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The Improv

An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up

de Budd Friedman, Tripp Whetsell ...

Featured in the New York Times 2017 "Holiday Gift Guide for Hardcover Fans"Get an insider's oral history of the World's most iconic comedy club, featuring exclusive interviews with today's most hilarious stars recalling their time on stage (and off) at the Improv.In 1963, 30-year-old Budd Friedman—who had recently quit his job as a Boston advertising executive and returned to New York to become a ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

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Featured in the New York Times 2017 "Holiday Gift Guide for Hardcover Fans"Get an insider's oral history of the World's most iconic comedy club, featuring exclusive interviews with today's most hilarious stars recalling their time on stage (and off) at the Improv.In 1963, 30-year-old Budd Friedman—who had recently quit his job as a Boston advertising executive and returned to New York to become a
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The Improv

An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up

de Budd Friedman, Tripp Whetsell ...

Narrado por Johnny Heller ...

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10 hora 55 minutos

In 1963, thirty-year-old Friedman—who had recently quit his job as a Boston advertising executive and returned to his hometown of New York to become a theatrical producer—opened a coffee house for Broadway performers called the Improvisation. His goal? Simply to make a living, and if all went according to plan, to also make enough professional contacts to be able to mount his first Broadway show ... Leer más

$21.99 USD

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In 1963, thirty-year-old Friedman—who had recently quit his job as a Boston advertising executive and returned to his hometown of New York to become a theatrical producer—opened a coffee house for Broadway performers called the Improvisation. His goal? Simply to make a living, and if all went according to plan, to also make enough professional contacts to be able to mount his first Broadway show
... Leer más

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Improv Nation

How We Made a Great American Art

de Sam Wasson ...

Narrado por David de Vries ...

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15 hora 31 minutos

At the height of the McCarthy era, an experimental theater troupe set up shop in a bar near the University of Chicago. Via word-of-mouth, astonished crowds packed the ad-hoc venue to see its unscripted, interactive, consciousness-raising style. From this unlikely seed grew the Second City, the massively influential comedy theater troupe, and its offshoots—the Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade, ... Leer más

$30.99 USD

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At the height of the McCarthy era, an experimental theater troupe set up shop in a bar near the University of Chicago. Via word-of-mouth, astonished crowds packed the ad-hoc venue to see its unscripted, interactive, consciousness-raising style. From this unlikely seed grew the Second City, the massively influential comedy theater troupe, and its offshoots—the Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade,
... Leer más

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Creepy Crawling

Charles Manson and the Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family

de Jeffrey Melnick ...

Narrado por Tom Parks ...

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13 hora 59 minutos

"Creepy crawling" was the Manson Family's practice of secretly entering someone's home and, without harming anyone, leaving only a trace of evidence that they had been there, some reminder that the sanctity of the private home had been breached. Now, author Jeffrey Melnick reveals just how much the Family creepy crawled their way through Los Angeles in the sixties and then on through American ... Leer más

$42.99 USD

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"Creepy crawling" was the Manson Family's practice of secretly entering someone's home and, without harming anyone, leaving only a trace of evidence that they had been there, some reminder that the sanctity of the private home had been breached. Now, author Jeffrey Melnick reveals just how much the Family creepy crawled their way through Los Angeles in the sixties and then on through American
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How to Solve a Crime

Stories from the Cutting Edge of Forensics

de Professor Angela Gallop ...

Narrado por Sandra Duncan ...

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7 hora 59 minutos

'Endlessly fascinating...meticulously written and thoroughly absorbing book' Financial Times'Eye-opening' Daily MailOut now: The gripping new book by the UK's most eminent forensic scientists, Angela Gallop__________CRIME [Noun]: An action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by lawForensic scie... ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

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'Endlessly fascinating...meticulously written and thoroughly absorbing book' Financial Times'Eye-opening' Daily MailOut now: The gripping new book by the UK's most eminent forensic scientists, Angela Gallop__________CRIME [Noun]: An action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by lawForensic scie...
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Hollywood's Eve

Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.

de Lili Anolik ...

Narrado por Jayme Mattler ...

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7 hora 45 minutos

The quintessential biography of Eve Babitz (1943-2021), the brilliant chronicler of 1960s and 70s Hollywood hedonism and one of the most original American voices of her time.“I practically snorted this book, stayed up all night with it. Anolik decodes, ruptures, and ultimately intensifies Eve’s singular irresistible glitz.” —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker“The Eve Babitz book I’ve been waiting for. ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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The quintessential biography of Eve Babitz (1943-2021), the brilliant chronicler of 1960s and 70s Hollywood hedonism and one of the most original American voices of her time.“I practically snorted this book, stayed up all night with it. Anolik decodes, ruptures, and ultimately intensifies Eve’s singular irresistible glitz.” —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker“The Eve Babitz book I’ve been waiting for.
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Overstated

A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States

de Colin Quinn ...

