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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The author shares the stories of his years in stand-up comedy in a humorous memoir that recalls a first job selling guidebooks at Disneyland, his early magic and comedy act, his years of honing his craft, and the sacrifice, discipline, and originality ittook to take him to the top.
4) Green book
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on a book to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger, as well as unexpected humanity and humor, they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey...
Author
Series
Golly Sisters volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Golly Sisters, May-May and Rose, share further adventures as they take their traveling show through the West.
10) Maurice
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Maurice loved to share his music with everyone, and the crowds loved him, but times changed, his audience drifted away, and without anyone to share with Maurice became sad and lonely--until one day, his heart remembered and he found a new audience.
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A pioneering talk-show host shares memories of his experiences with famous guests from John Lennon and Richard Nixon to William F. Buckley and Groucho Marx, and offers his insights into what his career taught him about American culture.
14) The wisdom of big bird (and the dark genius of Oscar the Grouch): lessons from a life in feathers
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From the author of The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets and The Borden Murders comes the absorbing and compulsively readable story of Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins who were the sensation of the US sideshow circuits in the 1920s and 1930s. In a story loaded with questions about identity and exploitation, Sarah Miller delivers a completely compelling, empathetic portrait of two sisters whose bonds were so sacred that nothing--not...
Series
Shirley Temple volume 3
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An orphan adopted by a kind hotel manager who rents rooms to down-on-their-luck entertainers lives happily enough until the owner of the hotel complains about the noise her showbiz friends make and threatens to close the hotel and send her back to the orphanage.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume Prequel
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a thirteen-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman; he gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival where a mysterious puzzle leads him and his friends on a treasure hunt.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"From the dramatic redbrick facade to the sweeping staircase dripping with art, the Chelsea Hotel has long been New York City's creative oasis for the many artists, writers, musicians, actors, filmmakers, and poets who have called it home--a scene playwright Hazel Riley and actress Maxine Mead are determined to use to their advantage. Yet they soon discover that the greatest obstacle to putting up a show on Broadway has nothing to do with their art,...
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