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  • The Everything Guide to Comedy Writing

    From stand-up to sketch - all you need to succeed in the world of comedy

    by Mike Bent ...
    Series series Everything® Series
    A guy walks into a bar...With this guide, aspiring comics will learn to navigate the complex world of comedy writing. Discover how to tap into your natural sense of humor through real-life examples and hands-on skill-building exercises. Learn the best ways to come up with ideas and write comedy that gets laughs--every time! Mike Bent, an accomplished stand-up comedian and teacher, provides the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Cantabrian Summer, Baltic Winter

    by Mike Bent ...
    A chance encounter while shopping in a northern Spanish fishing port draws delectable, half-French, half-Polish Tamara von Rosenberg into friendship with Martin Haynes, a freelance writer and translator living in a nearby village. Their relationship, kindled through mutual intellectual interests, soon blossoms into caring, passionate affection. Tamara's idyllic holiday in Cantabria is brought to a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • The Comedy Bible

    From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide

    by Judy Carter ...
    Judy Carter, guru to aspiring comedy writers and stand-up comics, tells all about the biz of being funny and writing funny in this bright, entertaining, and totally practical guide on how to draw humor from your life and turn it into a career.Do you think you’re funny? Do you want to turn your sense of humor into a career? If the answer is yes, then Judy Carter’s The Comedy Bible is for you. The ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Stand-Up Comedy

    The Book

    by Judy Carter ...
    If you think you’re funny, buy this book!Whether you dream of becoming a star . . .A better public speaker . . .A more effective communicator . . .A funnier, happier human being . . .You can learn to leave ‘em laughing!David Letterman learned to do it. Jay Leno learned to do it. Roseanne Barr learned to do it. So can you!Now successful sta... ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

  • The NEW Comedy Bible

    The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing Stand-Up Comedy

    by Judy Carter ...
    The New Comedy Bible is a step-by-step, no excuses manual for writing, performing, and launching your career as a stand-up comic. Written by Judy Carter, the author of The Comedy Bible (2001), which was called by The Washington Post and Forbes as a "Comedy Essential." This new book, penned in classic Carter's style -- part career coach and part comedy dominatrix -- has 100% new content where you ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mastering Stand-Up

    The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian

    by Stephen Rosenfield ...
    This entertaining and sharply written guide—for both beginners breaking into comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers—examines the work of great comedians such as Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Izzard, Moms Mabley, Hannibal Buress, Sarah Silverman, Richard Pryor, and more as a means of illustrating the most important techniques of performing and writing ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Comic Toolbox

    How to be Funny Even if You're Not

    by John Vorhaus ...
    Comedy is not magic, not inspiration, not a “gift.” Mostly, it’s simple rules and structures—the logic of the illogical—tools that anyone can use.The Comic Toolbox is a straightforward, often humorous, workbook approach to comedy writing as creative problem solving. In it, veteran Hollywood comedy writer John Vorhaus offers his tools of the trade to writers, comics, and anyone else who wants to be ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Comedy Writing Secrets

    The Best-Selling Guide to Writing Funny and Getting Paid for It

    by Mark Shatz, Mel Helitzer ...
    The Must-Have Guide to Humor WritingBring on the funny! With Comedy Writing Secrets 3rd Edition, you can discover the secrets of humor writing that will keep your readers rolling in their seats. Learn the basics of joke construction, as well as in-depth comedy-writing techniques that you can apply to a variety of print and online markets. If your aim is to make 'em laugh--and make a career in ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Be a Great Stand-up

    How to master the art of stand up comedy and making people laugh

    by Logan Murray ...
    Logan Murray has successfully taught the techniques of stand-up comedy to thousands, and in this book he distills his years of experience into the essential skills for a great and enjoyable performance. He will help you find your own creative streak and your funny side, build the confidence to deliver, and explain the finer details of stagecraft, from dealing with hecklers to coping with props. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Neither Here Nor There

    Travels in Europe

    by Bill Bryson ...
    Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to travel writing as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet and heads for Europe. Travelling with Stephen Katz—also his wonderful sidekick in A Walk in the Woods—he wanders from Hammerfest in the far north, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. As he makes his way round this incredibly varied continent, he retraces his travels as a student ... Read more

    Was $10.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Dreaming Of Jupiter

    by Ted Simon ...
    Ted Simon is the author of the classic travel book JUPITER'S TRAVELS. It documents his four-year journey round the world by motorbike, travelling through Europe, Africa, South and North America, and Asia. A number one bestseller in the late 1970s, it is still regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle books - indeed, one of the greatest travel books - ever written.In 2001, at the age of 69, Ted ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold

    Adventures Along the Iron Curtain Trail

    by Tim Moore ...
    'Bill Bryson on two wheels' IndependentScaling a new peak of rash over-ambition, Tim Moore tackles the 9,000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike.Asking for trouble and getting it, he sets off at the Arctic winter's brutal height, bullying his plucky MIFA 900 through the endless and massively sub-zero desolation of snowbound Finland.Haunted ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook