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Comedy in Literature and Popular Culture: From Aristophanes to Saturday Night Live James V. Morrison 9781032763248
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £35.44Comedy in Literature and Popular Culture: From Aristophanes to 'Saturday Night Live' explores works of comedy from the past 2,500 years.James V. Morrison discusses works including those of... -
Front Row: Anna Wintour by Jerry Oppenheimer 9780312323110
Booksplease Price: £18.01Glamorous "Vogue" magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is the most powerful style-maker in the world. She influences designers, wholesalers, and retailers globally from Seventh Avenue to the elegant... -
You're Still Young in Dog Years: . . . and Other Upbeat Thoughts on Aging by Danielle Claro 9781523531820
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40An inspiring collection of quotes about aging, and the perfect impulse gift for birthdays and moreYou're Still Young in Dog Years a delightful and heartwarming collection of more than 200 funny,... -
Brit Happens: Or Living the Canadian Dream by James Mullinger
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.35One 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... -
I Hate People!: Kick Loose from the Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job by Jonathan Littman 9780316032292
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.93Face it, whether your company has 10 employees or 10,000, you must grapple with people you can't stand in the office. Luckily Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have written I Hate People!, a smart,... -
The Haunted Smile: The Story Of Jewish Comedians In America by Lawrence Epstein 9781586481629
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.21Lawrence Epstein's The Haunted Smile tackles a subject both poignant and delightful: the story of Jewish comedians in America. For the past century and more, American comedy has drawn its strength... -
Gravity Fails: The Comic Jewish Shaping of Modern America by James D. Bloom 9780275977207
Booksplease Price: £76.51The comedic work of the children of modern Jewish immigrants overturned the prevailing languages and imageries with which an Anglocentric United States had traditionally represented and expanded... -
Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture by Jack R. Fischel 9780313339899
Booksplease Price: £77.31This unique encyclopedia chronicles American Jewish popular culture, past and present in music, art, food, religion, literature, and more. Over 150 entries, written by scholars in the field,... -
The Sky's The Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan by Steven Gaines 9780316154550
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.00Steven Gaines trains his sharp eye on rich people behaving badly. The arena is Manhattan luxury property and the outlandish displays of ego, outrageous behaviour, blood feuds, status hunger and... -
Always Keep Your Promises: Lessons on Comedy, Courage, and Chutzpah by Mark Schiff
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £17.24From master comedian Mark Schiff, a long-time touring partner of Jerry Seinfeld, comes a hilarious account of decades of foolery with comedy and acting legends and how he honed his mensch skills in... -
Ok World, Here I Come!: Inspiring Advice for the Day After Graduation...But First, a Healthy Breakfast by Molly Reade 9781523531806
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40A collection of over 250 inspiring quotes and advice for graduates as they embark on a new journey, from famous commencement speakers and iconic thinkers.OK, World, Here I Come! is an invaluable book... -
The Powerful Purpose of Introverts – Why the World Needs You to Be You by Holley Gerth
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.30Would it surprise you to know that Joanna Gaines, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Oprah, Jerry Seinfeld, C. S. Lewis, Max Lucado, and Meryl Streep are all introverts? Even though introverts make up... -
Seinfeld - On Screen...: Seasons 1 to 5 - An Episode Guide by Stephen Lambe 9781789520125
Booksplease Price: £13.66When the final episode of Seinfeld aired on 14th May 1998, an amazing 76.3 million Americans tuned in, making it the most popular situation comedy is US television history. * The first show-by-show... -
The Quotable Guide to Punctuation by Stephen Spector 9780190675530
Booksplease Price: £98.62This book makes punctuation more fun and easier to learn than traditional approaches do. It teaches the natural way, by example: each lesson begins with quotes that exemplify good punctuation and... -
Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the Wtf Podcast by Marc Maron
Booksplease Price: £20.06Since 2009, WTF with Marc Maron has been one of the most widely listened to and influential podcasts in the country. Each week over a million and a half listeners tune in to hear Marc and a guest do... -
111 Porsche Stories That You Should Know Wilfried Muller 9783740800352
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £18.31What came first - the Porsche or the Beetle? Which Porsche racing car set every world record in the very year it was first presented in racing at Monza? And who is "Sascha"? Immerse yourself in the... -
Curbing It by Jeff Garlin 9781439150122
