Michael Richards
Author
Language
English
Description
Five years ago, I was declared clinically dead on the island of Mallorca. Doctors had given up all hope of my life continuing. My twin sister, who died during our childbirth, had different thoughts about that statement and it was she who saved me. It became clear that her presence had been with me all my life, always watching over me, but in my ignorance and my fight for survival in a harsh but loving environment, I'd not acknowledged her.
The sudden...
Author
Publisher
Permuted Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this memoir, the author writes about the evolution of Cosmo Kramer, his character on Seinfeld, sharing insecurities and successes he experienced creating the character. He discusses his childhood with his schizophrenic grandmother and single mother, and his drive to unravel the mystery of his father. He tells of his early passion for theater and performance, his tour of duty in the army, his interest in psychology and religion, and his days coming...
Author
Language
English
Description
Three middle-class sixth-form girls leave their independent boarding school in the summer of 1918, having been told by the headmistress that their marriage prospects have been weakened through military losses incurred during the Great War.
Land for a Lost Generation follows their progress over the next two decades. The first-person narrative is controlled by one of the girls, Vera, who takes an unexpected opportunity to marry a wounded army officer...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Jerry is a successful stand-up comedian, mainly because the people around him offer an endless supply of great material. His best friend George is a balding, whiny kind of guy, who craves the success Jerry has but is never willing to do what it takes to get it. Jerry's neighbor Kramer often barges into his apartment and imposes on him. Jerry's former girlfriend, Elaine, comes back into his life, and the four become friends. The show focuses on mundane...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Jerry Seinfeld stars in this television comedy series as himself, a comedian. The premise of this sitcom is Jerry and his friends going through everyday life, discussing various quirky situations that we can all relate to (especially if we live in New York). The eccentric personalities of the offbeat characters who make up Jerry's social circle contribute to the fun.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends. In this season, Jerry runs into old girlfriend Dolores, Elaine has to take charge at work, George copes with Susan's death, and Kramer switches personalities with Jerry.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Jerry, a comedian, and his neurotic bestfriends--Elaine, George, and Kramer--go through everyday life, discussing various quirky situations that we can all relate to (especially if we live in New York). The eccentric personalities of the offbeat characters who make up Jerry's social circle contribute to the fun.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Jerry is ecstatic that a woman he met on the road is coming to stay with him in New York. Jerry tries to break up with his obnoxious childhood friend. Jerry meets an attractive woman at a party but by the time she leaves, he has only learned where she works. Jerry is robbed after Kramer fails to close the apartment door. After George receives a stock tip, he and Jerry take the financial plunge.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Continuing the misadventures of these neurotic New York friends, Kramer finds out the amazing unknown uses of butter, George decides to associate food and television with his love life, Elaine borrows Kramer's meat slicer to feed a cat, and more.
Author
Language
English
Description
A unique collection of quotes and photos revealing a new side of Mark Twain's humor and wit.
A highly entertaining collection of timeless quotations from Mark Twain. The 19th-centurey American writer, humorist, public speaker, and publisher wrote hundreds of short stories, and his best-known novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, still read more than 130 years later. Born with the visit of Halley's Comet in...
12) Unstrung Heroes
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on the memoirs of Franz Lidz, Unstrung Heroes is the story of Stephen, a young boy in New York during the 1960s who, in an effort to cope with an emotionally distant father and his mother's illness, goes to live with his three wildly eccentric uncles. By moving into the funny, magical and sometimes painful world of his uncles, Stephen grows up and gains self-confidence. Finally, comforted by his uncles' idiosyncratic love, Stephen is able to...