Biography Humor

Crazy God Stuff is a fun filled, irreverent ride through the author’s life that delights listeners with funny, awkward, painful and magical experiences everyone can relate to. Crazy God Stuff mixes the ordinary with the divine in a way that invites the listener to explore and and embrace the influence of the spiritual on their own material lives.

Filled with comics and anecdotes, this lighthearted book looks at those born, bred, and buttered in today’s society: typical homosapiens trying to let go of their own childhoods while becoming parents themselves. You know, doing the whole thing of three bedrooms, two baths, and a loft. Cough, a Zoloft. From an adolescent to an adult, this narrative is filled with anecdotal proof that humans are, well, strange creatures. This book is a must-have for new parents, the young and confused, and those who would like to ask why, why on earth do humans thrive, when nature selects?

This book is filled with anecdotes of weird and stressful life scenarios and how all we could do was laugh and say "Oki f*cking dokie". This is a lighthearted self-help listen that shows how these past thoughts and experiences are ones we all share. We can laugh out loud and cringe about them together!

Dieses Hörbuch berichtet über den alltäglichen kleinen Wahnsinn zwischen Mann und Frau sowie der Familie - mit einem Augenzwinkern und leichter Ironie. Wie schnell kann es doch geschehen, dass MANN Komplimente machen möchte, doch es leider genau falsch vom weiblichen Geschöpf empfunden wird. Hannah erzählt Geschichten und Schmunzeleien aus ihrem Alltag, welche sie manches Mal belasten, die Leserinnen und Leser jedoch wohl eher belustigen werden. Sicherlich fühlt sich der ein oder andere in die Geschehnisse hineinversetzt.

David Acuff is a Hollywood insider, a military brat, a comic, a piano recital survivor, a BMW murderer, an offensive linebacker, a dog licker, a divorced TikToker, a father of three Jedi princesses, and possibly a child prodigy. He is also a semi-centurion. That's a word he made up when he turned 50 this year because "quinquagenarian" sounds like a horse disease or a Menudo song. And before he could move on to the next nifty fifty, he wanted to process how he'd lived, laughed, loved, and litigated along the way. So he wrote this semi-memoir. A semi-memie, let's call it.

In Your Life Is a Life of Hope!, the Internet’s favorite mustachioed king presents a series of short essays in which he argues for hope by way of absurdity and transcendence by way of the mundane. In his signature childlike, dryly humorous style, Lord Birthday explores the things that make life so great, including jackets and bags and “booping someone on the nose.” Both strange and strangely moving, this collection will delight fans and newcomers alike.

In God’s Got Jokes, author Neosho C. Ponder, allows the listener into the most personal and vulnerable parts of her life. As she battled the hardships of cancer, she learned that some of those who supported her succumbed to their own battles of cancer. You will hear stories such as: Being evicted during chemotherapy, which finally led to her seeing the humor and not choosing to give up. The financial adversity that affects cancer patients too sick to work, those undergoing treatments, and multiple surgeries.

Erinnerungen eines legendären Theatermachers. Erstmals erzählt Tom Pauls von dem Moment, der ihn für die Bühne begeisterte, von Selbstzweifeln während seines Schauspielstudiums, den Widersprüchen vor 1989 sowie dem Neuanfang nach 1990. Noch nie sprach er so persönlich von den Höhen und Tiefen seiner Karriere, über die Rolle des Theaters in der DDR, die Ostalgie sowie gegenwärtige Katastrophen wie Elbe-Hochwasser und Corona-Pandemie. Ohne Herausforderungen ging es bei ihm nie. Aber mit Possen bringt er unverdrossen sein Publikum zum Lachen und macht immer weiter Theater.

In this groundbreaking book, Fortune 500 innovation guru and creativity instructor Bryan Mattimore takes listeners on a journey through time to explore the unique personality quirks and crazy ideas of history's greats.

