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Russia's theatrical past : court entertainment in the seventeenth century by Jensen, Claudia Rae, Maier, Ingrid, Shamin, S. M., Waugh, Daniel Clarke

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Comedians Come to Pskov -- Court Music at Home and Abroad -- The Theater of Diplomacy -- Introducing Pickleherring: The Origins of the Russian Court Theater -- The Plays and "Ballets" for the Tsar -- The Play of Tamerlane -- From Tamerlane to Tamerlane and Beyond.…”
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The presidential fringe : questing and jesting for the Oval Office by Stein, Mark, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Walker: from mainstream to fringe: Anti-Masonic Party -- Mark Twain: first celebrity candidate -- George Edwin Taylor: first African American candidate -- Will Rogers: Anti-Bunk Party -- Gracie Allen: Surprise Party -- John Maxwell: Vegetarian Party -- Homer Tomlinson: "King of the World" candidate -- Gabriel Green: Universal Flying Saucer Party -- Louis Abolafia: World Love Party -- Pat Paulsen: TV Comedian: STAG Party -- Eldridge Cleave: Black Panther: Peace and Freedom Party -- Dick Gregory: TV Comedian: Freedom and Peace Party -- Pigasus: Yippie Candidate -- Aftershocks: nobody for president -- Joan Jett Blakk: Queer Nation candidate -- Vermin Supreme: "Why not the worst?" …”
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Historical Comedy On Screen : Subverting History with Humour. by Salmi, Hannu

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Mad History of the World; PART I: Comedians and Comic Representations; Chapter 2: Buster Keaton's Comedies of Southern History: Our Hospitality and The General; Chapter 3: Comedians and Romance: History and Humour in Kalabalik; Chapter 4: From Ideal Husbands to Berserk Gargoyles: A Survey of Period Comedies Representing the British Past in the 1950s and; Chapter 5: Forms of History in Woody Allen; PART II: No Laughing Matter; Chapter 6: No Laughing Matter? …”
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The Seeds of Fiction : Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 1954-1983. by Diederich, Bernard

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Pico Iyer: 'Greene in the World'; Introduction by Richard Greene; Map of Hispaniola; PART I Graham Greene in Haiti; Seeds of Fiction; A Quixotic Insurgency; Loving Haiti; A River of Blood; The Poetry of Faith; A Matter of Policy; Blood in the Streets; The Comedians; Papa Doc Reacts to The Comedians; After Papa Doc; PART II On the Way Back: Graham Greene in Central America; A Dictator with a Difference; The Years Pass; Rendezvous on a Pearl Island; Getting to Know Chuchu; Greene Goes to Washington.…”
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Witcraft : the invention of philosophy in English by Rée, Jonathan, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : towards a revolution -- Philosophy learns English -- Puritans, philosophers, comedians -- Politics, religion and the two new philosophies -- New philosophy, new history -- Politics, paradise and personal identity -- The spirit of progress -- Intelligent love -- A collection of nonsense.…”
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Shakespeare and superheroes by Kahan, Jeffrey, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…"I have shot mine arrow o'er the house, / and hurt my brother" : death and redemption in Hamlet and Arrow -- Of guise and gals : Wonder Woman and Shakespearean cross-dressing -- Tonight at the improv : comedians slay! Two drink minimum -- Postscript : comic books and literary values.…”
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Mock stars : Indie comedy and the dangerously funny by Wenzel, John, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Show Effect; 3 At Cross Lake; 4 Friends with Benefits: Comedians of Comedy; 5 Humor in Small Doses; 6 Comedy with an Amp; 7 Least Likely to Succeed; 8 Supportive Undergarments; About the Author; Sources; Index.…”
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Natalie Haynes on comedy in class.

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Performing Live Comedy. by Ritchie, Chris

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE COMEDIANS; Chapter 2 THE LANGUAGE; Chapter 3 COMEDY; Chapter 4 THE PERFORMER; Chapter 5 THE COMIC CHARACTER AND OTHERS; Chapter 6 THE PERFORMANCE; Chapter 7 JOKES; Chapter 8 THE AUDIENCE; Chapter 9 THE COMEDY INDUSTRY; Chapter 10 ROUND-UP; Bibliography; Notes.…”
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Stand-up Comedy in Africa Humour in Popular Languages and Media. by Nwankwọ, Izuu

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 5 Discourse and Humour Strategies in Two-Person Stand-up Art in Nigeria -- Part II Circumventing Censorship and Taboo -- Chapter 6 In the Shadow of the 1994 Genocide: Arthur Nkusi and Stand-up Comedy in Rwanda -- Chapter 7 The Afterlife of Ugandan Stand-up Comedy: Examining the Multiple Roles and Jocular Devices of Teacher Mpamire -- Chapter 8 Scripted and Non-Scripted Humour in Stand-up Comedy: Techniques of Egypt's Comedian Ali Quandil -- Chapter 9 Reinventing Taboo in Kenyan Stand-up Comedy -- Part III Mechanics of being a Comedian…”
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The Chaplin Machine: Slapstick. by Hatherley, Owen

