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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “marc mierowsky”
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  • Comedy and Controversy

    Scripting Public Speech

    by Sarah Balkin, Marc Mierowsky ...
    Series series Elements in Contemporary Performance Texts
    This is an Element book about stand-up comedy and public speech. It focuses on the controversies generated when the distinction between the two breaks down, when stand-up enters – or is pushed – into the public sphere and is interpreted according to the scripts that govern popular political and media rhetoric rather than the traditional generic conventions of comic performance. These controversies ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • The Fortunate Mistress (Roxana)

    by Daniel Defoe, Marc Mierowsky, Nicholas Seager ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'I liv'd indeed like a Queen; or if you will have me confess, that my Condition had still the Reproach of a Whore, I may say, I was sure, the Queen of Whores.' Left destitute by her husband, the heroine of Defoe's final novel has to choose between her virtue and her life. Choosing survival, she makes her way as a kept woman and courtesan. The Fortunate Mistress (1724), also known under the title ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • The Madness of Crowds

    Gender, Race and Identity

    by Mr Douglas Murray ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERUpdated with a new afterword"An excellent take on the lunacy affecting much of the world today. Douglas is one of the bright lights that could lead us out of the darkness." – Joe Rogan"Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues" – Jordan B. PetersonAre we living through the great derangement... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Moll Flanders

    by Daniel Defoe, G. A. Starr, Linda Bree ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Twelve Year a Whore, fives times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent' So the title page of this extraordinary novel describes the career of the woman known as Moll Flanders, whose real name we never discover. And so, in a tour-de-force of writing by the businessman, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

    by Daniel Defoe ...
    Born in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later, Moll's drive to find and hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery, bigamy, prostitution and a resourceful career as a thief ('the greatest Artist of my time') before she is apprehended and returned to Newgate.If Moll Flanders is on one level a Puritan's tale of sin and repentance, through self-made, self ... Read more

    $7.39 USD

  • Comedy Book

    How Comedy Conquered Culture—and the Magic That Makes It Work

    by Jesse David Fox ...
    One of NPR’s Best Books of 2023. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Named a Most Anticipated Book by Vulture, Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Millions, and Lit Hub.“*Comedy Book*changes the way we talk about an art form that is more diverse and exciting than ever before.” —Seth Meyers“Energetic and wise . . . Comedy Book <... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Fortunate Mistress

    by Daniel Defoe ...
    In March, 1724, was published the narrative in which Defoe came, perhaps even nearer than in Moll Flanders, to writing what we today call a novel, namely: The Fortunate Mistress; or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de' Belau; afterwards called the Countess of Wintelsheim, in Germany. Being the Person known by the name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Planet Funny

    How Comedy Took Over Our Culture

    by Ken Jennings ...
    A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearThe witty and exuberant New York Times bestselling author and record-setting Jeopardy! championKen Jennings relays the history of humor in “lively, insightful, and crawling with goofy factlings,” (Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go Bernadette)—from fart jokes on clay Sumerian tablets to the latest Twitter gags and Facebook memes.Where once society’s most . ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works

    by Aphra Behn ...
    When Prince Oroonoko’s passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko’s noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behn’s visit to Surinam, Oroonoko (1688) reflects the author’s ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The Secret Public

    How Music Moved Queer Culture From the Margins to the Mainstream

    by Jon Savage ...
    **Rolling Stone [UK] — Best Music Books of the YearA monumental history of the gay influence on popular culture, from the rise of Little Richard to the collapse of disco in 1979: award-winning author Jon Savage takes us on a fast and captivating journey through the history of pop music as seen through the eyes of queer artists.**Jon Savage, the author of the canonical England’s Dreaming, explodes ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • Shakespeare Criticism and Commentary: 24 Books

    by Charles Algernon Swinburne ...
    This book-collection file includes: The Age of Shakespeare by Swinburne, Bacon is Shake-speare by Durning-Lawrence, Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Nesbit, Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by Hazlitt, An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Rudd, Is Shakespeare Dead? by Mark Twain, The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris, Notes to Shakespeare volume 1 Comedies and volume 3 ... Read more

    $1.16 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Importance of Being Funny

    Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives

    by Al Gini ...
    When E. B. White said “analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog; few people are interested and the frog dies,” he hadn’t seen Al Gini’s hilarious, incisive, and informative take on jokes, joke-telling, and the jokers who tell jokes. For Gini, humor is more than just foolish fun: it serves as a safety valve for dealing with reality that gives us the courage to endure that which we cannot ... Read more

    $17.99 USD