Performing Arts

Superstar comedian and Hollywood box-office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together and you have the funniest, most heartfelt, and most inspirational memoir on survival, success, and the importance of believing in yourself since Old Yeller.

A cutting satire of race relations in the age of Trump and Black Lives Matter from the hugely popular comedian—one of ""The Original Kings of Comedy""—and author of the New York Times bestseller Black Man, White House. ""White people are always giving out ‘helpful’ advice, such as...

Richard Pryor journeys from his childhood in a family that worked in whore-houses and bars, through to his years in Hollywood - the money, the women, the drugs - and the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.

The greats of comedy, when they were young and struggling, performing their great early routines.

The film, television, and comedy legend tells the hilarious and moving story of how tough love, and a sense of humor made him the man he is today By the tender age of five, Bernie Mac had found his calling: making others laugh. He has since become the star and cocreator of Fox’s hit sitcom The...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today From the creator of Elle’s “Eric Reads the News,” a heartfelt and hilarious memoir-in-essays about growing up seeing the world differently, finding unexpected hope, and experiencing every awkward...

Comedian Trevor Noah offers listeners a glimpse into his childhood during apartheid in South Africa in this award-winning memoir.

Scottie Price just started a new job and it's a real sausage fest. She's the only woman on a team filled with Brads and Chads. Expecting a bachelor pad atmosphere, she is quickly corrected when she finds out everyone is happily married.

A downright hilarious novel about trying to be funny for fame, fortune, and fornication....

Steve Martin's riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved, and highly acclaimed memoir of a life, a vocation, and an era—named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly. In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the...

Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub “Catch a Rising Star” as a 21-year-old college student in fall of 1975, Jerry Seinfeld has written his own material and saved everything....

“The finest, most moving and powerful memoir I have ever read.”—MAYIM BIALIK Rising young comedian Moshe Kasher is lucky to be alive. He started using drugs when he was just 12. At that point, he had already been in psychoanlysis for 8 years. By the time he was 15, he had been in and out...

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story filled with intimate bombshells—told by the bombshell herself. On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas...

The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual is a comprehensive guide to the UCB style of long form comedy improvisation....

Brought to you by Penguin. THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Packed with hard-won wisdoms and gentle truths, this is Miranda’s honest exploration of the lessons she has learned on her journey from illness to recovery. Hello to you, I am with news. I have a new book: I Haven’t Been Entirely...

In this side-splitting memoir, the former Saturday Night Live star recounts the hilarious adventures and unexpected joy of dating and becoming a mother when she least expected it-at the age of forty-four. Anyone who saw an episode of Saturday Night Live between 1999 and 2006 knows Rachel Dratch...

Outsider. Misfit. Criminal. Convict. . . . Movie star. Family man. Comedy legend. Joey Diaz has been called every name in the book (and then some). Now, for the first time, he shares the story of his unlikely rise to fame in his own words—with no punches pulled....

Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations....

“Short’s endearing memoir is, of course, funny, but it’s also a rare thing: the tale of a genuine human being who’s thrived on planet Hollywood.” — Washington Post In this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz-obsessed kid from...

Authors Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key build on the popularity of their 2022 Webby Award-winning podcast and delve deeper into the world of sketch, helped along with new essays created expressly for the book by comedy greats.

If it can happen in show business, it’s happened to Jon Cryer. Now he’s opening up for the first time and sharing his behind-the-scenes stories in a warmly endearing, sharply observed, and frankly funny look at life in Hollywood. In 1986, Jon Cryer won over America as Molly Ringwald’s...

During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, "So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed...

From actor, comedian, writer, and host of the hit history podcast SNAFU, Ed Helms brings you an absurdly entertaining look at history’s biggest blunders. History contains a plethora of insane screwups—otherwise known as SNAFUs. Coined during World War I, SNAFU is an acronym that stands for...

James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales raucously and revealingly take the SNL story up to the present, adding a constellation of iconic new stars, surprises, and controversies....

Romans! Madrigals! The Dark Ages! Revolutions! Trumpets! The Oranges of The First World War! All of this (except trumpets) and more, is covered in this definitive, easy-clean history of all world history so far, written by the 21st Century's leading historian, philosopher and thinkerer Philomena...

James Acaster has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award five times and has appeared on prime-time TV shows....

“A close look at how show business power corrupts . . . The dishiest read of the year.” – Janet Maslin, “Ten Favorite Books of the Year,” New York Times “Here’s Johnny!” Probably everyone in America knows the phrase, whether they watched every episode of The Tonight Show or none...

Why is every film or tv programme a sequel or a remake? Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay? These and many other questions trouble David Mitchell. Join him on a tour of the absurdities of modern life....

Comedian Pierre Novellie was on stage when a heckler suggested he was autistic. Usually, this disruption would be water off a duck's back but two things made this heckler different: first, he was himself autistic. Second, he turned out to be absolutely right....

David Mitchell has written a book about his life....

Millions of viewers know and love Bob Saget from his role as the sweetly neurotic father on the smash hit Full House, and as the charming wisecracking host of America's Funniest Home Videos. And then there are the legions of fans who can't get enough of his scatological, out-of-his-mind stand-up...

Two series of the hilarious award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy show It’s the show that needs no introduction! Probably because one wouldn’t really help… A show with guaranteed quality, desk-based entertainment for all the family, hosted by the inimitable Jack Dee. A delight for new listeners...

A stellar line-up and non-stop laughs from the award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy show It’s the show that needs no introduction! Probably because one wouldn’t really help… Listen now to the 2025 series of Radio 4's multi award-winning ‘antidote to panel games’, hosted by reluctant...

