The Human Comedy

Juxtaposing Prague, Geneva, Thailand and the United States, this masterly novel encompasses the extremes of comedy and tragedy, and embraces, it se...

An NYRB Classics Original Characters from every corner of society and all walks of life--lords and ladies, businessmen and military men, poor clerk...

Reducere. Filmul nu are subtitrare in limba romana. / This movie does not have Romanian subtitles.Dark Canadian comedy drama, about two dysfunctional roommat...

A Tragedy in Two Parts with The UrfaustGoethe's Faust is a classic of European literature. Based on the fable of the man who traded his soul for su...

Reducere. Listed by the British newspaper "The Guardian" as number 12 on a list of the 100 greatest novels of all-time, Honore de Balzac's "The Black Sheep" ...

Homer Macauley wants to become the best telegram messenger in California. He works at night and goes to high school during the day. Homer is an amb...

This book develops a theory of comedy by analyzing the television situation comedy Seinfeld and demonstrating how comedy presents a comic vision of...

Reducere. From Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one of literature's most delightful characters, Duddy Kravitz -- in a novel that belong...

Reducere. Wild Decembers is a newly reissued edition of the novel by Edna O'Brien, one of the most celebrated writers in the English language (NPR's Weekend ...

Reducere. Anton Chekhov remarked toward the close of his life that people would stop reading him a year after his death. But his literary stature and popular...

Reducere. Released to the public for the first time, writings by the incomparable Barton Biggs Long considered one of the best brains on Wall Street, Barton ...

Reducere. In this thought-provoking book, playwright and author Stephen Evans explores the complex human phenomenon of comedy, looking far back into prehisto...

Reducere. Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment o...

Reducere. The Divine Comedy is widely considered to be the preeminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The narra...

A new translation of Dante's Purgatorio that celebrates the human elements of the second part of The Divine Comedy. This is a bilingual edition wit...

A sci-fi comedy thriller, Comic Potential is a play set in the foreseeable future, when everything has changed--except human natureComic Potential ...

Reducere. The Divine Comedy is a long narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely c...

Reducere. The authoritative translations of The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso--together in one volume. Belonging in the immortal company of the g...

Reducere. Applied Improvisation has become an important and growing field of exploration, research, and human cooperation. The book goes far beyond an introd...

Reducere. The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia, " meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained no...

'John Metcalf has written some of the very best stories ever published in Canada. He comes as close to the baffling, painful comedy of human experi...

Reducere. The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia, " meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained no...

Reducere. The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia, " meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained no...

Reducere. Brilliant, darkly funny and utterly compelling, "The Handbook of Human Ownership" rips the curtains of propaganda from the pedestals of power, reve...

Contemporary Canadian poetry got you down? This book of poems operates within the constraints of what the author terms 'synaptic syntax' - poetry t...

One of Britain's best-loved comedy stars gives an infectiously humorous account of his life so far. Ranganathan also writes for }The Guardian{ and ...

In The School for Scandal, Sheridan's artificial world of heightened wit and heightened folly delights its audience, but at times it engages them w...

A mystery, a comedy, and a riveting human drama rolled into one, from the bestselling author of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVILPublisher: H...

The sequel to the award-winning Shadow Forest, from Haig, who also writes novels for adults. Features a troll who runs away from the forest to be w...

New, award-winning translation of Goncharov's popular masterpiece Rich in situational comedy, psychological complexity and social satire, Oblomov -...

Yorkshire PostIf I Were You"A blissfully funny comedy that's also filled with sadness, a devilishly simple theatrical idea that spins out all kinds...

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European Middle Ages. Writing his Comedy (the epithet 'Divin...

Reducere. Famous names and influential thinkers answer the question: What Makes Us Human? A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as...

Reducere. 'I was grateful for having been born human' There's going to be trouble. Andy Caplet's wife goes away, someone is out to get him, and he loses near...

This book engages students-particularly those who may not be very familiar with many plays-in the theatre experience by focusing on just four plays...

America's Tony Hoagland is known for his provocative poetry which interrogates human nature and contemporary culture with an intimate and wild urge...

Reducere. Mark Twain wrote: "There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses - and then there is Sarah Bern...

