24 Results for : buffoonery
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This Is Not Fame: A "From What I Re-Memoir" , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 675min
An unfiltered, unapologetic, hilarious, and sometimes obscene assemblage of tales from the down-and-dirty traveling comedy circuit Doug Stanhope has been drunkenly stumbling down the back roads and dark alleys of stand-up comedy for over a quarter of a century, roads laden with dank bars, prostitutes, cheap drugs, farm animals, evil dwarfs, public nudity, menacing third-world police, psychotic breaks, sex offenders, and some understandable suicides. You know, just for levity. While other comedians were seeking fame, Stanhope was seeking immediate gratification, dark spectacle, or sometimes just his pants. Not to say he hasn't rubbed elbows with fame. He's crashed its party, snorted its coke, and jumped into its pool naked, literally and often repeatedly - all while artfully dodging fame himself. Doug spares no legally permissible detail, and his stories couldn't be told any other way. They're weird, uncomfortable, gross, disturbing, and fucking funny. This Is Not Fame is by no means a story of overcoming a life of excess, immorality, and reckless buffoonery. It's an outright celebration of it. For Stanhope, the party goes on. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doug Stanhope, Chad Shank, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030232/bk_adbl_030232_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bright Lights & Dim Bulbs
Bright Lights & Dim Bulbs ab 20.49 € als Taschenbuch: The Year in Marketing Buzz Brilliance & Buffoonery So You Don't Have to Repeat It -- 2010 Edition. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,- Shop: hugendubel
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The Wild Ones: The Wild Ones, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 280min
For fans of Warriors, Spirit Animals, and Redwall - the next great animal fantasy adventure is here! Kit is a young raccoon who has lived his whole life under the Big Sky. But when a pack of hunting dogs destroy his home and kill his parents, Kit needs to escape. He finds himself in Ankle Snap Alley, a city in the midst of a turf war between the Wild Ones and the people's pets who call themselves The Flealess. There he uncovers the secret that they died for - an ancient truce that gives Ankle Snap Alley to the Wild Ones. But the Flealess will stop at nothing to keep that secret buried forever, and Kit is in serious danger. Only the brave of heart and quick of paw can save the Wild Ones now. This first book in the Wild Ones epic is sure capture young listeners' imaginations and take them on a great adventure. "The action is fast-paced, the dialogue hilarious, and the supporting characters true to their animal personalities. Animal fantasy lovers will frequently chuckle; younger children may enjoy hearing the book read aloud." (School Library Connection) "Bold deeds, betrayals, and buffoonery kick off this series with gusto." (Kirkus Reviews) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William DeMerrit. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/002117/bk_lili_002117_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bones and Bagger: Waldlust Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 541min
My name is Gaius Teutoberg. Don't laugh, and I won't have to hurt you. My best friend stuck a knife in my back Friday night before quitting time. Not knife as in a word for betrayal, but knife as in metal and sharp. It collapsed my lung, ripped my clothes, and left me wondering how to explain all the blood. It's happened like that many times over the centuries. Sparky appears with some idiotic scheme that turns my life upside down. Or maybe turns me dead. My day job? I bag groceries and roll them to cars for tips at the American Commissary in Wiesbaden, Germany. I don't have a night job. Good thing, because I'm not a night person...even though I'm a vampire. So this latest Sparky-induced buffoonery begins with that knife in my back and progresses to a thousand-year-old shrine containing the bones of a legendary German hero and my first attempt at grave robbery. I'll battle a sexy Hungarian warrior-woman assassin, match wits and muscles with some ugly demons, and take a trip to the other side of the veil to save some people I've grown to love. There's also an angel involved. A real one. Bones and Bagger is the first book of my autobiography. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234040/bk_acx0_234040_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Zoo , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 404min
