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The Comic Offense from Vaudeville to Contemporary Comedy examines how contemporary writer/performers are influenced by the comedic vaudevillians of the early 20th century.

Now available in paperback, this volume presents a theory of the circus as a secular ritual and introduces a method to analyze its performances as multimodal discourse.

If you're looking for a book that will teach you how to write comedy, we suggest you keep moving.

Now available in paperback, this volume presents a theory of the circus as a secular ritual and introduces a method to analyze its performances as multimodal discourse.

Master the exciting art of card magic with The Everything Card Tricks Book.

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Martin Gardner has entertained the world with his puzzles for decades and inspired countless mathematicians and scientists.

In this volume, world-leading puzzle designers, puzzle collectors, mathematicians, and magicians continue the tradition of honoring Martin Gardner, who inspired them to enter mathematics, to enter magic, to bring magic into their mathematics, or to bring mathematics into their magic.

The tradition of honoring Martin Gardner continues with this edited collection of articles by those who have been inspired by Gardner to enter mathematics, to enter magic, to bring magic into their mathematics, or to bring mathematics into their magic.

The Phenomenology of Blood in Performance Art is a major new publication that expands the philosophical contextualisation of blood, its presence and absence, across the practice of performance art from a phenomenological perspective.

If you're a movie or television fan - how many of these questions can you answer?

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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOWA PRACTICAL HANDBOOK setting out the full instructions for a routine of amazing card tricks.

One summer her sister never came home from the fair.

The Elis James and John Robins' Show has become cult listening, and that cult has registered for charitable status, published quarterly accounts and been given a full blessing by the Archbishop of Broadcasting.

An explosive insider account of grime, from subculture to international phenomenon.

Your pets can rival movie stars with these easy tricks from the trainer behind Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, Julie Tottman.

Your pets can rival movie stars with these easy tricks from the trainer behind the Harry Potter movies, Julie Tottman.

Arron Crascall is one of the UK's leading social media stars.

IT WAS ONLY MEANT TO BE A PRANK VIDEO.

Hilarious, heartwarming and inspirational, this is the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling autobiography by comedian Sarah Millican.

Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, mostly absurd collection of poetry and essays from comedy superstar and creator of Netflix phenomenon Inside Bo Burnham.

Comedy from Dave Vitty - Chris Moyles' hilarious sidekick on Radio 1.

'The working mum's version of Eddie Izzard's 50 marathons in 50 days.

The long-awaited, inspiring autobiography from Kerry Katona.

When Jon Holmes became a father (twice), he was asked to fill in a form detailing his family medical history.

The inside of Derren Brown's head is a strange and mysterious place.

Beyond a Joke is a celebration of comedy - one of the modern world's most dominant and compelling art forms - but it is also the story of comedy's dark side, homing in on the scandals that have surrounded some of light entertainment's biggest stars, and telling it as it is, featuring insight from one who was there at the time.

Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan.

_______________'A wonderful writer An adventure hard to beat in terms of sheer exotic allure' - Guardian'Mexico will not have been portrayed more vividly since Graham Greene's The Lawless Roads .

The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E SchwabOver 4 million copies sold'The book I wish I'd written' R F Kuang'Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous' Katherine Rundell'A modern masterpiece' Spectator'One of my all-time favourite books' Ann Patchett1806.

Performance Studies in Motion offers multiple perspectives on the current field of performance studies and suggests its future directions.

Performance Studies in Motion offers multiple perspectives on the current field of performance studies and suggests its future directions.

'This is the kind of book that troubles grey-suited committees of academic peers.

'This is the kind of book that troubles grey-suited committees of academic peers.

'Welfare State International are brilliant at making an audience of strangers into a community.

How could Max Miller reduce an audience to helpless laughter just by talking about a fan dancer and her fan?

Stand-Up!

An examination of the art of stand-up comedy, its constituent parts and how they workConsidering stand-up comedy to be an art-form deserving greater attention and analysis, Getting the Joke provides an exploration of the work of the stand-up comedian.

Comedy is a global multibillion dollar industry and it is also one of the easiest ones to get into.

Performing Live Comedy is for anyone who has ever thought about getting up onstage and being funny or for those who have already started.

'Welfare State International are brilliant at making an audience of strangers into a community.

A creepy magician with a shadowy act.

A creepy magician with a shadowy act.

The comic autobiography of 2014 A comedian's autobiography?

***If you loved Alan's first memoir - Look Who It Is!

Last year, a dog danced his way into the history books as the first canine winner of Britain's Got Talent.

The mathematics behind some of the world's most amazing card tricksMagical Mathematics reveals the secrets of fun-to-perform card tricks-and the profound mathematical ideas behind them-that will astound even the most accomplished magician.