Synopses & Reviews
Review
"One of the most brilliant social satirists and a moral conscience second to none." Ralph Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle
Synopsis
Saint Lenny...a merchant seaman, a borscht belt comic, a night club superstar, a culture hero, a victim of persecution from the courts and the cops, a dead junkie, a legend.
The Essential Lenny Bruce takes you into a vivid, insanely original, devestatingly funny world a comic panorama of contemporary society created by a tragic genius!
The Essential Lenny Bruce contains his greatest routines in unexpurgated form. Includes "Christ & Moses Return," "Religions Inc.," "The Lone Ranger," "Eleanor Roosevelt Had Nice Tits," "What I Really Got Busted For," "Hauling Ass to Save Your Ass: The Assassination of JFK," "Adolph Eichmann," "Tits and Ass," and many more.
Synopsis
The Shelf2Life Weapons and Warfare Collection is an intriguing set of pre-1923 materials focused on the art and science of weaponry and its use in wars. From the study of topography, field artillery weapons and types of projectiles to military strategies and tactics, these titles offer a behind-the-scenes look at the extensive preparations for battle. Significant attention is given to training, including photographs and descriptions of drill instruction, the study of fire discipline and detailed directions on cleaning and care of equipment, highlighting the meticulous precision and precautions soldiers practiced to prevent disastrous errors on the battlefield. The Weapons and Warfare Collection provides historians, researchers and militarists with a broader understanding of the intense preparation and training required to effectively utilize weaponry in the theater of war.