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“lenny bruce”

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  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

    An Autobiography

    by Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black ...
    The classic autobiography from the prescient, influential, and controversial American stand-up comic.Featuring a new preface by comedian Lewis Black and a new foreword by jazz critic Howard Reich"I read this book for the first time when I was twelve years old. It made me want to be in showbiz, have a lot of sex, and be Jewish. I've rethought that last one." —Penn Jillette, author of God No!<p... ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • How to Talk Dirty and influence people

    Enriched edition.

    by Lenny Bruce, Sadie Whitlock ...
    In "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People", Lenny Bruce blends cutting-edge social commentary with candid autobiographical reflections, employing a conversational and often irreverent style that challenges societal norms. This groundbreaking work serves not only as a guide to the art of subversive humor but also critiques the absurdities of American morality in the mid-20th century. Bruce's ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Talk Dirty and influence people (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Stand-Up Memoir of Obscenity Trials, Free Speech, and 1960s Counterculture Satire

    by Lenny Bruce, June Umberley ...
    How to Talk Dirty and Influence People is Lenny Bruce's incendiary autobiography, a work that fuses memoir, comic routine, courtroom testimony, and social criticism. Written in the nervy rhythms of stand-up, it charts Bruce's movement through nightclubs, narcotics charges, obscenity trials, and the hypocrisies of mid-century America. Its style is fragmented, profane, improvisatory, and ... Read more

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  • How to Talk Dirty and influence people

    Enriched edition. Breaking Boundaries: A Provocative Journey Through Comedy and Counterculture

    by Lenny Bruce, Owen Bradshaw ...
    In "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People," Lenny Bruce combines sharp wit with candid explorations of taboo subjects, delivering a groundbreaking commentary on the societal restrictions of the 1960s. Through a series of humorous yet poignant anecdotes, Bruce challenges the norms of language and expression, using his unique stand-up style to dissect the complexities of communication, sexuality, ... Read more

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    How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

    An Autobiography

    by Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black ...
    Narrated by Ronnie Marmo ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 9 min

    During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, "So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed the world of comedy."Although Bruce died when he was ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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    The Man that Shocked Britain - Gate of Horn, Chicago, December 1962

    Narrated by Lenny Bruce ...

    Unabridged

    51 min

    Lenny Bruce was a prominent stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist who heralded the free-speech movement and helped to push culture towards open and honest expression. He was repeatedly arrested for obscenity.Here he performs at the Gate of Horn in Chicago, December, 1962. The performance concludes with his arrest. ... Read more

    $7.29 CAD

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    The World Broke in Two

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    This program is read by the author.A revelatory narrative of the intersecting lives and works of revered authors Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence during 1922, the birth year of modernismThe World Broke in Two tells the fascinating story of the intellectual and personal journeys four legendary writers, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence, make ... Read more

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    The Mind Is Flat

    The Remarkable Shallowness of the Improvising Brain

    by Nick Chater ...
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    Narrated by Allyson Ryan ...

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    No star burned more ferociously than Judy Garland. And nobody witnessed Garland's fierce talent at closer range than Stevie Phillips as proven in this revelatory memoir.During the Mad Men era, Stevie Phillips was a young woman muscling her way into the manscape of Manhattan's glittering office towers. After a stint as a secretary, she began working for Freddie Fields and David Begelman at Music ... Read more

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    Ace, Marvel, Spy

    A Novel of Alice Marble

    by Jenni L Walsh ...
    Narrated by Gail Shalan ...

    Unabridged

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    "Jenni L. Walsh captures the thrill of being on the court in a vivid and detailed portrayal of Alice Marble's rise to sporting greatness, as well as her struggles to fulfill her dreams both on and off the court. Ace, Marvel, Spy is a smashing success!" --Billie Jean King, sports icon and equality champion"All's fair in love and war--and tennis!--in Jenni L. Walsh's latest page-turning historical ... Read more

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