Table of Contents: “…Constructing the Chaplin Machine: The Constructivist International Encounters the American Comedians; 2. Red Clowns to the Rescue: Biomechanics in Film, Factory and Circus; 3. …”
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"Other people's diasporas" : negotiating race in contemporary Irish and Irish American culture by Moynihan, Sinéad

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Other people's diasporas -- Crossing the black and green Atlantics: Joseph O'Connor's fictions of Irish America -- "Maybe it was Riverdance": Roddy Doyle's fictions of multicultural Ireland -- Paying the race card: Staging immigration in Irish and Irish American drama -- Stand(ing) up for the immigrants: The work of comedian Des Bishop -- To hell's kitchen and back: Migration between Ireland and America in contemporary cinema -- Epilogue: The departees?…”

Using humor to maximize learning : the links between positive emotions and education by Morrison, Mary Kay, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Humor Terminology -- App. 2. Comedian List.…”
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The cultural set up of comedy : affective politics in the United States post 9/11 by Webber, Julie A., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 3: Breaking the "Crass Ceiling": Women as Comedians -- Bridesmaids -- Chapter 4: The Tone of Political Comedy in The Daily Show and The Colbert Report -- "Rape-nuts" -- Chapter 5: Globalizing Political Humor -- Parazit -- Al Bernameg -- Conclusion: After Comedy -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Edward Hopper : light and dark by Souter, Gerry

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; Emergence -- A World of Light and Shadow; Paris, Impressionists, and True Love; Turning Points; Return, Rejection, and Flight; On his Terms; Changing Times; Searching Afield, Finding New Tools; Redemption in Black and White; Love, Marriage, and Watercolour; New Victories, New Adventures; On the Road with Ed and Jo; Lives of a Grand Old Icon; Rise and Decline; Fame, Honour, and Conflict; Confrontation -- 1940s; Personal Vision; The Comedians; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Oliver Samuels in rehearsal

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A nation divided? : the Charlie Hebdo aftermath

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Sudoku

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The life of Niccolò Machiavelli by Ridolfi, Roberto, 1899-1991

Table of Contents: “…Histories for Florins -- The legation to the Franciscans -- Niccolo Machiavelli, historian -- Niccolo Machiavelli, historian and comedian -- Niccolo Machiavelli, 'historian, comic and tragic author' -- 'Sixty years' -- The end -- The armed prophet.…”

Who Is Larry David.

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Sunday morning. Louis CK on Father's Day / Opinion :

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I have chosen to stay and fight by Cho, Margaret

Chaplin's music hall : the Chaplins and their circle in the Limelight by Anthony, Barry

Table of Contents: “…Overture -- The Road to Ruin'Dashing' Eva Lester -- The Californian GemLittle Lily Harley -- Original and RefinedKitty Fairdale -- The Crème de la Crème of Terpsichorean Serio-ComicsCharles Chaplin -- Descriptive SingerArthur West -- Topical and Extempore VocalistLeo Dryden -- The Kipling of the HallsWill Godwin -- Dramatic Sketch ArtistThe Eight Lancashire Lads -- Characteristic and Champion Clog DancersJessie Macnally -- The Dublin GirlCasey's Circus -- A Ragged BurlesqueFred Karno and his Colossal Combination of Comedians 13. The Great Calvero -- Master of Pantomime and Comic Songs.…”
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The two Vanrevels by Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946

Table of Contents: “…A cat can do more than look at a king -- Surviving evils of the Reign of Terror -- The rogue's gallery of a father should be exhibited to a daughter with particular care -- "But spare your country's flag" -- Nero not the last violinist of his kind -- The ever unpractical feminine -- The comedian -- A tale of a political difference -- The rule of the regent -- Echoes of a serenade -- A voice in a garden -- The room in the cupola -- The tocsin -- The firm of Gray and Vanrevel -- When June came -- "Those endearing young charms" -- The price of silence -- The uniform -- The flag goes marching by -- "Goodby."…”
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Wallace Stevens : the Plain Sense of Things. by Longenbach, James

Table of Contents: “…1 Pecksniff and Politics; 2 The Literary Profession; 3 Populism and Imperialism; 4 The Great War and Post-Romantic Ambition; 5 Writing War Poetry; 6 The Fellowship of Men that Perish; 7 Postwar Comedian; 8 Surety and Fidelity Claims; 9 Paris and the Florida Land Boom; 10 Lefts and Lefts; 11 Ideas of Ambiguity; 12 The Politics of Despair; 13 Violence Within, Violence Without; 14 It Must Be Masculine; 15 The Heart of the Debacle; 16 It Must Be Humdrum; 17 The Ultimate Politician; 18 A New Knowledge of Reality; Notes; Index of Works; General Index.…”
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Mystery guest revealed : Nicole Gomez Fisher