Patrick deWitt meets Catch-22 when a guileless young boy gets mixed up in Stalin's inner circle. There are certain things that Yuri Zipit knows: that being official food taster for the leader of the Soviet Union requires him to drink too much vodka for a 12-year-old. That you do not have to be an elephantologist to see that the great leader is dying. That Marshal Bruhah has been known to eat his own children while Comrade Krushka is fit only to run a slaughterhouse and that one of them has Yuri's father somewhere here in the Dacha. That it's a crime to love your family more than you love Socialism, the Party or the Motherland. That because of his damaged mind, everyone thinks Yuri is a fool. But Yuri isn't. He sits quietly through another excessive state dinner and witnesses it all - betrayals, body doubles, buffoonery. He's starting to get the hang of this politics thing, but there's so much to learn. Who knew that a man could be in five places at once? That someone could break your nose as a sign of friendship? That people could be disinvented? The Zoo is a cutting satire, told through the refreshing voice of one gutsy boy who will not give up on hope. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ewan Goddard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/003107/bk_boli_003107_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blogging for God’s Glory in a Clickbait World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 275min
Seven reasons God hates listiclesSee what we did there? We piqued your interest, confused you, and maybe even made you mad. Mad is good; anger provokes a response. Maybe, you will tweet your rage. Perhaps, you will decry our buffoonery: “The ‘seven-reasons-why’ structure is a list article", you’ll tell your followers. And just like that, we won the scramble for clicks and attention. But did we steward your attention in a way that honors God?Bloggers publish millions of posts each day, many written by faithful Christians who want to honor God with their words but struggle to know how. Blogging for God’s Glory in a Clickbait World guides Christians not only through the basics of setting up a blog - everything from affiliates and algorithms to widgets and WordPress - but also how to be a godly landlord of your internet real estate.If you are a Christian blogger, you likely oscillate between burnout and apathy, with thoughts like “I must post now!” and “Who even gives a rip?” If you’re at this point, you’ve likely lost the plot. But you can get back on script. Authors Benjamin Vrbicek and John Beeson explore where the spiritual stamina will come from to serve a small readership faithfully and how to steward attention in a way that honors God in a world that celebrates chasing profit and pageviews.Foreword by Tim Challies - pastor, author, and popular blogger. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Benjamin Vrbicek, John Beeson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/236924/bk_acx0_236924_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 473min
The lead writer of the New York Times award-winning Disunion series introduces William Barker Cushing, the Civil War's most celebrated naval hero. October 1864. The confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle had sunk two federal warships and damaged seven others, taking control of the Roanoke River and threatening the Union blockade. Twenty-one-year-old navy lieutenant William Barker Cushing hatched a daring plan: to attack the fearsome warship with a few dozen men in two small wooden boats. What followed, the close-range torpedoing of the Albemarle and Cushing's harrowing two-day escape downriver from vengeful Rebel posses, is one of the most dramatic individual exploits in American military history. Theodore Roosevelt said that Cushing "comes next to Farragut on the hero roll of American naval history", but most have never heard of him today. Tossed out of the Naval Academy for "buffoonery", Cushing proved himself a prodigy in behind-the-lines warfare. Given command of a small union ship, he performed daring, near-suicidal raids, "cutting out" confederate ships and thwarting blockade runners. With higher commands and larger ships, Cushing’s exploits grow bolder, culminating in the sinking of the Albemarle. A thrilling narrative biography, steeped in the tactics, weaponry, and battle techniques of the Union Navy, Commander Will Cushing brings to life a compelling yet flawed figure. Along with his three brothers, including one who fell at Gettysburg, Cushing served with bravery and heroism. But he was irascible and complicated - a loveable rogue, prideful and impulsive, who nonetheless possessed a genius for combat. In telling Cushing's story, Malanowski paints a vivid, memorable portrait of the army officials, engineers, and politicians scrambling to win the war. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Derek Shetterly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021515/bk_adbl_021515_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Prince of Pleasure: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 983min