Booksplease Price: £11.78Now in paperback from comedian and actor Jeff Garlin-who plays Larry David's cheerful manager on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm-a year-long chronicle of his journey to reduce both his physical and carbon... -
Twain's Brand: Humor in Contemporary American Culture by Judith Yaross Lee 9781628461763
Booksplease Price: £28.57Samuel L. Clemens lost the 1882 lawsuit declaring his exclusive right to use ""Mark Twain"" as a commercial trademark, but he succeeded in the marketplace, where synergy among his comic journalism,... -
Probabilities: The Little Numbers That Rule Our Lives Peter Olofsson (Trinity University) 9780470624456
RRP: £37.95Booksplease Price: £34.57What are the chances? Find out in this entertaining exploration ofprobabilities in our everyday lives "If there is anything you want to know, or remind yourself, about probabilities, then look no... -
True Story: A Novel by Bill Maher 9780743291354
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £13.26The hilarious and controversial host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher's debut novel about the wild and crazy life of the stand-up comedian-a bawdy, rowdy tell-all report from the front line.Set in... -
Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture-And the Magic That Makes It Work by Jesse David Fox 9780374604714
RRP: £29.00Booksplease Price: £18.96Named a Most Anticipated Book by Vulture, Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Millions, and Lit Hub "Comedy Book changes the way we talk about an art form that is more diverse and exciting than ever... -
Howard Stern Comes Again by Howard Stern 9781471186523
Booksplease Price: £15.27Rock stars and rap gods. Comedy legends and A-list actors. Supermodels and centerfolds. Moguls and mobsters. A president. Over his unrivaled four-decade career in radio, Howard Stern has interviewed... -
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov 9780300162288
Booksplease Price: £28.38Set at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when idleness was still looked upon by Russia's serf-owning rural gentry as a plausible and worthy goal, Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov follows the travails... -
The Amorous Busboy Of Decatur Avenue by Robert Klein 9780684854892
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.73A funny and evocative coming-of-age memoir by Robert Klein, the beloved and award-winning comedian who has entertained audiences for more than four decades.Best known for his unique brand of... -
The Quotable Guide to Punctuation by Stephen Spector
Booksplease Price: £13.75This book makes punctuation more fun and easier to learn than traditional approaches do. It teaches the natural way, by example: each lesson begins with quotes that exemplify good punctuation and... -
How I Got This Way by Regis Philbin 9780062109767
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £10.63Emmy award-winning television star Regis Philbin has entertained millions of Americans every weekday morning for the past 28 years hosting, in various incarnations, the popular show "Live with Regis... -
May I Quote You on That?: A Guide to Grammar and Usage by Stephen Spector
RRP: £14.49Booksplease Price: £13.63We all use language in different ways, depending on the situations we find ourselves in. In formal contexts we are usually expected to use a formal level of Standard English-the English codified in... -
Joyful, Anyway Kate Bowler 9781037202568
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.30'A deeply moving everyday masterpiece. I loved it' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love'A delight from start to finish, Joyful, Anyway embodies the mix of pleasure and aching that makes us... -
Joyful, Anyway: Finding Delight in Impossible Times by Kate Bowler 9781037202575
Booksplease Price: £12.58'A deeply moving everyday masterpiece. I loved it' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love'A delight from start to finish, Joyful, Anyway embodies the mix of pleasure and aching that makes us... -
Jewish Voices: Inspiring & Empowering Quotes from Global Thought Leaders Dana Rubin 9781577154594
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.80Explore the richness and diversity of Jewish heritage and history with this expansive volume of quotes from Jewish figures. Immerse yourself in the stirring words of Jewish poets and scholars,... -
Good Grief: Life in a Tiny Vermont Village by Ellen Stimson
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £11.84Ellen Stimson and her husband had such a wonderful time in Vermont that they wondered what living there would really be like. "What if we stayed here . . . forever?" So began the series of adventures... -
Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of the dotcom boom and the terrible events of September 11th. Silicon Alley is a ghost town, Web 1.0 is having adolescent angst, Google... -
Choosing to Be Chosen: From Being an Atheist Non-Jew to Becoming an Orthodox Jew Kylie Ora Lobell 9798895653487
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.27Choosing to Be Chosen is journalist Kylie Ora Lobell's journey from a broken, secular Christian home, to teenage atheism, to a chance encounter with a lapsed Jewish stand-up comedian-culminating in a... -
Howard Stern Comes Again by Howard Stern 9781471186516
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.56Rock stars and rap gods. Comedy legends and A-list actors. Supermodels and centerfolds. Moguls and mobsters. A president. Over his unrivaled four-decade career in radio, Howard Stern has interviewed...