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I'll tell you one damn thing, and that's all I know! / Selected journals of Jann Arden by Arden, Jann

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Inspired by . by Ireland, Kathryn M.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; by Lady Annabel Goldsmith; Introduction; Eugenia Marcou; The Collector; Jamie Gould; The Weaver; Barry Dixon; Gentleman Farmer; Michael Bruno; The Entrepreneur; Donna Dixon Aykroyd; Regal Renaissance Lady; Baby de Selliers; The Equestrian; Carina Cooper; Colorful Chef/Writer; Ray Azoulay; Magician; Lady Annabel Goldsmith; Grand Dame; Miv Watts; The Decorating Rock Chick; Fiona Lewis; The Natural; Martyn Lawrence Bullard; Design Star; Christopher Farr; Color Enthusiast; Ursula Brooks; The Comedian; Adam Blackman; Historian; Gaby Dellal; Triple Threat; Windsor Smith; Design 411.…”
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Well-grounded : the neurobiology of rational decisions / Neurobiology of rational decisions by Lambert, Kelly

Table of Contents: “…The brain's contingency calculator : the secret of our success -- The brain's output : behavior's many forms -- The human brain : an embarrassment of riches -- Building the brain's contingency circuit -- When life distorts the contingency filters -- Fine-tuning the contingency calculators : well-grounded lessons from rats, comedians, and triple-crown horse owners -- Parenting : time to recalculate life's contingencies -- Calculating effective strategies for treating mental illness -- Getting down to business : putting the contingency calculators to work -- Stretching the contingency limits : new and imagined realities -- Epilogue : redefining prosperity : from strategic champagne bubbles to accurately perceived life affordances.…”
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I'm dying up here : heartbreak and high times in stand-up comedy's golden era / I am dying up here by Knoedelseder, William, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: A true comic -- Blood brothers -- The hippest room -- Mitzi's store -- Tom, Dave, and George -- All about Budd -- Six minutes, twenty-two laughs -- The boys' club -- Guns, drugs, and Westwood -- Comedy university -- Richard's baroness, Steve's movie -- The funniest year ever -- Roommates -- The New Year's resolution --- Drugs and theft -- Order, please -- Diary of a young comic -- The gauntlet -- Comedians for compensation -- Choosing up sides -- Fire! …”
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Strategies of political theatre : post-War British playwrights by Patterson, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Strategies of political theatre : a theoretical overview -- 'Reflectionist' strategy : 'kitchen sink' realism in Arnold Wesker's Roots (1959) -- 'Interventionist' strategy : poetic politics in John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959) -- Dialectics of comedgy : Trevor Griffith's Comedians (1975) -- Appropriating middle-class comedy : Howard Barker's Stripwell -- Staging the future : Howard Breton's The Churchill Play (1974) -- Agit-prop revisited : John McGrath's The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black, Black Oil (1973) -- Brecht revisited : David Hare's Fanshen (1975) -- Rewriting Shakespeare : Edward Bond's Lear (1971) -- Stragegy of play : Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine (1979).…”
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Burlesque.

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Helping others to achieve

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Life in New York : how I learned to love squeegee men, token suckers, trash twisters, and subway sharks by Pedersen, Laura

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Wallace Stevens : a celebration

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Yolande Beckles.

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Great romances of the 20th century.

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Theology and literature : rethinking reader responsibility

Table of Contents: “…Hurley -- Samuel Beckett's use of the Bible and the responsibility of the reader / Spyridoula Athanasopoulou-Kypriou -- On trial / Lewis Owens -- Bible and ethics / Johannes Nissen -- The playwright, the novelist, and the comedian / Dirk Visser -- Dialogue in Gandhi's Hind swaraj, or, Indian home rule, or the reader as truth-seeker / Clara A.B. …”
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Forget me not : the rise of the British literary annual, 1823-1835 / Rise of the British literary annual, 1823-1835 by Harris, Katherine D.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: British Ingenuity from German Invention- The Legacy of Rudolph Ackermann -- 2: A Family History of Albums, Anthologies, Almanacs, and Emblems -- 3: The First Generation's Success- Forget Me Not, Friendship's Offering, and The Literary Souvenir -- 4: Second-Generation Annuals- A Ballroom Filled with Debutants and Comedians, The Keepsake and The Comic Annual -- 5: The Artistic Influence of the Annual's Engraving "Copyists" -- 6: Accumulating Profits or Constructing Taste- Editorial Control of the Literary Annuals -- 7: Feminizing the Textual Body- Women and Their Literary Annuals in Nineteenth-Century Britain -- Conclusion: The Literary Annual's Evolution from Nineteenth-Century Gothic to Twentieth-Century Homage -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Ringo : With a Little Help. by Starr, Michael Seth

Table of Contents: “…"He Is Like a Silent Comedian"; 9. "I'm the Little Fellow"; 10. Pounding "Rain"; 11. …”
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