Narrado por Colin Quinn ...

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4 hora 52 minutos

This program is read by the author.In Colin Quinn's new book, the popular comedian, social commentator, and star of the shows Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional tackles the condition of our union today.Utah: The Church of StatesVermont: The Old Hippie StateFlorida: The Hot Mess StateArizona: The Instagram Model StateWisconsin: The Diet Starts Tomorrow StateThe United States is in ... ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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This program is read by the author.In Colin Quinn's new book, the popular comedian, social commentator, and star of the shows Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional tackles the condition of our union today.Utah: The Church of StatesVermont: The Old Hippie StateFlorida: The Hot Mess StateArizona: The Instagram Model StateWisconsin: The Diet Starts Tomorrow StateThe United States is in ...
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The Way It Was

My Life with Frank Sinatra

de Eliot Weisman ...

Narrado por David Aston Reese ...

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9 hora 18 minutos

A candid and eye-opening inside look at the final decades of Sinatra's life told by his longtime manager and friend, Eliot Weisman.By the time Weisman met Sinatra in 1976, he was already the Voice, a man who held sway over popular music and pop culture for forty years, who had risen to the greatest heights of fame and plumbed the depths of failure, all the while surviving with the trademark ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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A candid and eye-opening inside look at the final decades of Sinatra's life told by his longtime manager and friend, Eliot Weisman.By the time Weisman met Sinatra in 1976, he was already the Voice, a man who held sway over popular music and pop culture for forty years, who had risen to the greatest heights of fame and plumbed the depths of failure, all the while surviving with the trademark
... Leer más

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Mr. Know-It-All

The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder

de John Waters ...

Narrado por John Waters ...

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10 hora 2 minutos

"[Just] like reading a description of a Waters film is nothing like seeing it on the screen, listening to him tell his own stories brings the context and inflection needed to truly appreciate his art. A singular experience." — Booklist**This program is read by the author and includes a bonus conversation.No one knows more about everything—especially everything rude, clever, and offensively ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

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"[Just] like reading a description of a Waters film is nothing like seeing it on the screen, listening to him tell his own stories brings the context and inflection needed to truly appreciate his art. A singular experience." — Booklist**This program is read by the author and includes a bonus conversation.No one knows more about everything—especially everything rude, clever, and offensively
... Leer más

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The Lazarus Files

A Cold Case Investigation

de Matthew McGough ...

Narrado por Matthew McGough ...

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27 hora 12 minutos

**This program is read by the author.A deeply-reported, riveting account of a cold case murder in Los Angeles, unsolved until DNA evidence implicated a shocking suspect – a female detective within the LAPD’s own ranks.**On February 24, 1986, 29-year-old newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in the home she shared with her husband, John. The crime scene suggested a ferocious struggle, and police ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

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**This program is read by the author.A deeply-reported, riveting account of a cold case murder in Los Angeles, unsolved until DNA evidence implicated a shocking suspect – a female detective within the LAPD’s own ranks.**On February 24, 1986, 29-year-old newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in the home she shared with her husband, John. The crime scene suggested a ferocious struggle, and police
... Leer más

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The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

de H. Keith Melton, Robert Wallace ...

Narrado por Perry Daniels ...

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5 hora 39 minutos

A top-secret manual for training CIA field agents in deception and sleight-of-hand was thought to be a rumor…until a single surviving copy was discovered in the agency’s archives.In 1953, a top-secret manual teaching agents sleight-of-hand and other deception techniques was written for the CIA by America’s then most famous magician. All copies were believed destroyed by the CIA’s purge of the ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

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A top-secret manual for training CIA field agents in deception and sleight-of-hand was thought to be a rumor…until a single surviving copy was discovered in the agency’s archives.In 1953, a top-secret manual teaching agents sleight-of-hand and other deception techniques was written for the CIA by America’s then most famous magician. All copies were believed destroyed by the CIA’s purge of the
... Leer más

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50 Philosophy Classics

Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books

de Tom Butler-Bowdon ...

Narrado por Sean Pratt ...

Completo

13 hora 48 minutos

From Aristotle to Wittgenstein and Zizek, 50 Philosophy Classics provides a lively entry point to the field of philosophy. Analyses of key works by Descartes, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Heidegger, and Nietzsche also show how philosophy helped shape the thinking and events of the last 150 years. The list also includes 20th century greats including de Beauvoir, Foucault, Kuhn, and Sartre, along with ... Leer más

$39.99 USD

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From Aristotle to Wittgenstein and Zizek, 50 Philosophy Classics provides a lively entry point to the field of philosophy. Analyses of key works by Descartes, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Heidegger, and Nietzsche also show how philosophy helped shape the thinking and events of the last 150 years. The list also includes 20th century greats including de Beauvoir, Foucault, Kuhn, and Sartre, along with
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