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Paolo Rossi si confessa. Ma rende la sua confessione a una divinità molto particolare: il dio dei ladri, il Bardo William Shakespeare. Tutti gli attori, i commedianti, i contastorie sono infatti ladri: di aneddoti e di idee, di verità e anche di menzogne. Per questo, la «versione di Paolo» è una storia rigorosamente apocrifa e anarchica, disseminata di occasioni e tentazioni, botte date e prese, donne amate e lasciate, poco venerati maestri e pessime compagnie di giro, ideologie e avventure di una sera o di una vita annaffiate da sobrie acque toniche corrette gin.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'That night, I'd survived my life flashing before me, with my dignity intact. Yes, this chaotic life has always been a gamble. ... But what a gamble.' Paul Sinha is an award-winning comedian, a quizzing mastermind and a happily-married husband. But for much of his life...

Learn some amazing truths about sports, science, history, and more with this interactive trivia book asking you to spot the lie—perfect for a personal challenge or group game night! Was Cleopatra the last Egyptian pharaoh? Can you really make diamonds out of tequila? Is the platypus actually...

With sisterhood providing the moxie, Denise took on leadership positions not common for women at the time: playwright, stage director, producer, and administrative/artistic director. But, in the end, the most important thing her time with Les Nickelettes taught her was the power of female friendship.

Named by Time as America's Favourite Humorist, the uniquely perceptive and hilarious David Sedaris reads from his essays and diaries for his ninth series for Radio 4. This is the complete recording of Meet David Sedaris Series Nine, which was broadcast on Radio 4. The full listing is: Episode...

"It’s f*cking great!!! Raw, intimate, hilarious, actually inspiring.” –Jon Stewart *A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM BUSTLE, GOODREADS, GOODREADS, SHEREADS, BOOKRIOT, AND MORE* A dynamic memoir-in-essays by comedian, screenwriter, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, detailing her tumultuous...

Comedian and actor Byron Bowers’ wild, funny, and fearless memoir proves that healing can be a psychedelic experience—and that sometimes the only way to tell the truth is to laugh about it. Byron Bowers is a comic’s comic—the guy other comedians watch from the back of the room wondering...

I work with the world's most unintentionally hilarious woman. We'll call her Elsie W. What you are about to listen to is true, only the names have been changed to protect the author from certain unemployment. This is my job. This is the life I live. Someone help me!

Bestselling children's author Andy Stanton has made a career out of writing differently—from the unconventional ‘hero' of his bestselling Mr Gum series to his penchant for absurdist plots, his children's books are anything but formulaic. When a friend introduces him to ChatGPT, the new large language chatbot, Andy is as sceptical as he is curious. Can this jumble of algorithms really mimic the spontaneity of human thought? Could it one day replace human authors like him for good? And are we soon to be ruled over by despotic robot overlords.

“Jess Gutierrez has a one-of-a-kind talent for showing how hilarious and absurd life can be—and, lucky reader, she is ready to share her escapades with the rest of us. I couldn’t put this book down.” —W. Kamau Bell, comedian and author of The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell “Like...

Since winning the Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1993, Dominic Holland has gone on to become one of the UK’s best loved comedians. He’s worked with Armando Iannucci, Rob Brydon and supported Eddie Izzard on tour. He is also the father of Tom Holland (best known for starring in the blockbuster Spider-man movies) and made the brilliant 2017 Dominic Holland Eclipsed Edinburgh Fringe show out of the experience of being a superhero’s dad.

“Understated” and “tasteful” could never be applied to Annie, and that’s just fine with her. A colorful actress with a decades-long career in TV, film, and theater—including a recurring role on Seinfeld and a center-stage spot touring with The Moth—Annie offers her trademark unabashed takes on both everyday and typically taboo topics.

Von der Rechtschreibreform zur gendergerechten Sprache, von der Vogelgrippe zu den Metamorphosen des Covid, vom Vermummungsverbot in Zeiten der Startbahn West zur Maskenpflicht in Zeiten der Pipeline Ost - was haben wir nicht schon alles überstanden! Bei seiner satirischen Zeitreise durch unsere immer bunter werdende Republik setzt Urban Priol auf Humor statt Alarmismus. Gemeinsam mit Helmut Kohl betrat er die Bühne des politischen Kabaretts, seitdem knöpft er sich alle Regierenden bis zur Ampel vor.

From the 911 Files takes you behind the scenes of a 911 communications center, where real-life emergency calls come in from people in distress. You’ll learn about the actual calls, and experience the reactions of real first responders as they work to save lives and keep the community safe.

Jean Kerr played many roles in her life, from exasperated mother to Broadway playwright and keen observer of mid-twentieth century suburbia. She also became one of America's most beloved humorists by sharing her insights and anecdotes in a series of popular newspaper columns. In The Snake Has All the Lines, Kerr explores topics ranging from family vacations and modern convenience to the trials and tribulations of opening a new play.

Rob Gotobed is a stand-up comedian and comedy writer from Cricklewood in the United Kingdom, and since his first performances at the legendary Gotham Comedy Club in New York City, to help subsidize his day job as a trainee dog surfing instructor in the fall of 1999, Rob Gotobed has written his own material and saved everything!

Daniel Spitzer gilt heute als einer der bedeutendsten Satiriker und Humanisten Wiens. Seine Erzählungen sind humoristisch und apokryphisch, ein echter Genuss. 1. Januar 1882 – Ein lieber Freund hatte mich eingeladen den Weihnachtsabend im Kreise seiner Familie zu zubringen und ich saß bei meinem Schreibtische um noch vorher eine kleine Pflicht der Pietätlosigkeit zu erfüllen und eine Satire auf unsere Zustände, für den folgenden Sonntag, zu schreiben.

We'll Always Have Paris is a heartwarming memoir that takes listeners on a journey of laughter, love, and adventure. Comedian David Ahearn sets out on a life-changing experience as he joins his comedy group Four Day Weekend for an Armed Forces Entertainment tour for the United States military overseas.

Dieses Hörbuch berichtet über den alltäglichen kleinen Wahnsinn zwischen Mann und Frau sowie der Familie - mit einem Augenzwinkern und leichter Ironie. Wie schnell kann es doch geschehen, dass MANN Komplimente machen möchte, doch es leider genau falsch vom weiblichen Geschöpf empfunden wird. Hannah erzählt Geschichten und Schmunzeleien aus ihrem Alltag, welche sie manches Mal belasten, die Leserinnen und Leser jedoch wohl eher belustigen werden. Sicherlich fühlt sich der ein oder andere in die Geschehnisse hineinversetzt.

David Acuff is a Hollywood insider, a military brat, a comic, a piano recital survivor, a BMW murderer, an offensive linebacker, a dog licker, a divorced TikToker, a father of three Jedi princesses, and possibly a child prodigy. He is also a semi-centurion. That's a word he made up when he turned 50 this year because "quinquagenarian" sounds like a horse disease or a Menudo song. And before he could move on to the next nifty fifty, he wanted to process how he'd lived, laughed, loved, and litigated along the way. So he wrote this semi-memoir. A semi-memie, let's call it.