Silliness

Author: Peter Timms
Publisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 1743056451
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
Silliness is to be savoured. It exposes the cracks in our reasoning, raising a gleeful two-finger salute to convention and common sense. In a world awash with stupidity and cruel politics, silliness is childish, anarchic, mischievous, rude and sometimes shocking. But it's not new. This delightful yet informative book reveals the surprisingly rich history of silliness, going all the way back to the madcap plays of Aristophanes in the fourth century BC. Medieval fools and jesters, strange 'epidemics of silliness' in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, and the charming nonsense of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, lead us to the often dark and nihilistic silliness of modern times, including Buster Keaton, Monty Python and 'Cats that Look Like Hitler.

The Art of Silliness

Author: Carla Sonheim
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0399537589
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ready to play? Whether you think of yourself as an artist, a doodler, a dreamer, or none of the above, this book will jump-start your creativity. Popular art instructor Carla Sonheim offers fun, engaging ideas on every page, from drawing upside down to imagining new worlds (down to their silly hats and strange animal species). All you need is a pencil or pen and your imagination.

Quantum of Silliness

Author: Robbie Sims
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750995262
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 163

Book Description
Who gives the hammiest performance in a Bond film? What is the series' most cringeworthy moment? What quips would Sir Roger Moore come out with if he starred in Licence to Kill? These are the sort of questions you never knew you needed answering. It's Bond, James Bond – but as you've never seen him before.

The Art of Silliness

Author: Carla Sonheim
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399537589
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Seasoned With Sentiment & Silliness

Author: Matthew Presley
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312767952
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
In his second book, Matthew Presley shares not only poetry, but also stories of precious memories of the people, places, and events which continue to inspire him to this day.

Goofballs #3: Superhero Silliness

Author: Tony Abbott
Publisher: Egmont USA
ISBN: 1606843680
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 61

Book Description
Fans of Dav Pilkey's The Adventures of Ook and Glook and Patricia Reilly Giff's ZigZag Kids will flock to this chapter-book mystery series full of slapstick humor and silly situations by the wildly popular Tony Abbott, author of the Secrets of Droon series. Jeff, Mara, Brian, and Kelly are Goofballs and proud of it. Goofball private eyes. Together, they solve mysteries. How do they discover the truth? They use funny disguises (dressing up in aluminum foil), nutty inventions (dropped notes the bad guys must stop to read), and their secret weapon: Sparky the Goofdog! When super-rich kid Randall Crandall asks the Goofballs to help him protect his world-famous collection from a notorious thief, they can’t wait to get started. Randall’s hosting a superhero party, and the detectives will have to blend in to sniff out the criminal. Crazy costumes and off-the-wall schemes mean this is going to be the Goofballs' goofiest mystery yet.

Life, Love, Politics and Other Silliness

Author: Trefor Stockwell
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244632529
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
These poems examine life in minute and delightful detail.E Keen eyed observations extract hopes, fears and dreams from mundane and exotic landscapes.E Classical references sit side by side with modern urban tales.EE Pain is picked at with exquisite gentleness, while joy dances around the edges of brilliantly balanced wordplay.E This is a collection engineered by a master craftsman whose instruments chisel away at doubt and cynicism to reveal sparkling moments of clarity.E Poems which can move their readers to laughter and to tears, while guiding them on journeys through time, location and emotion.E A remarkable, varied, entertaining and, at times, pensive, display of skill and sensitivity.

The Progress City Primer: Stories, Secrets, and Silliness from the Many Worlds of Walt Disney

Author: Michael Crawford
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0986205060
Category : Amusement parks
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description
From the Progress City Archives comes this collection of tall tales and true from the annals of the Walt Disney Company. From Walt's on-set antics to the creations of modern-day Imagineers, we've put together a sampling of stories from throughout Disney history. SEE how Walt Disney befriended presidents and saved the Winter Olympics! HEAR how Imagineers created the technological wonderland of Epcot Center! READ the true-life tales of never-built Disney theme parks Port Disney and Disney's America! Join us as we explore the obscure and amusing corners of the Disney universe. From Fantasia to Horizons, there's something here for every fan.

Even Greater Mistakes

Author: Charlie Jane Anders
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1250766516
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
In her short story collection, Even Greater Mistakes, Charlie Jane Anders upends genre cliches and revitalizes classic tropes with heartfelt and pants-wettingly funny social commentary. The woman who can see all possible futures is dating the man who can see the one and only foreordained future. A wildly popular slapstick filmmaker is drawn, against his better judgment, into working with a fascist militia, against a background of social collapse. Two friends must embark on an Epic Quest To Capture The Weapon That Threatens The Galaxy, or else they’ll never achieve their dream of opening a restaurant. The stories in this collection, by their very outrageousness, achieve a heightened realism unlike any other. Anders once again proves she is one of the strongest voices in modern science fiction, the writer called by Andrew Sean Greer, “this generation’s Le Guin.” At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Superhero Silliness

Author: Tony Abbott
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606352062
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Rich kid Ryan Crandall asks the Goofballs to protect his famous collection during his superhero masquerade party, as Jeff, Mara, Brian, and Kelly get into costume and rise to the challenge