disgrace assured me that this inspirational new generation of young women are so much more than their fathers' daughters and their husbands' wives. They're honestly fucking MERCILESS. It's about time. I loved it. -- Katherine RyanGrace has written such a funny and interesting book, partly because she has a unique perspective of the world, but mostly because of her own brilliant mind -- Sara PascoePart of me wishes I'd never met Grace, read this book and then dedicated my life to being her number 1 fan girl. This book is revolutionary. It's powerful, bold, vulnerable, beautiful, hilarious, universal, unique. It's going to change people's lives -- Scarlett CurtisFuriously funny, gloriously frank and surprisingly relatable. For a book about shame, Grace Campbell is unashamedly herself -- Amelia DimoldenbergAn absolute riot. Brash, candid and casually obscene, this part memoir, part manual is a high octane adventure * Evening Standard *Revealing and amusing memoir * Times Radio *Nothing's off-limits in Amazing Disgrace * Metro *
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Christian Publishers LLC Funny Business: An Introduction to Comedy with
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The New York Review of Books, Inc Poor Helpless Comics!: The Cartoons (and More) of
Book SynopsisFor the entire run of National Lampoon, Ed Subitzky bent, broke, and reimagined what a cartoon could do: A cartoon that hypnotizes you. A cartoon that goes to prison. A cartoon that folds up and flies away. Framed by an interview with Mark Newgarden, this first-ever collection of Subitzky’s work is a portrait of one of the funniest, most prolific humorists of the ’70s and ’80s.
£25.65
Goose Lane Editions Brit Happens: Or Living the Canadian Dream
Book SynopsisWinner, New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction)One Sunday afternoon in a tiny postage-stamp garden, James Mullinger made the life-altering decision to give it all up: the London pubs, bustling city streets, and a flourishing comedy career. But where in the world would he and his partner raise a family? The English countryside? Toronto? New York?Hmmm. How about St. John … sorry, Saint John, New Brunswick?Brit Happens chronicles Mullinger’s lifetime of adventures, from his beginnings as a shy and nervous kid collecting comedy records at the neighborhood video store, to rising through the ranks of GQ magazine and meeting his personal idols Jerry Seinfeld and Paul McCartney, to imagining the possibility of another life in Canada. From the highs and lows of London to beginning anew in New Brunswick, Brit Happens tells gut-busting stories of success and failure and the unpredictable grind of stand-up comedy. It also offers a laugh-out-loud look at life in Atlantic Canada from the region’s funniest outsider-turned-local.Trade Review“I don’t even like British people, but I love James Mullinger and Brit Happens.” -- Mary Walsh“In Brit Happens, Mullinger masterfully straddles the line between objective and inclusive, culturally and geographically. He gently pokes us with a stick while being one of us. I can’t wait for the Brit to hit the fans!” -- Jonathan Torrens“James Mullinger is my favourite comedian friend who has relocated from England to New Brunswick. And I’m not just saying that because he is the only one. Brit Happens is a great glimpse inside the mind of a British man who becomes more Canadian seemingly by the minute and who might just appreciate the magic of the Canadian Maritimes even more than born and bred Atlantic Canadians. Which I realize might be fighting words to Atlantic Canadians. So fight him if you want to, I guess. But you’ll be fighting one of your own.” -- Steve Patterson“We should all be curious about the origins, motivations, and unrelenting optimism of James Mullinger. While his contagious good mood still remains a bit of a mystery, all else is laid out here in fine, hilarious form. Brit Happens is a wonderful read.” -- Ali Hassan“Brit Happens is not just a comedian’s memoir, but also doubles as a handbook to how a comedian can survive in such a difficult — yet sometimes lucrative — way of making a living. So let James Mullinger be your guide to how you can do what you enjoy and conquer the impossible ... yet be ready to pay those dues on that journey.” -- Stuart Nulman * Montreal Times *“As multi-faceted as its author, Brit Happens is a manifesto of living life to the fullest, of seizing opportunities when they are offered, of creating opportunities when they aren’t, and of letting the joys and hardships of life inspire and move you to give to others. It is equal parts moving and inspiring, and really, really funny.” -- Heather McBriarty * Miramichi Reader *
£17.99
Museum Tusculanum Press Dyskolos
Book SynopsisMenander was born in Athens in 342 BC and drowned in Piraeus in c. 290 BC. He wrote more than 100 comedies, but with regards to his character studies, he can be regarded as an heir to the tragedian Euripides. Only one of his comedies has been handed down as a complete play, namely Dyskolos (The Grouch), while others are almost complete. Menander was furthermore a model for the Roman comedians Plautus and Terence and thus for a later European comedy tradition. He associated with the intellectuals of his time, such as Aristotle's pupil Theophrastus, the philosopher Epicurus, and the politician and philosopher Demetrius of Phaleron.
£7.99
HarperCollins Publishers If I Dont Write It Nobody Else Will
Book SynopsisThe long awaited story of one of Britain’s greatest comic legends.Trade Review'Eric Sykes, now 82, is a splendid survivor. Recently the subject of a charming South Bank Show, the indefatigable Lancastrian is still working, with blithe disregard for his deafness, blindness and heart bypass operation. Characteristically, Sykes ends this engagingly artless autobiography with the news that he has been cast as Frank Bryce in the latest Harry Potter film. The tone throughout is warm-hearted, though occasionally there are welcome blasts of asperity. And there are joyful pages devoted to what is surely Sykes's finest hour – his glorious riot of ad-libbery with Jimmy Edwards in “Big Bad Mouse”.' Hugh Massingberd, Daily Telegraph 'His prose is crisp and dry, with a poetic, vernacular lilt…Candid, erudite and most of all cheery. Warm and comforting.' The Times 'A charmed life…and one does not begrudge him an ounce of his success…Sykes's career is far from over.' Guardian 'A chatty, always amiable memoir. A far better testament to this game old trouper than the normal ghost-written guff.' Daily Express
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iUniverse Laughter and Tears Sparks from the Furnace
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Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Best Wishes Warmest Regards
Book Synopsis NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERGLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLERThe official tie-in book for the beloved, nine-time Emmy® Award-winning series Schitt's Creek. This beautifully produced, keepsake coffee-table book is the ultimate celebration of the series, the town, the characters, and the state of mind that is Schitt's Creek. Capturing the essence and alchemy of all six seasons of what is now considered to be one of the most groundbreaking comedy television series of the last decade, Best Wishes, Warmest Regards is a gift to fans everywhere who have made the show their own.Included are character profiles from the cast of Johnny, Moira, David, and Alexis, and all of the characters that populate the town, major moments from Moira's endorsement of Herb Ertlinger Winery, to Patrick and David's first kiss, to Cabaret and the Rose Family Christmas episode. Also included are special features, such as the complete, illustrated catalogs of David's knits and Moira's wigs, Moira's vocabulary, Alexis's adventures, and behind-the-scenes moments from Dan and Eugene Levy and the cast of Schitt's Creek.
£34.00
Be Funny Inc. Step by Step to StandUp Comedy Revised Edition
£23.51
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Lulu.com A Night to Remember
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Laughter
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Between You and Me
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers Vol. 1
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers Vol. 1
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Atchoo Sneezes From a Hilarious Vaudevillian
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Will Rossiters Original Talkalogues by American Jokers
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Creative Media Partners, LLC From Pillar to Post
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Love in Livery. An Original Farce in one Act
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Creative Media Partners, LLC The Insurance Agent
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Creative Media Partners, LLC From Sawdust to Windsor Castle
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