Comedy and stand-up

In 'Die Komödie der Irrungen (Zweisprachige Ausgabe: Deutsch-Englisch)' von William Shakespeare taucht der Leser in die Welt der Verwechslungen und Verstrickungen ein.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessings Werk 'Nathan der Weise' ist ein Historiendrama, das im 18.

In this book Wynnetta Wimberley addresses the often overlooked crisis of depression in African American clergy, investigating the causes underlying this phenomenon while discussing possible productive paths forward.

This Pivot explores the cultural economy of comedy in the UK, looking specifically at the links between industry practices and structures and who produces comedy in the UK.

From The Two Gentlemen of Verona in the early 1590s to The Two Noble Kinsmen at the end of his career around 1614, Shakespeare wrote at least eighteen plays that can be called 'comedies': a far higher number than that for any other genre in which he wrote.

This in-depth compilation of the lives, works, and contributions of 12 icons of African-American comedy explores their impact on American entertainment and the way America thinks about race.

Für das Verhältnis von Frauen zur Bibel bedeutet die Reformation einen Wendepunkt.

Sebastian 23 – in den Sozialen Netzwerken auch bekannt als mondschaf23 – schreibt über 5712 einfache Wege, die Welt zu retten.

It's official: dads were put onto this planet to embarrass the rest of their families.

The Modern Feminine in the Medusa Satire of Fanny Fern argues that Sara Parton and her literary alter ego, Fanny Fern, occupy a star-power position within the antebellum literary marketplace dominated by women authors of sentimental fiction, writers Nathaniel Hawthorne (in)famously called "e;the damn mob of scribbling women.

Anton Chekhov's 'The Greatest Dramatic Works of Anton Chekhov: 12 Plays in One Edition' is a collection of some of the most influential plays in Russian literature.

This book examines the female criminals and the prison conditions and issues they must endure through the lens of a case study in the Karachi women's prison in Pakistan.

This book examines the female criminals and the prison conditions and issues they must endure through the lens of a case study in the Karachi women's prison in Pakistan.

He talks about going to Switzerland, to that place where you pay them to kill you And I say go!

What do you call a decomposing whale?

This book systematically studies the literary output of female writers in contemporary China within the frame of literary theories of feminism.

Joyfully absurd and hilarious.

'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "e;hilarious"e; on them.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERMake room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys there's a new history book in town.

The joys of the world, one terrible map at a time - this is the ultimate gift book for the budding geographer or anyone who wants to have a laugh.

This book systematically studies the literary output of female writers in contemporary China within the frame of literary theories of feminism.

Der vorliegende Band widmet sich der neutestamentlichen Briefliteratur aus der Genderperspektive.

This book made me laugh and then order an unholy amount of takeaway.

This book looks at television comedy, drawn from across the UK and Ireland, and ranging chronologically from the 1980s to the 2020s.

This book looks at television comedy, drawn from across the UK and Ireland, and ranging chronologically from the 1980s to the 2020s.

'This book had sex with my brain!

A highly diverting celebration of television's favourite naturalist, packed with games, trivia and Attenborough-inspired activities.

Wie wir lernen, uns alle wieder liebzuhaben: das erste Buch des preisgekrönten Stand-up-Comedians Tutty Tran"'Die Doische lieb lugtik', sagt mein Papa immer.

Paul Whitehouse and fishing expert John Bailey celebrate the timeless joy of fishing.

'An absolutely brilliant read' Patrick Kielty, Late Late Show, RT Blisteringly honest .

"e;You are Black; you are female,"e; Leslie Jones' father once said.

'There was none like her before and there's been none like her since - she was unique.

The Art of Dying: 21st Century Depictions of Death and Dying examines how contemporary media platforms are used to produce creative accounts, responses and reflections on the course of dying, death and grief.

'A hilarious must read.

The Art of Dying: 21st Century Depictions of Death and Dying examines how contemporary media platforms are used to produce creative accounts, responses and reflections on the course of dying, death and grief.

For fans of Really Good Actually and I'm Glad My Mom Died'A deftness that catches your breath' - Fern Brady'An incredible piece of writing' - Brett Goldstein'Interrogates moments of trauma with insight, kindness and humanity' - John RobinsThis is a book about mistakes.

'A terrific book .

This book develops a model to examine the language of humour, which is multimodal and accounts for the possibility of transmutation of humour as it is performed through editorial cartoons.

Examining humor in depictions of the Civil War from the war years to the present, this review covers a wide range of literature, film and television in historical context.

This book develops a model to examine the language of humour, which is multimodal and accounts for the possibility of transmutation of humour as it is performed through editorial cartoons.

Examining humor in depictions of the Civil War from the war years to the present, this review covers a wide range of literature, film and television in historical context.

This biography profiles Jon Stewart, television's most incisive deliverer of the fake news.

'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard OsmanWhatever I now know about life - or think I know - I found out through failure, disappointment, mortification.

This exhaustive work on flatulence breaks new wind on every aspect of abdominal gas in popular culture.

This exhaustive work on flatulence breaks new wind on every aspect of abdominal gas in popular culture.

A Sunday Times Bestseller'I Love You, Byeee is poignant and properly funny; a bracing dip into nostalgia, but self-aware, too.

Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete.

'Hilarious and heartbreaking' Sara Pascoe'Sheer bloody joy' Philippa PerryOver the course of a year, comedian Rachel Parris asked members of her live audience for advice - and here's what she learned from a bunch of total strangers.

Victorias Texte kreisen um das Schöne in der Welt – und warum manche es nicht mehr wahrnehmen können oder wollen.