Líos amorosos, heridos de bala, apuñalados, perturbados agresivos, alguna que otra sobredosis, accidentes de tráfico… ¿Por qué alguien en su sano juicio hipotecaría sus fines de semana para quedarse a trabajar en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos y por un sueldo mísero? Alguien a quien se le ha ido un poco la olla, ¿no? ¿O más bien alguien que ha encontrado su vocación salvando vidas? Como Charlie, un enfermero recién licenciado cuya única manera de gestionar el estrés y la depresión laboral es haciendo memes.

The Watergate Rhymes aims to educate, reflect, and learn from that consumptive scandal, while using satire to see the humor in the human frailties of that maligned administration - and in ourselves, all with the perspective and understanding that only precious time enables.

Martha Howald grew up on a farm, and she loved spending time with her dad. Even when he was loading manure onto a spreader, there she'd be with a little pitchfork, doing her part to clean up the mess from the cows and hogs. In fourth grade, she was thrilled when her older brother returned home from the army and started dating her favorite teacher - Miss Hill. The two would end up getting married, and Martha couldn't have been happier. Join Martha as she recalls funny moments, challenges conquered, and lessons learned over a life that's been not-so politically correct.

Moving to New York City is the worst decision you'll ever make. Unless you're like a certain singer who arrived with millions of dollars and legions of screaming fans. You're going to live in the equivalent of a shack [shit hole], suffer through moronic roommates [personal death], be broke off your ass [literally], and all while trying to prove to the world [yourself] you can make it in the big city. You can call it a day and crawl back to wherever you hail from or you can put on your big girl panties and survive.

Billy, the ground-breaking biography of the nation's favourite iconoclast, gave millions of readers a fascinating insight into the personal and professional life of the genius that is Billy Connolly. Now, in the sequel to that best-selling book, the award-winning Pamela Stephenson celebrates life with the Scottish beastie as he hits the big six-oh.

We all have that one older funny family member. You know the one, he tells stories from his experiences and usually has people rolling their eyes. William Stokes is that person! He presents a delightful collection of memories that are truly life lessons even today! Stokes, through his memories and wit, provides opportunities to learn through laughter, sharing of memories and love.

Norman Wisdom's early years could easily have come straight from the pages of a Dickens novel. Left by their frightened mother and ill-treated by a brutal father, Norman and his brother were forced to fend for themselves, sleeping rough in London and stealing food to survive. This is a rags to riches tale of the man Charlie Chaplin said would take his mantle and who went on to make millions laugh around the world for over five decades.

Die Sprachanwendung Jean Pauls gleicht dem kontrollierten Ritt eines wilden Dinosauriers mit fünf Drachenköpfen. Man weiß zwar nie was als nächstes passiert, aber es geht auf überraschendste und angenehmste Arten und Weisen immer weiter. Dabei entpuppt sich der Autor als Meister mannigfaltiger Metaphern, welche praktisch in jedem Satz Denkanstöße, Ideen und Phantasien beim Zuhörer anregen und diesen in ein Parallel-Universum des grenzenlosen Geistes versetzen, der Berge spalten, Seelen gebären und Welten zu erschaffen vermag, was einen vom ersten Moment an fesselt, verzaubert und inspiriert.

We all make mistakes in life from which we draw valuable lessons. I, on the other hand, cannot seem to learn my lessons the normal way. I must mess up spectacularly, sometimes multiple times, for my thick skull to allow a lesson to pass through it. This book is a reflection on some of the lessons my brain somehow held on to and the crazy, funny, and outright stupid situations that led to these lessons learned.

These short stories are part of a series, each one creating a delightful mix of "true story, tall story, half-truth, and yarn" written and narrated by the author Tony Powell. Monologued windows into the funnier sides of life—from the comic to the sheer ridiculous—a tongue-in-cheek peep at life’s idiosyncrasies through the eyes of someone who’s now seen it all.

Jean Kerr played many roles in her life, from exasperated mother to Broadway playwright and keen observer of mid-twentieth century suburbia. She also became one of America's most beloved humorists by sharing her insights and anecdotes in a series of popular newspaper columns. In The Snake Has All the Lines, Kerr explores topics ranging from family vacations and modern convenience to the trials and tribulations of opening a new play.