What is it to be a stand-up comedian? To be funny; solo? You have no character-role; no double-act partner; and nowhere to look but out into the darkness; with just a microphone; an audience and your imagination. This is a job without an annual appraisal; a job where you are publicly appraised every ten seconds. The results are harsh and obvious: if the audience isnt laughing; you died; if they cant stop; you killed. Deborah Frances-White and Marsha Shandur unpack the inner-workings of the minds of comics; sharing their secrets; insecurities and successes; their becirc;tes noires and their biggest fears. Featuring interviews with a host of comedians including Eddie Izzard; Moshe Kasher; Sarah Millican; Jim Jeffries; Stewart Lee; Lewis Black; Jenny Eclair; Todd Barry; Richard Herring; Marc Maron; Stephen K Amos; Rich Hall; Zoe Lyons; Marcus Brigstocke; Phill Jupitus; Gary Delaney; Mark Watson; Greg Davies and many more; this excellent book lets you in to the hearts and minds of celebrated comedians; away from the stage and off the mic.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I bought this in the Kindle version and it is just what I neededBy Dano1988I bought PSCS-6 and found that it has many features I was not familiar with so I thought I would try this "For Dummies" book. I am so tired of having so many books taking up so much space in my home office so I bought the Kindle Fire version of this book. Photoshop is a very powerful and complex application that the average person can get lost and frustrated with very quickly. This book does not offer a really deep drill down of all the features of the application but it does do exactly what I needed and what was promised by the author. It gives enough of an explanation about the features that I was able to get to the feature and use it; test it; and work with it enough that I now feel comfortable using it. If you are a CS-5 user this is the ideal book for you and if you are new Photoshop user this is a good book for you. If you are someone that wants all the nitty gritty details of how to use all the features of the application then this book is not for you.I learned a lot of things I was unaware of while looking for the things I was really interested in knowing; which was really a plus. I recommend this book for he reasons stated above.Incidentally; Photoshop CS6 is very expensive and in my estimation well worth it. If you are a student; teacher or a person upgrading from CS5 then look for the discounted price. Also I use Adobe Light Room far more than I use Photoshop so if you are on a budget consider Light Room as a fist choice. I would buy a book to learn about those features as well. Light Room is a very powerful application that you will love whether you are a professional or a point and shooter.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good Coverage of PhotoShop Text; Vector Graphics and ArtworkBy Stephan OnisickPeter Bauer has done good job covering the sections of text and vector graphics in Photoshop.Since Im not currently interested in Photography; I didnt read the first part of the book.The following chapters were excellent:Chapter 11 "Precision Edges with Vector Paths."Chapter 12 "Dressing Up Layer Styles."Chapter 13 "Giving Your Images a Text Message."Chapter 14 "Painting in PhotoShop."I also bought a new book but not straight from to get a better price. I have been impressed with how well the Dummies books cover the topics and are slightly less costly to the consumer.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great for beginners.By Bri DavisI purchased this book on after finding it for 30$ at Barnes and Noble.As of right now Photoshop CS6 is the newest model of Photoshop. What is Photoshop? Photoshop is a computer software that lets you edit photos that you have taken. You can also create new things like logos etc.. This book by the way does not contain the software.... It is just a guide.This book shows you how to start to use Photoshop. It also explains to you what you are actually doing to a photo when for instance you are changing the Saturation. If you are just starting out on Photoshop or need to learn how to really guide yourself on it this book would be great.However; if you can already change things like the contrast or re size and image then I would suggest a more advanced book.
