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Cover of Funny Buggers: The Best Lines from Australian Stand-up Comedy

Funny Buggers: The Best Lines from Australian Stand-up Comedy

The Best Lines from Australian Stand-up Comedy

by Karl Chandler
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011

Karl Chandler is a funny bugger and so are his mates.� In fact, our local talent has been killing it in clubs and festivals the world over.� Lucky for us, these comics have worked around their hectic schedules - setting their alarm clocks for before midday and logging off Twitter - to cough up...
Cover of You're Better Than Me
by Bonnie McFarlane
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016

In the spirit of Mindy Kaling, Kelly Oxford, and Sarah Silverman, a compulsively readable and outrageously funny memoir of growing up as a fish out of water, finding your voice, and embracing your inner crazy-person, from popular actress, writer, and comedian Bonnie McFarlane.  It took Bonnie...
Cover of Stay Hungry
by Sebastian Maniscalco
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018

This inspiring, honest, uproarious collection of essays traces Sebastian Maniscalco’s career from playing boxing rings and bowling alleys to reaching the pinnacles of comedy success. At twenty-four, Sebastian Maniscalco arrived in LA with a suitcase and saved up minimum wages. He knew no...
Cover of Laugh Your Way To Good Health
by Kingsley Okpoh
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2013

"Laugh Your Way To Good Health" is an e-book that is packed with jokes, comedy, photo comedy, short stories and lots of inspirational materials that will make you laugh all the way. It is meant to reduce stress in the lives of its readers and help them live happy and healthy lives. It is...
Cover of Camels Are Easy, Comedy's Hard
by Roy Blount Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013

An eclectic collection from Roy Blount Jr., master of American humor writing I’ll tell you what kind of book I believe in: one that makes people say, at first sight, what the first person who ever saw a camel must have said: “What in the world is that?” And then, after a while, “Yet...
Cover of The Best of the Harvard Lampoon

The Best of the Harvard Lampoon

140 Years of American Humor

by Harvard Lampoon
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016

A collection of the best of The Harvard Lampoon—the spawning ground for Hollywood’s elite comedy writers and New Yorker humorists—revealing the hidden gems from their 140-year history. Since its inception in 1876, The Harvard Lampoon has become a farm system for Hollywood’s best and...
Cover of I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability
by Ron White
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007

From Ron White, the man known by fans (and law enforcement officials) as “Tater Salad,” comes a collection of his greatest hits and bits from his onstage shows, as well as some fo the more “interesting” stories from his life before comedy, while on the road, in the spotlight and out of his...
Cover of Only When I Laugh: My Autobiography
by Paul Merton
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014

Known for his intelligent and often surreal humour, Paul Merton’s weekly appearances on BBC1’s Have I Got News For You – as well as Radio 4’s Just A Minute and his travel documentaries – have seen him become an artfully rebellious fixture in our lives for over 25 years. He also has...
Cover of It's a Connection! It's a Comedy! Internet Dating. The Good. The Bad. And the Ugly
by Patrice Gendelman
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2013

It's a Connection! It's a Comedy! compiles initial dating emails received by Gendelman and hundred of others across 22 U.S. states and 6 foreign countries. The emails represent the often curious an sometimes hilarious happening s on the World Wide Web. With gentle humor and helpful guidance, this lighthearted...
Cover of Beyond a Joke

Beyond a Joke

Inside the Dark World of Stand-up Comedy

by Bruce Dessau
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011

Beyond a Joke is a celebration of comedy - one of the modern world's most dominant and compelling art forms - but it is also the story of comedy's dark side, homing in on the scandals that have surrounded some of light entertainment's biggest stars, and telling it as it is, featuring insight from...
Cover of What's So Funny About Getting Old
by Ed Fischer, Jane Thomas Noland
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014

One bonus of getting older is that it gives us a great perspective on life ...and that includes plenty of humor! This collection of cartoons, quips, quotes, and insights introduces a new comedy genre: elderhumor. It captures the wry hilarity of our real-life sitcoms. Generational vocabulary gaps,...
Cover of Louis C.K. and Philosophy

Louis C.K. and Philosophy

You Don't Get to Be Bored

by
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016

Charlie Rose has called Louis C.K. “the philosopher-king of comedy,” and many have detected philosophical profundity in Louis’s comedy, some of which has been watched tens of millions of times on YouTube and elsewhere. Louis C.K. and Philosophy is designed to help Louis’s fans connect the dots...
Cover of Who's to Say What's Obscene?

Who's to Say What's Obscene?

Politics, Culture, and Comedy in America Today

by Paul Krassner
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013

These are times of authoritarianism, war, and recession, and the more bad news there is, the more need there is for humor and irreverence to be directed toward the authorities calling the shots. In the spirit of Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, Paul Krassner presents satirical critiques of contemporary...
Cover of Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show
by Lynn Breedlove
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009

"Breedlove has talent coming out of her ears.”—Dodie Bellamy, San Francisco Chronicle "Uninhibited humor lends tender insight and perspective to a gender politics debate that often takes place in a fiercely contentious atmosphere.”—Billy Tania, The San Francisco Bay Times "...Offers...
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