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Jewish Comedy: A Serious History Jeremy Dauber (Columbia University) 9780393356298
RRP: $24.29SciFier: $22.35In a work of scholarship both erudite and funny, Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. Organising his book thematically into... -
When Harry Met Sally ... Tamar Jeffers McDonald (University of Kent, UK) 9781844579075
RRP: $24.29SciFier: $19.80Ground-breaking in its departure from its predecessors, When Harry Met Sally (1989) established classic romantic comedy themes and tropes still being employed today. Placing the film in its... -
How To Be A Sitcom Writer: Secrets from the Inside Marc Blake 9781837913091
RRP: $16.81SciFier: $15.24Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837913091Author Marc BlakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint -
Rank Ladies by M. Alison Kibler
SciFier: $81.89In this comprehensive study of women in vaudeville, Alison Kibler reveals how female performers, patrons and workers shaped the rise and fall of the most popular live entertainment at the turn of the... -
Off the Mic: The World's Best Stand-Up Comedians Get Serious About Comedy Deborah Frances-White (Stand-up Comedian, UK) 9781472526380
SciFier: $54.21What is it to be a stand-up comedian? To be funny, solo? You have no character-role, no double-act partner, and nowhere to look but out into the darkness, with just a microphone, an audience and your... -
Dispatches From the Sofa by Frank Skinner
RRP: $31.77SciFier: $21.60A collection of Frank Skinner's most brilliant, biting, gut-bustingly funny columns for The Times.For several years, legendary comedian Frank Skinner wrote a weekly column for The Times. Without... -
Contemporary Farce on the Global Stage: or, Serious Laughter David Gram 9780367219284
SciFier: $72.91Gives a social and cultural context for every period of farce, giving readers a clear understanding of how and why the form has evolved over time.The only comprehensive and up to date account of... -
The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3/4 by Tez Ilyas
RRP: $18.68SciFier: $8.62The incredible Sunday Times bestseller'Essential...A complex blend of overexcited Adrian Mole-like anecdotes mixed with shocking moments of racism and insights into Muslim religious practices' Sunday... -
A Carlin Home Companion by Kelly Carlin
SciFier: $31.40Truly the voice of a generation, George Carlin gave the world some of the most hysterical and iconic comedy routines of the last fifty years. From the "Seven Dirty Words" to "A Place for My Stuff,"... -
My Lifey Paddy McGuinness 9781529109375
RRP: $24.29SciFier: $18.21Get the kettle on, the biscuits out and settle in for a belting read.Let Paddy McGuinness take you back, far, far away from celebrity land, to a two-up, two-down terrace in 1970s Bolton, where he... -
Secret Hollywood by Bill O'Neill
SciFier: $22.25Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648450730Author Bill O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint -
The Bad Mother's Holiday by Suzy K Quinn
RRP: $14.94SciFier: $14.68Juliette Duffy is knocked up again. Preggers. Up the duff. To put it another way... whoops. While she and her hotel magnate boyfriend Alex get their heads around unexpected parenthood, Juliette is... -
Jim Davidson, No Further Action by Jim Davidson
RRP: $35.51SciFier: $26.54On 2 January 2013, just a day before Jim Davidson was due to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house, he found himself behind far more serious locked doors when he was arrested by the Yewtree... -
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts Samuel Beckett 9780571329656
RRP: $24.29SciFier: $17.77Written in French and first performed at the Theatre du Bablyone in Paris, in 1953, En attendant Godot was subsequently translated by Samuel Beckett into English as Waiting for Godot. It was... -
The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes Gyles Brandreth 9780198749585
RRP: $42.99SciFier: $37.66This is the ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford tradition, and covering every kind of theatrical story and experience from the... -
Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer
SciFier: $22.63Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573018237Author Peter ShafferFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint -
How to be the Greatest Improviser on Earth by Will Hines
RRP: $28.05SciFier: $22.89Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982625729Author Will HinesFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint -
Amazing Disgrace: A Book About "Shame" Grace Campbell 9781529354034
RRP: $18.68SciFier: $8.62'An outpouring of truth, wit, and beautiful comedic wisdom.' Katherine Ryan'Such a funny and interesting book.' Sara Pascoe'Finally my vagina has a voice!' London Hughes'Powerful, bold, vulnerable,... -
Funny, You Don't Look Funny: Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials Jennifer Caplan 9780814347300
RRP: $175.78SciFier: $116.31In this comprehensive approach to Jewish humor focused on the relationship between humor and American Jewish practice, Jennifer Caplan calls us to adopt a more expansive view of what it means to "do... -
The Triangle of the Scene by Paul Vaillancourt
