Readers can’t curb their enthusiasm for Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good.
As a comedian, then producer of Seinfeld, and subsequently the creator and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David...
Readers can’t curb their enthusiasm for Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good.
As a comedian, then producer of Seinfeld, and subsequently the creator and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David...
From the award-winning author of Bubblegum and The Instructions, a daring new novel about the absurdity, the humor, and the tragedy of survivorship. A one-in-ten-billion natural disaster devastates Chicago. A Jewish comedian, his most...
A stunning, hilarious memoir displaying Koy's "wide-ranging comedic talent and abundant wells of perseverance" (Kirkus Reviews, starred). Mixed Plate illuminates the burning drive and unique humor that make Jo Koy one of...
Samantha Irby explodes onto the printed page with her debut collection of brand-new essays about trying to laugh her way through failed relationships, being black, taco feasts, bouts with Crohn's disease, and more. Every essay is...
"Magical" -Mindy Kaling "Delicious"- Amy Sedaris "It made me remember I was alive" - George Saunders. Hello! I looked into my brain and found a book. Here it is. Inside you will find: The smell of...
Beloved Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke celebrated his ninetieth birthday in December 2015, yet he still keeps busy entertaining America on television, in movies, on the stage, and on social media. So how does he do it? For the first time...
Tom Scharpling is good at being funny, which is a miracle, considering what he's survived. With this memoir, he shines a light on the turmoil that still follows him, even as he racks up accolades and achievements.
The first book in twenty-five years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy. Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub "Catch a Rising Star" as a twenty-one-year-old...
Resolving to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian despite less-than-funny challenges in his life, wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be...
Middle schooler Jamie Grimm dreams of being the best stand-up comic in the world-despite being in a wheelchair. He's off to Boston to compete in the national semifinals of the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest. But sudden...
Growing up in small-town Ohio isn't easy, particularly when you're a closeted gay kid surrounded by... no one openly gay. Luckily, Danny Pellegrino grew up in the '90s, coming of age when the internet opened up a whole...
A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in...
Will stage fright prevent a very funny bear from becoming a stand-up comedian?
From the New York Times best-selling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive both "One of the foremost 'it' writers of our time. . . . Whatever ails you,...
A book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history. It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate...
Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesn't "look" autistic. But, as he's quick to point out in this...
A deeply textured and compelling biography of comedy giant Mel Brooks, covering his rags-to-riches life and triumphant career in television, films, and theater.
So far, Raphael Augustine’s 10-year career as a comedian consists of a lot of ones: one night gigs, one night stands and one night in jail. But he’s committed to inking a successful T.V. deal, nonetheless. He’s not looking for a...
In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly that she even became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, Asian...
Cinquante ans de scène, de trac et de passion du métier, ça se souligne et ça se fête ! Dans ce livre, l’humoriste Denise Guénette raconte son parcours artistique et l’accompagne de plusieurs monologues inédits. S’ajoutent à son récit,...