Kristin Williams never imagined she'd become the kind of person who gets naked with strangers. At thirty-four, she was hiding behind shapewear, avoiding gym locker rooms, and wearing a cover-up over her swimsuit at the beach. Then her Subaru broke down, her best friend made her a proposition, and everything changed. From Terrified to Transformed What started as a reluctant trip to a clothing-optional resort turned into a four-year journey of self-discovery, body acceptance, and learning to exist comfortably in her own skin...literally. In this hilarious and honest guide, Kristin shares the ...

Frank Skinner hosts series 3 of the panel game based on what we all sit down and do at least once a day – shop online and leave a review, as an all-star panel celebrate the good, the bad & the baffling Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave...

Fake dating the town’s hockey hero to save my bakery wasn’t part of my recipe —but he might be the secret ingredient my heart needs. I’m a baker, wallflower and quiet matchmaker ready to cook up a match of my own. He’s Ethan Carter: handsome chaos in hockey skates, who just ruined my bakery with one of his pranks. Now the mayor’s teamed us up to co-chair the town’s sweetest showdown—the Cocoa & Cupid Cookie Contest—mixing flour storms with slap shots and photo-ops. We’re faking a romance to save the bake-off and his struggling hockey league. Pretending to date him is ...

Two hilarious stand-up radio shows from comedian Stuart Mitchell What is the true cost of happiness? In these two very funny series Stuart Mitchell examines his own cost of living crisis, and then takes a deep dive into the real cost of dying. Delivered in Stuart’s signature light-hearted yet...

This is the book that will make you forget about your stress and your worries and make you smile or laugh every single page; all the stories are real and authentic. Think of how many times have we sat with friends over a drink and told one another funny stories from years past? We still remember all the chuckles, the laughter, and the exaggerations and embellishments we add to make those stories even funnier. Whenever we recall a funny situation from our lives, it puts a smile on our faces. We long for those moments from our past. They feel refreshing, and they make us look at our lives as ...

Revel in the hilarity of the Ultimate Jokes For All Ages! Forget all your worries and daily annoyances big and small as you immerse yourself in this fun and entertaining joke-book. Packed with rib-tickling one-liners, anecdotes, limericks and other fun stuff, this collection is perfect for anyone who enjoys a good laugh. The Ultimate Jokes For All Ages Features: 250+ individual funny items including jokes, limericks, one-liners, fun facts and more. Funny and relatively clean jokes for all ages: adults, seniors, kids and teens. Ebook, Print or Audio versions, with the printed copy in a 6X9 ...

Life’s too short for nonsense. This is not a self-help book. It’s a pub-level, brutally honest look at happiness - written for people who are tired of gurus, hacks, and being told to wake up at 5am and journal. The Beer Mat Guide to Happiness asks one simple question: Why are we so busy chasing things that clearly don’t work? Inside, you’ll find: Why “enough money” is a real thing (and how most people miss it) Why status, hustle, and productivity culture make you miserable What science actually says about happiness (without the smug tone) Why laughter, time, and decent people ...

Look, I'm going to be honest with you right up front: hosting a nude dinner party is like regular hosting except everything that can go wrong will go wrong in the most mortifying ways possible, and you'll be completely naked while it happens. Nobody tells you this. All the nudist blogs make it sound like some zen enlightened experience where everyone's laughing and passing the quinoa salad and having deep conversations about body positivity. What they don't tell you is that someone's going to sit on your cat, the fondue is going to explode, and Susan Hasseltree is going to challenge ...

Eigentlich ist es reine Formsache: Heribert (Hape Kerkeling), langjähriger Vorsitzender des Tennisclubs Lengenheide, und sein ehrgeiziger Stellvertreter Matthias (Friedrich Mücke) lassen über die Anschaffung eines Grills für die nächste Vereinsfeier abstimmen. Der hippe Werbetexter Torsten (Christoph Maria Herbst), von Berlin in die Provinz ausgewandert, haut noch einen flotten Spruch raus, damit die dröge Versammlung ein schnelles Ende findet. Da schlägt seine Frau Melanie (Anja Knauer) vor, für ihren Doppelpartner Erol (Fahri Yardim), das einzige muslimische Mitglied des Vereins, einen zweiten Grill zu kaufen.

Bare, Bold, and Burned by the Sun What happens when a suburban Pacific Northwest woman takes off her clothes, keeps her humor intact, and accidentally learns more about herself than she planned? Meet Kristin Williams. She is thirty eight, mildly sunburned, emotionally curious, armed with very strong opinions about sunscreen, and completely done apologizing for having a body that exists in public. From desert lakes to European nude beaches to awkward car rides and backyard dinners, this book is a laugh out loud, first person journey through nude living, friendship, confidence, and the chaos ...

“You can’t make this stuff up. It’s a wonder anyone bothers writing fiction.” Join our narrator in encounters ranging from poignant to absurd, many laugh-out-loud funny, as he wrestles with self-identity on a journey towards acceptance and gratitude.

Join us for fun and laughter as we grow up in the Heartland. This fun-filled collection comprises twenty fiction and non-fiction stories that capture the essence of growing up in the quaint small town of Hoxie, Kansas. Time seems to unfold at a gentle, unhurried pace. Each tale will immerse readers in everyday life, brimming with emotions—joy, nostalgia, and remembrance. Through these narratives, you will see that people crafted their own excitement and adventure in the close-knit community. Some stories evoke warmth and fond memories, while others tug at the heartstrings, revealing ...

What happens when a generation raised on dial-up internet, Saturday morning cartoons, and “you can be anything” grows up—and realizes that being anything comes with bills, burnout, and a strange nostalgia for when life was simpler? Welcome to The Art of Growing: A Millennial Manifesto by Brooke Haven, a raw, funny, and refreshingly honest look at what it means to grow up in a world that never stops changing.