The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy 9780802190864, 9780802123985

Playboy Laughs: The Comedy, Comedians, and Cartoons of Playboy

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Drunks : An American History 9780807001806, 0807001805

"A social history of alcoholism in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day Today, millio

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Drunks : An American History 9780807001806, 0807001805

"A social history of alcoholism in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day Today, millio

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Crimes against nature: squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation 9780520239098

Crimes against Nature reveals the hidden history behind three of the nation's first parklands: the Adirondacks, Yel

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Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation 9780520957930

Crimes against Nature reveals the hidden history behind three of the nation's first parklands: the Adirondacks, Yel

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Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History 1538130793, 9781538130797

Political scandals have become an indelible feature of the American political system since the creation of the republic

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Faster to the funny - topic writing prompts for stand up comedians and comedy writers

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Off the Mic: The World’s Best Stand-Up Comedians Get Serious About Comedy 9781472526113, 9781472526380

What is it to be a stand-up comedian? To be funny, solo? You have no character-role, no double-act partner, and nowhere

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The Forty Thieves

This retelling of the One Thousand and One Nights tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," set in tenth-century

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Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves : The Lives and Crimes of Fifty American Villains 9780199769940, 9780195169522

Drawing on his experience in creating fictional bad guys, crime novelist Lawrence Block surveys the underside of America

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