How I escaped my certain fate : the life and deaths of a stand-up comedian

How I escaped my certain fate

the life and deaths of a stand-up comedian

By
Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee
2010 • 378 pages

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85 books

Non Fiction

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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America Along the Appalachian Trail
In A Sunburned Country
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Unweaving the Rainbow
Consciousness Explained
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

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Nonfiction

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Pure Effect: Direct Mindreading and Magical Artistry
Tricks of the mind
Brief History of Time
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
Riding the Iron Rooster
Catch Me If You Can

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38 books

Favourites

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Bloodchild and Other Stories
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Spirits Abroad
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
Death's End
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33 books

Comedians And Or Comedic Moments

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How I escaped my certain fate : the life and deaths of a stand-up comedian
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Why Not Me?
As Good As It Gets: Life Lessons from a Reluctant Adult
Straight Outta Crawley

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Owned

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Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
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Becoming Steve Jobs
The Desert and the Sea
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
George's Marvellous Medicine
The Testaments

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Doxophobia
Leia
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Only Half There
Ecce Homo
Get in the Van
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness: Special Edition
How I escaped my certain fate : the life and deaths of a stand-up comedian

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Comedy Black

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Naked Lunch
Finnegans Wake
Ulysses
How I escaped my certain fate : the life and deaths of a stand-up comedian
Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1
Fire Punch, Vol. 1
Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw

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14 books

Comedy

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Yotsuba&!, Vol. 1
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Mort
Fantastic Mr Fox

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Doxophobia
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Scott Pilgrim Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Green Eggs and Ham
Dubliners
Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
The War of Art
Theaetetus

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Biography

Doxophobia
Leia
Get in the Van
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Ecce Homo
How I escaped my certain fate : the life and deaths of a stand-up comedian
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Diary of a Genius