Dumbth and 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter

Dumbth and 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter
Author: Steve Allen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 370
Release: 1989
Genre: Education
ISBN:

In what may be the ultimate how-to book, Steve Allen addresses a social problem so pervasive that it may well be the cause of many others. The author's thesis started with observation of a sharp increase in instances of inefficiency.

Dumbth and 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter

Dumbth and 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter
Author: Steve Allen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1989
Genre: Education
ISBN:

In what may be the ultimate how-to book, Steve Allen addresses a social problem so pervasive that it may well be the cause of many others. The author's thesis started with observation of a sharp increase in instances of inefficiency.

Dumbth

Dumbth
Author: Steve Allen
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2009-12-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1615922687

Critics have raved about this delightful book Allen addresses the muddleheadedness (or "dumbth") that pervades all segments of American life and work, and offers 81 "rules" for good thinking.

But Seriously...

But Seriously...
Author: Steve Allen
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1616140011

Versatile entertainer Steve Allen is the creator of The Tonight Show and PBS's award-winning Meeting of the Minds. In But Seriously . . . he explores such topics as nuclear war, interracial justice, and Frank Sinatra. One article titled "How to Attack a Liberal" advises conservatives how to best ethically confront his beliefs. His reflections tackle weighty topics sure to be thought-provoking.

How to Be Funny

How to Be Funny
Author: Steve Allen
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010-11-02
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1616140313

No one knows more about comedy than Steve Allen. For more than five decades as a writer, performer, and keen observer of the social scene, he has looked into every aspect of who''s funny, what''s funny, and why. Allen shares his discoveries in How to Be Funny, the book designed to help everyone develop their special talent for funniness.Now reissued in paperback, How to Be Funny covers all the basics, including joke telling, ad-libbing, writing humorously, performing comedy, emceeing, and much more. Allen takes you inside the world of comedy, from the early writings of Mark Twain, to the more contemporary work of Rodney Dangerfield and Bill Maher. Allen even provides homework assignments for the budding comic!Yet How to Be Funny is far more than just a book for aspiring comedians it will help anyone who wants to be a more amusing conversationalist, a more effective public speaker, and everyone who just wants to be the life of the party.

Make 'Em Laugh

Make 'Em Laugh
Author: Steve Allen
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2013-05-24
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1615928510

The success of Steve Allen's How To Be Funny led first to the republication of that book, and now occasioned a companion volume, Make 'Em Laugh. This new how-to book about the art of comedy includes an even richer assortment of examples of the author's unique humor. In Make 'Em Laugh, Allen laces his formal instruction with hilarious ad-libs, written jokes, TV comedy sketches, satires, song parodies, humorous essays, amusing autobiographical reminiscences, one-act plays, witty speeches, and stand-up monologues from his comedy concerts. Noel Coward called Steve Allen the most talented man in America, and he is probably the most borrowed-from comedian of all time. The perceptive reader will recognize many of the comic ideas that Allen originated during the "Golden Age" of television comedy - ideas that are still influential in the 1990's. If there were a college course in creating and performing comedy, Make 'Em Laugh would be the ideal textbook.

Vulgarians at the Gate

Vulgarians at the Gate
Author: Steve Allen
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1615927514

In an effort to raise the standards of popular culture, the late Steve Allen speaks out against trash TV and raunch radio in "Vulgarians at the Gate". The honorary chairman of "The Parents Television Council" describes what the group is doing to raise a chorus of protest and shows what all concerned citizens can do to help.

Thinking Creātically

Thinking Creātically
Author: Kenneth G. Johnson
Publisher: Institute of GS
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1991
Genre: Creative thinking
ISBN: 9780910780094

The Tao of an Uncluttered Life

The Tao of an Uncluttered Life
Author: Karen Hicks
Publisher: Green Dragon Books
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1999-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0893342939

Karen Hicks provides ten valuable and common-sense approaches to getting organized in The Tao of an Uncluttered Life. The Tao of an Uncluttered Life is a must read for anyone who has ever felt over-whelmed by all the details and paperwork of living. This organizational wonder will help you be more efficient and assist in making your life more whole.

More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality

More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality
Author: Steve Allen
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2010-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1615926046

The popularity of Book One led Allen to take another good look at the Scriptures to interest the average reader in reasonable analysis of the most influential document in Western civilization. Includes direct quotes from Catholic, Protestant, and Judaic biblical scholars.