Автор: MacDonald Norm Название: Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir ISBN: 0812983866 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812983869 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2621.00 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - -Driving, wild and hilarious- (TheWashington Post), here is the incredible -memoir- of the actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran. When Norm Macdonald, one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time, was approached to write a celebrity memoir, he flatly refused, calling the genre -one step below instruction manuals.- Norm then promptly took a two-year hiatus from stand-up comedy to live on a farm in northern Canada. When he emerged he had under his arm a manuscript, a genre-smashing book about comedy, tragedy, love, loss, war, and redemption. When asked if this was the celebrity memoir, Norm replied, -Call it anything you damn like.- Praise for Based on a True Story
-Dostoyevsky by way of 30 Rockefeller Center . . . the best new book I've read this year or last.---The Wall Street Journal -This book is absurd fiction. . . . Scathing and funny.---The New York Times -Hilarious and filled with turns of phrase and hidden beauty like only a collection of Norm Macdonald stories could be.---Esquire -Raucous . . . a hilarious, innovative work.---A.V. Club -Part personal history and part meta riff on celebrity memoirs, the book, it quickly becomes clear, is also just partly true (and all hilarious).---Vulture -Very, very, very funny Thanks, Norm, for letting me be part of this Booker Prize-for-literature-quality effort.---David Letterman -Norm is brilliant and thoughtful and there is sensitivity and creative insight in his observations and stories. A lot of comics over the years have been compared to Mark Twain, but I think Norm is the only one who actually matches the guy in terms of his voice and ability. I seriously f**king love Norm Macdonald. Please buy his book. He probably needs the cash. He's really bad with money.---Louis C.K., from the foreword -Norm is one of my all-time favorites, and this book was such a great read I forgot how lonely I was for a while.---Amy Schumer -I always thought Normie's stand-up was the funniest thing there was. But this book gives it a run for its money.---Adam Sandler -Norm is one of the greatest stand-up comics who's ever worked--a totally original voice. His sense of the ridiculous and his use of juxtaposition in his writing make him a comic's comic. We all love Norm.---Roseanne Barr
-Norm Macdonald makes me laugh my ass off. Who is funnier than Norm Macdonald? Nobody.---Judd Apatow -Norm Macdonald is more than a triple threat--he's a septuple threat. He is smart, funny, wry, rakish, polite, rakish . . . no, wait. He is polite, insightful, and . . . aaaaah . . . warm. No. He's exciting. Yeah. Exciting You never know what he'll do. Okay, then make that unpredictable. Add that up. He's amazing.---Alec Baldwin -Norm is a double threat. His material and timing are both top-notch, which is unheard of. He is one of my favorites, both on- and off-stage.---Dave Attell -Letterman said it best: There is no one funnier than Norm Macdonald.---Rob Schneider
Название: Gombrich on the Renaissance Volume 1, Norm and Form ISBN: 0714823805 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780714823805 Издательство: Phaidon Press Ltd. Рейтинг: Цена: 2843.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Volume 1 in Gombrich`s influential series of essays on the Renaissance.
The touching, true story of the first Australian RAAF airman to fly a Lancaster Bomber in World War II.
As a fifteen-year-old boy growing up in Sydney, Francis Norman 'Norm' Crouch knew he wanted to be a pilot after he saw his first airplane-a low-flying Tiger Moth Biplane. He was so transfixed he crashed his bike into a nearby thicket. It was a fascination which led him to become a trainee pilot in the RAAF where he became notorious for his low-flying antics.
Part of an early group of Australian airmen who went to Canada with the Empire Air Training Scheme, Norm survived the perilous Atlantic crossing to Scotland. He was then sent to Coningsby, England in 1941 to join Squadron 97- one of the many RAF squadrons in the legendary 'Bomber Command'-where he became the first Australian to fly a Lancaster bomber in air raids over Germany.
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Norman Conquest, then pay attention...
The year 1066 CE is one of the largest turning points in British history, with most people today having heard of the Battle of Hastings. The year had begun with the death of Edward the Confessor, a man who would be one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings. In the end, the course of the kingdom's history would shift as William the Bastard became William the Conqueror.
In The Norman Conquest: A Captivating Guide to the Normans and the Invasion of England by William the Conqueror, Including Events Such as the Battle of Stamford Bridge and the Battle of Hastings, you will discover topics such as
England before the Death of a Pious King and the Norman Invasion
Edward the Confessor and the Question of Succession
The Norwegian King Harald Hardrada
William, Duke of Normandy
Harold II of England
Verification of Events and Preparations for War
The Invasion of the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada
William Arrives in England
The Battle of Hastings and William's Coronation
Rebelling against the New King and the Consequences of Doing So
The Domesday Book
Effects of the Conquest
Shakespeare, Lully, and the New Art
Seers and Prophets
Records of 1066 CE - Insight into a Time of Turmoil
And much, much more
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Описание: The year 1066 CE is one of the largest turning points in British history, with most people today having heard of the Battle of Hastings. The year had begun with the death of Edward the Confessor, a man who would be one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings.
Автор: Sides Norma Название: Norma`s Journey ISBN: 1389807533 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781389807534 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2931.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
