Books tagged with 'comedy': 55
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The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)by...William Shakespeare average rating...4.4 / 5tags...16th classic comedy fiction historic insightful italy literary play reading religion required shelved by...cmays87 icecolddrink locket mjvasile slowtostart thejulester viewable entries...2 |
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entry by...cmays87 updated...Mar 21, '07 spoilers...none
this play explains a lot... past, present, and future. its hard to read but i took from it what i could. ill reread sometime soon.
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As You Like Itby...William Shakespeare average rating...4.0 / 5tags...classic comedy drama england fiction play shelved by...thejulester viewable entries...none |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)by...William Shakespeare average rating...4.7 / 5tags...16th classic comedy fiction literary play shelved by...auringonkukka carmelita fromthepass mjvasile slowtostart sohail thejulester viewable entries...1 |
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodentsby...Terry Pratchett average rating...2.0 / 5tags...animals comedy fantasy fiction youngadult shelved by...GroshingOoma thejulester viewable entries...none |
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Dave Barry Does Japanby...Dave Barry average rating...4.0 / 5tags...comedy humour nonfiction travel shelved by...elspeth97 GroshingOoma prabham viewable entries...1 |
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entry by...elspeth97 updated...Apr 04, '07 spoilers...n/a
Dave Barry always manages to crack me up. In this book, he travels in Japan where the differences in culture make for a hilarious travelogue. From the Kibuki theater (I tried to read this part to my son and laughed so hard I could not get the words out) to plastic food displays, this is a most enjoyable read.
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Billyby...Pamela Stephenson average rating...4.0 / 5tags...biography comedy memoirbiography nonfiction shelved by...laini mazda502001 viewable entries...2 |
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entry by...mazda502001 updated...Feb 16, '07 spoilers...n/a
This is a great book about one of my very favourite comedians.
Blurb:
Who is the real Billy Connolly? He's the man who needs no introduction, and yet he is the ultimate enigma. From a troubled and desperately poor childhood in the docklands of Glasgow he is now the intimate of household names the world over. But who is the man behind the myth?
If anyone knows Billy Connolly better than himself, its his wife, Pamela Stephenson.
In this extraordinary book, she combines the very personal with a frank objectivity that makes for a compellingly moving - yet hugely entertaining - biography.
Blurb:
Who is the real Billy Connolly? He's the man who needs no introduction, and yet he is the ultimate enigma. From a troubled and desperately poor childhood in the docklands of Glasgow he is now the intimate of household names the world over. But who is the man behind the myth?
If anyone knows Billy Connolly better than himself, its his wife, Pamela Stephenson.
In this extraordinary book, she combines the very personal with a frank objectivity that makes for a compellingly moving - yet hugely entertaining - biography.
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entry by...laini updated...Sep 04, '09 spoilers...n/a
So this book was not quite what I expected, written by Billy's wife, Pamela Stephenson (who is also a comedian), it starts off with less of a bang than I would have thought. Pamela gives great insight into Billy's family history, his grandparents and parents lives before he was even thought of.
While not the laugh a minute I expected, it was nonetheless a very enjoyable read, gave a fantastic understanding of the man behind the laughs, and chronicles Billys journey through drink and drugs.
Don't get me wrong, there were still very funny moments in it, but it is definitely more of a serious biography than most would expect.
Definitely recommend it if your a fan of Billy Connolly at all!
While not the laugh a minute I expected, it was nonetheless a very enjoyable read, gave a fantastic understanding of the man behind the laughs, and chronicles Billys journey through drink and drugs.
Don't get me wrong, there were still very funny moments in it, but it is definitely more of a serious biography than most would expect.
Definitely recommend it if your a fan of Billy Connolly at all!
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As You Doby...Richard Hammond average rating...4.0 / 5tags...autobiography comedy nonfiction topgear shelved by...laini viewable entries...1 |
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entry by...laini updated...Aug 06, '09 spoilers...n/a
Here Richard Hammond reveals the stories behind a few of the documentaries and Top Gear films he has made.
Its hilariously witty and laugh out loud funny the whole way through. From describing taking a toilet break in the North Pole while his cameramen threw frozen Polar Bear poo at him to the story of rescuing his friends from their flooded house in an ornamental boat, it is interesting, enlightening and very enjoyable.
My favourite part of the book would have to be when he detailed his 20 mile run home in the middle of the night when his car got stuck behind barricades because of huge levels of flooding, just so that he could fulfill his promise to his daughter to be there for her birthday!
Its hilariously witty and laugh out loud funny the whole way through. From describing taking a toilet break in the North Pole while his cameramen threw frozen Polar Bear poo at him to the story of rescuing his friends from their flooded house in an ornamental boat, it is interesting, enlightening and very enjoyable.
My favourite part of the book would have to be when he detailed his 20 mile run home in the middle of the night when his car got stuck behind barricades because of huge levels of flooding, just so that he could fulfill his promise to his daughter to be there for her birthday!
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Bob Hope: My Life in Jokesby...Bob Hope average rating...4.0 / 5tags...2009 america autobiography bobhope comedy hollywood humor jokes june2009 nonfiction nostalgia shelved by...alma_spier thejulester viewable entries...none |
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Fish Out of Water (Fred the Mermaid, Book 3)by...MaryJanice Davidson average rating...5.0 / 5tags...adult comedy fiction young shelved by...Patsy71 viewable entries...none |
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Nicobobinus. ( Ab 10 J.).by...Terry Jones average rating...5.0 / 5tags...childrens comedy fiction shelved by...BookElf viewable entries...1 |
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entry by...BookElf updated...Jan 26, '09 spoilers...minor
My favourite book when I was a child tells the story of two best friends, Rosie and Nicobobinus, and their quest to find the land of the dragons. This book is about greed vs good, and believing in yourself and your abilities and would make a fantastic stage play with action ranging from the streets of Venice to a Pirate ship run by murderous (yet Godly) monks. I love this book because in it, they can literally do anything, and because the friendship between the two main characters is one of the most simple, yet evolved I have ever seen, especially in fiction meant for children- again, cannot wait to read to my kids and always give a presents to other peoples.
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posted by sohail submitted...Jun 02, '09
THIS IS A VERY NICE BOOK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN DREAM.
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