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Don Rickles
An entertaining, hilarious, biting biography of “Mr. Warmth,” the infamously prickly comic who dominated Hollywood and Las Vegas for decades, making an artform out of heckling his friends, family and especially his audiences—and they couldn’t get enough of it. Having ridden a wave of success that lasted more than sixty years, Don Rickles is best known as the “insult” comic who skewered presidents, royalty, celebrities, and friends and fans alike. But there was more to “Mr. Warmth” than a devilish ear-to-ear grin and lightning-fast put-downs. Rickles was a loving husband, an adoring father who suffered a devastating loss, and a loyal friend to the likes of Bob Newhart and Fran...
Rickles' Book
Why you need to buy RICKLES' Book immediately: RICKLES' BOOK will help you win friends and influence people. RICKLES' BOOK will introduce you to all of his famous friends, from Frank Sinatra to Johnny Carson. RICKLES' BOOK will help you lose weight. RICKLES' BOOK will help you gain weight. RICKLES' BOOK will improve your love life. RICKLES' BOOK will make you cry. (If your love life doesn't improve.) RICKLES' BOOK will make you laugh. (If your love life does improve.) RICKLES' BOOK will make you love one of the great Americans of our time, Don Rickles. RICKLES' BOOK will give you something to talk about at parties. (If you're ever invited to parties.) RICKLES' BOOK, along with the Bible and War and Peace, will grace your bookshelf and upgrade your literary status. RICKLES' BOOK will keep you up at night. RICKLES' BOOK will put you to sleep at night. RICKLES' BOOK will make you rich. (If you treasure great humor.)
Don Rickles
Readers are treated to an intimate portrayal of the man behind the laughing in "Don Rickles: Mr. Warmth Unveiled - The Early Years," following his ascent from modest origins in Queens, New York, to his status as one of the most recognisable figures in the comedy industry. This book dives into Rickles' early years, examining the inspirations, experiences, and critical moments that moulded his distinct comedic style through an engrossing blend of humour, insight, and nostalgia. Rickles' career has been filled with laughs, failures, and incredible experiences, ranging from his early days of playing in smokey bars to his big break on the Las Vegas strip. But beneath the jokes and cheers is a mor...
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby
The intricately conceived Fourth World begins here with the stories that introduced familiar and fearsome faces including Darkseid, Morgan Edge, the new Newsboy Legion, Intergang and much more, as Jimmy Olsen scrambles to deal with a changing world, hordes of clones and more! Plus, are you ready for...Goody Rickles?! Collects SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #133-139 and #141-148.
We Learn Nothing
A "New York Times" political cartoonist and writer presents a collection of his most popular essays and drawings about life and government hypocrisy.
Run Silent, Run Deep
Universally praised for its powerfully authentic depiction of submarine warfare, Run Silent, Run Deep was an immediate success when published in 1955 and shot to the top of best-seller lists nationwide. In 1958, Hollywood adapted the novel for the big screen starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. The New York Timessaid of the novel, “If ever a book had a ring of reality, this is it . . . combat passages rank with the most exciting written about any branch of the service.” The Saturday Review called the book “a classic,” and many reviewers compared its author to such greats as C. S. Forester and Erich Remarque. Today these accolades still ring true for Edward L. Beach’s gripping f...
Hot Pants in Hollywood
"Hot Pants In Hollywood is a Show Biz memoir, and much more. It's a Baby Boomer's life on steroids. Susan Silver was one of the first female TV comedy writers with credits like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maude, Bob Newhart, among others.
Inside Comedy
David Steinberg's name has been synonymous with comedy for decades. The Canadian-born comedian, producer, writer, director, and author has been called "a comic institution himself" by the New York Times. He appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 140 times (second only to Bob Hope), and directed episodes of popular television sitcoms, including Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You, The Golden Girls, and Designing Women. From 2012–2015, Steinberg hosted the comedy documentary series Inside Comedy, which featured such comedy greats as Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, and Gary Shandling. In this entertaining history of comedy, Steinberg shares insightful memories of hi...
The Comedians
“Funny [and] fascinating . . . If you’re a comedy nerd you’ll love this book.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, National Post, and Splitsider Based on over two hundred original interviews and extensive archival research, this groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past one hundred years. Starting with the vaudeville circuit at the turn of the last century, the book introduces the first stand-up comedian—an emcee who abandoned physical shtick for straight jokes. After the repeal of Prohibition, Mafia-run supper clubs replaced speakeasies, and mobsters...
Torn from the Nest
Clorinda Matto de Turner was the first Peruvian novelist to command an international reputation and the first to dramatize the exploitation of indigenous Latin American people. She believed the task of the novel was to be the photograph that captures the vices and virtues of a people, censuring the former with the appropriate moral lesson and paying its homage of admiration to the latter. In this tragic tale, Clorinda Matto de Turner explores the relationship between the landed gentry and the indigenous peoples of the Andean mountain communities. While unfolding as a love story rife with secrets and dashed hopes, Torn from the Nest in fact reveals a deep and destructive class disparity, and ...
