Mel Brooks
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English
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The legendary comedian, actor, and film producer and director traces his rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to his stellar film career, offering insight into the inspiration for his ideas and the many close friendships and collaborations behind his success.
Brooks shares never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and remembrances as he charts his rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to the recipient of the National Medal of Arts....
2) The 2,000 year old man in the year 2,000: the book ; including how to not die and other good tips
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
5) The automat
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Automat recounts the lost history of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, which served affordable food to millions of New Yorkers and Philadelphians for more than a century. Founded by Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart in 1888, it revolutionized the nation₂s restaurant scene with technology that captured the public's imagination like nothing else the customer put nickels into slots, and little windows opened to reveal the customer's pick,...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Max and 99 pursue their elusive KAOS adversaries around the world from Greenland to the scorching sands of the Sahara desert; come face-to-face with their dastardly foes, stay in a Bedoin tent; stay at the "Pussycat Club, " and deep beneath the eaves in a secret KOAS submarine. The madcap misadventures just get funnier.
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English
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The monster family embarks on a vacation on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel. It's smooth sailing for Drac's Pack as the monsters indulge in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer. But the dream vacation turns into a nightmare when Mavis realizes Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain of the ship, Ericka, who hides a dangerous secret that could destroy...
12) Leap!
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English
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An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Learn to draw the characters of Paws of Fury with diretor Rob Minkoff!.
Hard-luck hound Hank finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
16) Robots
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
With the help of his misfit mechanical friends, a small town robot named Rodney embarks on the adventure of a lifetime as he heads for the big city to pursue his dreams and ultimately proves that anyone can shine no matter what they're made of.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
... shows a rather different side of Moses, the Stone Age and the Roman Empire - in which Brooks is a stand-up philosopher playing Caesar's Palace. Next, the truth is finally told about the Spanish Inquisition in a splashy production number featuring song-and-dance monks and swimming nuns ... It's history as you've never known it - completely irreverent and positively hilarious. -- Container.
18) Blazing saddles
Pub. Date
1974, 2004.
Edition
30th anniversary special edition.
Language
English
Description
The new sheriff and his sidekick, retired gunfighter Waco Kid, protect the town of Rock Ridge from the men who want to run the railroad through the town.
19) The producers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now he only seems to be able produce flops. Things turn around for Max when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. With this in mind, they decide to produce a musical called 'Springtime...
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