Schmelvis

Author : Jonathan Goldstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781550224627
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schmelvis written by Jonathan Goldstein and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It may sound crazy, but Elvis Presley - that god-fearing, gospel-singing American pop icon - was a Jew; these maverick journalists and filmmakers have proven it. A behind-the-scenes account of their irreverent and witty film documentary, in which Wallace and Goldstein took a Hasidic Jewish Elvis impersonator and an Orthodox Rabbi on a trek to trace Elvis's roots all the way to Israel and then bring the good news home to Graceland, this book compiles production logs, selections from the script, trivia and the investigator's official report on Elvis's roots.

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Total Pages : 1146 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book TV Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1064 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Lecker
Publisher : Vehicule Press
ISBN 13 : 9781550652109
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dr. Delicious written by Robert Lecker and published by Vehicule Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With sharp humor and fascinating insight, this memoir of the Canadian publishing industry travels from the boom years of the 1970s to the changing world of books today. Readers are invited along for the ride as Lecker's turn in academia gives way to pop culture publishing, running a journal, and facing the real business challenges of selling books.

Author : Jonathan Goldstein
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101050373
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible! written by Jonathan Goldstein and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious re-imagining of the heroes of the Old Testament for a modern world-and the neurotic, demanding reader. In the beginning...there was humor. Sure, it's the foundation for much of Western morality and the cornerstone of world literature. But let's face it: the Bible always needed punching up. Plus, it raised quite a few questions that a modern world refuses to ignore any longer: wouldn't it be boring to live inside a whale? How did Joseph explain Mary's pregnancy to the guys at work? Who exactly was the megalomaniacal foreman who oversaw the construction of the Tower of Babel? And honestly, what was Cain's problem? In Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible!, Jonathan Goldstein re-imagines and recasts the greatest heroes of the Bible with depth, wit, and snappy dialogue. This is the Bible populated by angry loners, hypochondriacs, and reluctant prophets who fear for their sanity, for readers of Sarah Vowell and the books of David Sedaris. Basically, a Bible that readers can finally, genuinely relate to. Jonathan Goldstein's new book, I'll Seize the Day Tomorrow, will be available May 2013.

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Total Pages : 1602 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canadian Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonny Geller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596919965
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yes, But Is It Good for the Jews? written by Jonny Geller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only question more popular among the Jewish people than "have you eaten yet?" is "Yes, But Is It Good for the Jews?" Jews have long considered everything from current events to dinner menus to NBC's fall lineup through this essential prism. Revealed here for the first time is the ancient method by which to evaluate this burning question-the mathematical art of Judology. Think of it as the third cousin of Kabbalah. Yes, But Is It Good for the Jews? is a hilarious tour of world history and culture that features entries on a wide variety of subjects including: Ikea, The Bible (Old and New Testaments), Vidal Sassoon, Scientology, and more. Each one includes a definition, an explanation for why it might or might not be good for the Jews, and the Judological formula which untimely determines the answer. It's easy: Antisemitic Potential/Backlash + Impact on the world x The J Factor (level of Jewishness) = Tzurus (Yiddish word for "trouble") / 7 (Kabbalah mystical number) = Good or Not Good for Jews This must-have guide for our times will tell you which celebrity to disparage (Madonna), which product to boycott (Nintendo), which book to skip (almost anything by Hemingway) and which country to avoid (Turkmenistan). Yes, But Is It Good for the Jews? is the perfect gift for every night of Chanukah or for the Bar Mitvah boy/Bat Mitzvah girl in your life. Jonny Geller is a literary agent and is based in London where he lives with his wife and two sons. Visit www.isitgoodforthejews.com for a quiz, a blog and more.

Author : Alex Bernstein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1631585827
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miserable Holiday Stories written by Alex Bernstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten hilarious short stories for anyone who hates the holidays! The holiday season is one of laughter, fun, generosity, and time with friends and family . . . or so it’s supposed to be. But we all know that the holiday season can actually be absolutely depressing, no matter how hard we try. So from the wit of humorist Alex Bernstein comes this “miserable” collection of short stories based around Christmas and Hanukkah. Included are short stories, such as: “Blue Christmas” “K-Rope” “The Smoking Lounge” “Brownie Mix” “The #$@!# Bicycle Boys Save Christmas, Again!” And more! No matter what holiday you celebrate, this quirky yet bittersweet compilation will be sure to have you longing for mid-January. Whether you want these tales for yourself or for a loved one you really don’t care about, Miserable Holiday Stories will be sure to have any holiday “realist” prepared for the misery they feel during that blessed holiday season.

Author : Nik Cohn
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802189830
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom written by Nik Cohn and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the rise of Bill Haley to the death of Jimi Hendrix, this account of music in the 1950s and 1960s is “the definitive history of rock ‘n’ roll” (Rolling Stone). This is British music journalist Nik Cohn’s classic and cogent history of an unruly era—filled with outrageous tales and vivid descriptions of the music, and covering artists from Elvis Presley to Eddie Cochran to Bob Dylan to the Beatles and beyond. From the father of what would become a new literary form—rock criticism—this is a seminal history of rock and roll’s evolution, including revisions and updates made for a new edition in the early 1970s.

Author : Michael Kantor
Publisher : Twelve
ISBN 13 : 0446555754
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Make 'Em Laugh written by Michael Kantor and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the most popular routines and the most ingenious physical shtick to the snappiest wisecracks and the most biting satire of the last century, Make 'Em Laugh illuminates who we are as a nation by exploring what makes us laugh, and why. Authors Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor draw on countless sources to chronicle the past century of American comedy and the geniuses who created and performed it-melding biography, American history, and a lotta laughs into an exuberant, important book. Each of the six chapters focuses a different style or archetype of comedy, from the slapstick pratfalls of Buster Keaton and Lucille Ball through the wiseguy put-downs of Groucho Marx and Larry David, to the incendiary bombshells of Mae West and Richard Pryor . And at every turn the significance of these comedians-smashing social boundaries, challenging the definition of good taste, speaking the truth to the powerful-is vividly tangible. Make 'Em Laugh is more than a compendium of American comic genius; it is a window onto the way comedy both reflects the world and changes it-one laugh at a time. Starting from the groundbreaking PBS series, the authors have gone deeper into the works and lives of America's great comic artists, with biographical portraits, archival materials, cultural overviews, and rare photos. Brilliantly illustrated, with insights (and jokes) from comedians, writers and producers, along with film, radio, television, and theater historians, Make 'Em Laugh is an indispensible, definitive book about comedy in America.