Reducere. A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring t...

Reducere. A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring t...

DescriptionCousin Bette (1846) is considered to be Balzac's last great novel, and a key work in his Human Comedy. Set in the Paris of the 1830s and...

Reducere. A stunning 3-in-1 deluxe edition of one of the great works of Western literature An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, ...

The latest in Flame Tree's brand new power puzzle books, designed with large print. Organized by theme, with a wide range of delightful word search...

"As finely worked as a Swiss watch and as funny as the human condition permits..the zigzag brilliance of the text as the clunky lines of the farce-...

Reducere. A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMS Director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movi...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "Salman Rushdie's great grasp of the human tragicomedy-its dimensions, its absurdities and horrors-has made him one o...

The humor in LYSISTRATA is the focus of this latest adaptation. Playwright Edward Einhorn, known for his comic absurdist plays, translates the anci...

Reducere. That man is fortunate who has the world against him.Israel Rank has many advantages and qualities which should enable an ordinary man to get throug...

Reducere. From rising comedy star Cameron Esposito, a memoir that is "as hilarious and honest as she is on the stage, " tackling the big issues explored in h...

Reducere. A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL One of the delights of Russian literature, a tour de force that has been compared to the best of Nabokov and Bulga...

Reducere. Set in a small Cotswold town, Inspector Hobbes and the Blood is a fast-paced comedy crime fantasy about the adventures of Andy, an incompetent repo...

Set in an enchanted forest, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is the ideal subject for artist Marcel Dzama, whose work frequently references ...

Reducere. From Ian McEwan, Booker Prize winner and international bestselling author of Atonement and The Children Act "Moving. . . . Masterly . . . provocati...

Reducere. "A remarkable journey. I laughed. I cried. I got another cat." --Lily Tomlin "Paula Poundstone is the funniest human being I have ever known." --Pe...

Comedian and actress Arden Myrin delivers a hilarious and heartfelt memoir about navigating adulthood and her rise on the comedy scene despite an u...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Joseph McBrideNumber of pages: 118Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 229 x 11Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Reducere. refinding the rules of gravity by Anna Antongiorgi is a book full of the magic of young-woman-artist-human moving to New York City energy. The poem...

DescriptionTheatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts, Third Edition is designed for the college student who may be unacquainted with...

Reducere. Innovative scene work lies at the core of each actor's artistic development. This unique collection of two-person scenes offers a wide variety of c...

DescriptionJedidiah Jenkins is a farmer--but his cash crop isn't corn or soy. Jed grows fast-healing, plug-and-play human organs. Lose a finger? Ne...

Reducere. Literary Nonfiction. Fiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Profoundly philosophical, surprisingly funny and brutally honest, this modern day tragic-comedy pull...

Reducere. Penelope Fitzgerald's novel, The Golden Child, combines a deft comedy of manners with a classic mystery set in London's most refined institution--t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Chip DunhamAuthor: Alice Faye DuncanDon't miss the misadventures of cartoonist Chip Dunham's clever crew of shipboard malco...

Reducere. Don't miss themisadventures of cartoonist Chip Dunham's clever crew of shipboard malcontents, incompetents, and laggards. Overboard stands out with...

Reducere. The Abiding Image by Cathy Smith Bowers gives testament to poet and editor Alfred A. Poulin's belief that "the very act of writing poetry is an aff...

Reducere. Dante's Purgatorio has been described as the most 'human' of the three parts of his Comedy, and it can also be seen as a 'singing school' for poets...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Gene D. PhillipsAuthor: Stanley Kubrick"I might try to make something of an imperfect story with my efforts as a writer, bu...

Reducere. "I have always loved animals. My constant encounters with both domesticated and wild, as a boy in a village, impressed me for life." Nikos Savvakis...

In "Purgatorio", Dante, having described his journey into Hell, narrates his ascent of Mount Purgatory with Virgil, as he encounters penitents who ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Marx Brothers were one of a kind. Their comedic style blends zany slapstick with wit and sarcasm. Their films date back nearly a cen...

Reducere. Comedy Legend... Beloved Actress... The Queen of Television... Humble Humanitarian... Ageless, Fearless Female... Animal Lover Extraordinaire... Am...