Described by the Duke of Wellington as "the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy and good feeling that I ever saw in one character in my life", George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, later George IV, was a highly controversial figure. He courted both Whigs and Tories in his attempts to establish the Regency during the "madness" of his father, George III. Scandalous liaisons with prostitutes and duchesses, and his "secret" marriage to the Catholic Mrs. Fitzherbert, tested his duty - to nation and to family. Yet his support for overseas campaigns against Napoleon, culminating in such historic victories as Trafalgar and Waterloo, consolidated Britain's status as the pre-eminent world power amid the great social and economic upheavals of the Industrial Revolution. Drawing on a wealth of original accounts of life in Georgian Britain, Saul David has created a masterly portrait - of a flamboyant, opportunistic, and influential figure, and of a nation in a time of great change. Saul David is Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham and the author of several critically-acclaimed history books, including The Indian Mutiny: 1857 (shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature), Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 (a Waterstone's Military History Book of the Year) and, most recently, Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire. Saul David also writes acclaimed historical fiction. Zulu Hart, the first in the George Hart series, was a best seller in 2009, and the sequel, Hart of Empire, will be published in August 2010. An experienced broadcaster, Saul David has presented and appeared in history programs for all the major TV channels and is a regular contributor to Radio 4. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sam Devereaux. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021798/bk_adbl_021798_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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How to Listen to and Understand Opera, Hörbuch, Digital, 1465min
To watch any opera lover listen to a favorite work, eyes clenched tight in concentration and passion, often betraying a tear, is to be almost envious. What must it be like, you might think, to love a piece of music so much? And now one of music's most gifted teachers is offering you the opportunity to answer that very question, in a spellbinding series of 32 lectures that will introduce you to the transcendentally beautiful performing art that has enthralled audiences for more than 400 years. As you meet the geniuses - including the likes of Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini - who have produced some of the landmark artistic achievements of the form, and listen to many of their most beautiful moments, you'll grasp how the addition of music can reveal truths beyond what mere spoken words can convey, and how opera's unique marriage of words and music makes the whole far greater than the sum of its parts. Beginning with opera's origins in the early 17th century and continuing into the 20th, you'll trace the art's evolution and its ability to convey every shade of human emotion, whether sorrow or joy, drama or buffoonery. You'll understand how different types of voices enhance character. And you'll understand how the invention of the aria gave operatic composers a new power to make human emotions soar, adding to the impact of what continues to be one of the most beautiful musical forms ever devised. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Greenberg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000158/bk_tcco_000158_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Devil You Know: The Devil DeVere, Book 3: The Devil DeVere, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 264min
Book #3 in The Devil DeVere Series – Library Journal Best E-book Romance 2012 Sometimes the devil is disguised as a gentleman... In this third installment of the award-winning Devil DeVere series, DeVere is finally center stage when Ned, Annalee, and her cousin, Diana arrive at DeVere’s estate for a weekend of horseracing. From the first meeting, DeVere makes his interest in Diana acutely known. Although she sees no harm in a light flirtation, she doesn’t intend to become another notch on his bedpost. Nevertheless, DeVere fascinates her. Ned gave her a meaningful look. "I hope you'll take extreme care in any dealings with him. He is ruthless and calculating when he chooses to be and has a strong predilection to manipulate and exploit the vulnerabilities of others—when it suits his purpose. He just can't help himself. It's not that he's evil incarnate, or anything like that; it's just that he has low tolerance for weakness, incompetence, or buffoonery." Diana lifted her brow. "You know I am no fool, dear Edward. I take full responsibility for my actions and have already made clear what I am willing and not willing to sacrifice." Although DeVere is outwardly arrogant, ruthless, unpredictable, and manipulative, the private man is quite another creature—intensely loyal and fiercely protective of those few he cares about. Diana also maintains a false front to the world. Her twelve year marriage is a mockery and she feels unfulfilled and undesirable which makes her all too vulnerable to DeVere’s dangerous charm. After events take an unexpected turn, Diana' most erotic fantasies become reality when she seeks comfort and affirmation in the devil's arms. But little does she know that the fire he ignites within her will burn long after she leaves Woodcote Park. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eva Hathaway. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/005453/bk_acx0_005453_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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