RRP: $29.90SciFier: $26.72Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781539733713Author Paul VaillancourtFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint -
Menopausal Gentleman: The Solo Performances of Peggy Shaw Peggy Shaw 9780472034147
RRP: $42.92SciFier: $40.64Obie-award-winning performer and writer Peggy Shaw has been playing her gender-bending performances on Off Broadway, regional, and international stages for three decades. Co-founder of the renowned... -
The Double Act: A History of British Comedy Duos Andrew Roberts 9780750984324
RRP: $37.40SciFier: $9.54The double act has been at the heart of the British entertainment scene for over 150 years: from its start in the music halls, through radio shows such as Hancock's Half Hour playing in virtually... -
So Bad It's Good: The Art of the Terrible Joke Mike Rampton 9780008785635
RRP: $18.68SciFier: $14.17So Bad It's Good: The Art of the Terrible Joke isn't just a collection of jokes-it's a masterclass in the fine, underrated art of humorously bad comedy. Packed... -
Compass Points: Get Your Act Together - Writing A Stand-up Comedy Routine by Jenny Roche
RRP: $18.68SciFier: $13.73Confidence is essential for any stand-up comic and having confidence in your material is the first step to having greater confidence on stage. It is said that proper preparation makes for... -
Riding The Elephant by Craig Ferguson
RRP: $31.77SciFier: $27.56Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525533924Author Craig FergusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint < -
Geisha by Liza Dalby
SciFier: $24.93Liza Dalby, author of The Tale of Murasaki, is the only non-Japanese woman ever to have become a geisha. This is her unique insight into the extraordinary, closed world of the geisha, a world of... -
Comedy: A Very Short Introduction by Matthew Bevis (Fellow in English, Keble College, University of Oxford)
RRP: $18.68SciFier: $14.47To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused)? When do we laugh, and why? What is it that... -
Screwball: The Life of Carole Lombard Larry Swindell 9781626546257
SciFier: $38.32Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626546257Author Larry SwindellFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint < -
Take Hair by Rob Auton
SciFier: $26.16'Take Hair' is the third collection of writing and drawing from award winning writer and performer Rob Auton. Take Hair' houses the ideas that Rob wants to exist. The ideas that came to him that he... -
Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change Aaron Sachs 9781479840144
RRP: $22.42SciFier: $17.95How gallows humor can bolster us to confront global warming We've all seen the headlines: oceans rising, historic heat waves, mass extinctions, climate refugees. It feels overwhelming, like nothing... -
Memoirs Of An Irish Comedian 'Come 'Ere There's More' The Jimmy Cricket Story by Jimmy Cricket
RRP: $22.42SciFier: $18.21Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399947862Author Jimmy CricketFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint -
Watching by Ben Francis
RRP: $29.27SciFier: $27.47Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478272724Author Ben FrancisFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint -
Truths, Half Truths and Little White Lies: The heartbreaking and hilarious memoir from the star of Shaun of the Dead and Spaced Nick Frost 9781473620889
RRP: $24.29SciFier: $17.22The jaw-dropping and joyful story of a life like no other - from one of Britain's best loved writers and actors'Funny, sad, totally no-holds-barred' The Scotsman'No life can really be all black,... -
Watching Neighbours Twice a Day... by Josh Widdicombe
RRP: $37.40SciFier: $30.13'Read any history of the Nineties in Britain and you will read about Britpop, Blair, the birth of the Premier League and the rise of new lads. I played no part in any of these events. Growing up in a... -
Improvising Now by Rob Norman
RRP: $32.58SciFier: $31.96Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497408401Author Rob NormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint -
Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen Chris Head 9781350155756
RRP: $41.12SciFier: $40.07This accessible and engaging text covering sketch, sitcom and comedy drama, alongside improvisation and stand-up, brings together a panoply of tools and techniques for creating short and long-form... -
Amazing Disgrace: A Book About "Shame" Grace Campbell 9781529354003
RRP: $28.03SciFier: $20.87Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our... -
The Comedians by Kliph Nesteroff
RRP: $24.29SciFier: $18.53Jokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the comedian transcends the ages: the drive, jealousy, heartbreak, and triumph. From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle to George... -
Pink Flamingos by John Waters
RRP: $24.29SciFier: $17.22Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250371331Author John WatersFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint -
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of "A Christmas Carol" David McGillivray 9780573016806
SciFier: $22.63Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573016806Author David McGillivrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint